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Iran’s president apologizes for strikes on neighboring countries even as missiles and drones target their cities
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s president apologized Saturday for attacks on “neighboring countries” even as its missiles and drones flew toward Gulf Arab states and U.S. President Donald Trump threatened that the country would be “hit very hard.”
President Masoud Pezeshkian, part of the three-member leadership council overseeing Iran since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a Feb. 28 airstrike that started the war, delivered the message a week into the conflict that has rattled global markets and left Iran’s leadership weakened by hundreds of Israeli and American airstrikes.
Pezeshkian also dismissed Trump’s call for Iran to surrender unconditionally.
“That’s a dream that they should take to their grave,” he said.
Trump rules out talks absent Iran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ as Israel strikes Lebanon
The message, seemingly filmed in a hurry, underlined the limited powers exercised by the theocracy’s leaders over the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which controls the ballistic missiles targeting Israel and other countries. It answered only to Khamenei and now appears to be picking its own targets.
Shortly after Pezeshkian’s message, Trump warned in a social media post that more Iranian “areas and groups of people” would now become targets, without elaborating.
Hours earlier, a wave of missiles and drones had disrupted flights at Dubai International Airport, targeted a major Saudi oil facility and sent people fleeing for cover in Bahrain.
And several hours after Pezeshkian’s apology, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain were still sounding alerts or reporting intercepted missiles.
Iran makes varying statements on attacks
Pezeshkian’s statement said Iran’s leadership council had been in touch with the armed forces over the attacks that have involved hundreds of missiles and drones.
“I should apologize to the neighboring countries that were attacked by Iran, on my own behalf,” the president said. “From now on, they should not attack neighboring countries or fire missiles at them, unless we are attacked by those countries. I think we should solve this through diplomacy.”
Gen. Abolfazl Shekarchi, Iran’s armed forces spokesman, then added confusion by saying that Tehran has “not hit countries that did not provide space for America to invade our country.”
The U.S. strikes haven’t been coming from the Gulf Arab governments under attack, but from U.S. bases and vessels in the region.
Iran’s U.N. mission later asserted that Tehran “targets only military bases and U.S. assets,” and suggested, without offering evidence, that strikes on nonmilitary sites “may have resulted from interception by U.S. electronic defense systems.”
Iran still awaits a new supreme leader. Prominent cleric Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi on Saturday urged Iran’s Assembly of Experts to act quickly to name a new one.
US says more intense bombing lies ahead
The Trump administration approved a new $151 million arms sale to Israel after Trump said he would not negotiate with Iran without its “unconditional surrender” and U.S. officials warned of a bombing campaign they said would be the most intense yet.
Associated Press video showed explosions over western Tehran as Israel said it carried out another wave of strikes and struck a Tehran airport it said was used to transfer weapons and cash to fighter groups.
“Tehran is under severe bombardment” and even people far from military and government targets are living in fear, said a university student in western Tehran, speaking on condition of anonymity for security concerns.
The U.S. and Israel have battered Iran, targeting its military capabilities, leadership and nuclear program. The war’s stated goals and timelines have repeatedly shifted as the U.S. has at times suggested it seeks to topple Iran’s government or elevate new leadership from within.
The fighting has killed at least 1,230 people in Iran, more than 200 in Lebanon and 11 in Israel, according to officials in those countries. Six U.S. troops have been killed.
Incoming missiles from Iran had people heading to bomb shelters again across Israel, and booms sounded in Jerusalem. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Explosions rock Iran’s capital, more attacks target Israel and US warns bombing will intensify
Strikes target Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Dubai
Sirens sounded early Saturday in Bahrain as Iran targeted the island kingdom. Saudi Arabia said it destroyed drones headed toward its vast Shaybah oil field and shot down a ballistic missile launched toward Prince Sultan Air Base, which hosts U.S. forces.
In Dubai, several blasts were heard Saturday morning and the government said it had activated air defenses. Passengers waiting for flights at Dubai International Airport were ushered into train tunnels.
Long-haul carrier Emirates later said all flights to and from Dubai were suspended until further notice, but then said it would resume operations.
Fighting in Lebanon kills dozens
The Iranian-backed group Hezbollah said its fighters clashed with an Israeli force that landed late Friday in eastern Lebanon’s mountains, and intense clashes and airstrikes lasted into Saturday.
Lebanon’s Health Ministry said Israeli airstrikes on Nabi Chit and nearby areas left at least 41 people dead and 40 wounded. The Lebanese army said the dead included three of its troops.
Israel did not acknowledge the fighting, and its military did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Israel also has carried out waves of airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Hezbollah has a large presence. It is home to hundreds of thousands of civilians.
Iranian naval vessel has docked in India
India’s foreign minister said Saturday that an Iranian naval vessel has docked in India, speaking after a U.S. submarine sank the Iranian warship IRIS Dena off Sri Lanka’s coast Wednesday.
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said the IRIS Lavan was moored in the southern city of Kochi after India granted permission when the vessel reported “having problems” Sunday, a day after the war began.
“I think it was the humane thing to do,” Jaishankar said.
Another Iranian vessel, the IRIS Bushehr, requested assistance from Sri Lanka, where more than 200 sailors were being brought ashore.
The ships previously took part in naval exercises hosted by India.
Mednick reported from Tel Aviv, Israel, and Magdy from Cairo, Egypt. Associated Press journalists Bassem Mroue in Beirut, Amir-Hussein Radjy in Cairo, Natalie Melzer in Nahariya, Israel, and Aamer Madhani in Doral, Florida, contributed reporting.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/07/iran-president-apologizes-for-strikes/
Trump Urges Iranian Diplomats To Seek Asylum, Describes What He Wants In A New Ruler
Trump Urges Iranian Diplomats To Seek Asylum, Describes What He Wants In A New Ruler
“Iran is not the same country it was a week ago. A week ago they were powerful, and now they’ve been indeed neutered” – that’s what President Trump told CNN in a brief phone interview Friday.
He also expressed that he doesn’t care if Iran becomes a democracy or not, and his words even left open the possibility of the continuation of a Shia theocratic government, after the first big Saturday wave of US-Israeli attacks killed Ayatollah Khamenei and much of his immediate family.
“No, I’m saying there has to be a leader that’s going be fair and just, do a great job, treat the United States and Israel well, and treat the other countries in the Middle East — they’re all our partners,” Trump stated.
When asked about if the next leader could still be a Muslim cleric or religious head, Trump responded: “Well I may be, yeah. I mean, it depends on who the person is. I don’t mind religious leaders. I deal with a lot of religious leaders and they are fantastic.”
So this suggests that by the end of this, assuming that Washington can manage to find an achievable ‘end’ – the world could still find an ‘Islamic Republic’ in place.
Separate prior Thursday remarks by the US President also interestingly urged Iranian diplomats across the world to defect and seek asylum in the United States or its embassies abroad. Watch:
Trump: We’ll bring in any Iranian refugees that aid the U.S Military!
Trump complained about the Afghan INVADERS and now is doing the same thing.
This is how we got invaded with people from the Middle East. pic.twitter.com/kI129L0DJa
— The General (@1776General_) March 6, 2026
We “urge Iranian diplomats around the world to request asylum and to help us shape a new and better Iran,“ he said.
“They have no air defense. All of their airplanes are gone. Their communications are gone. Missiles are gone. Launches are gone. About 60% and 64%, respectively. Other than that, they’re doing quite well. I said, what’s left? But they’re tough, and they want to fight.” he continued of the US-Israeli ongoing Operation Epic Fury.
“And they’re calling. They’re saying, how do we make a deal? I said, you’re being a little bit late, and we want to fight now more than they do,” Trump continued – though it’s unclear what he’s referring too, unless perhaps related to reports that countries are trying to mediate.
As for urging Iran ambassadors and diplomats and officials to defect, the war is only just under a week old – and it seems very wishful and premature thinking to envision large-scale defections. Of course, Washington always wants its defectors and spies, but it’s also important to keep in mind some recent historical examples of America’s horrible track record of regime change wars. A foremost quagmire comes to mind:
In 2001 the US waged a full assault, ground war and occupation of Afghanistan to overthrow the Taliban. Who is in charge of Kabul in 2026?
Trump might have just proclaimed that Iran is ‘neutered’ – but the IRGC is still launching missiles all over the Gulf as well against US bases in the region, and on Israel.
Shia Islamic cleric in Iran: Associated Press
Some among MAGA are heavily criticizing Trump’s appeal for Iranian defectors.
One pundit wrote: “Trump complained about the Afghan INVADERS and now is doing the same thing. This is how we got invaded with people from the Middle East.”
Tyler Durden
Sat, 03/07/2026 – 12:15
Atentado con explosivos en discoteca deja de 33 heridos en Perú
Associated Press
LIMA (AP) — Un atentado con explosivos en una discoteca de la costa norte del Perú, asediada por la violencia y la criminalidad, dejó el sábado 33 heridos, incluidos tres menores de edad, confirmaron las autoridades.
La detonación ocurrió en la madrugada dentro de la discoteca Dali, en la provincia de Trujillo, unos 490 kilómetros al noroeste de Lima, informó en un comunicado el Centro de Operaciones de Emergencia (COER) de la localidad.
Los lesionados fueron trasladados a distintos hospitales, y las autoridades competentes realizan las investigaciones, añadió el COER.
Al menos cinco de los lesionados se encuentran en estado de “gravedad”, declaró a la prensa el director ejecutivo de la Red de Salud de Trujillo, Gerardo Florían Gómez. Algunos de los afectados presentan amputaciones y lesiones producto de las esquirlas, por lo que son sometidos a cirugías, agregó.
Entre los heridos también se encuentran tres menores de edad, uno de 16 años y dos de 17, informó Florían.
“Se escuchó como si los equipos se hubieran de la nada apagado”, contó a la prensa Fiorella Mantilla, una de las jóvenes, que dijo no haber sentido al momento los efectos por “los vidrios que se me metieron en las piernas”.
La explosión ocurre a menos de un mes de otra detonación en esa misma ciudad que causó daños en 25 viviendas sin dejar víctimas ni heridos.
Las extorsiones y la minería ilegal azotan a la región de la Libertad, que en su parte andina concentra la mayor área de producción de oro de Perú. En 2025 afrontó 286 explosiones, de las cuales 136 fueron en la ciudad de Trujillo, según cifras oficiales.
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El videoperiodista de The Associated Press Mauricio Muñoz contribuyó a este despacho.
Rahm ayudó a Detry a salir de Oriente Medio y ahora comparten el liderato en LIV Golf
HONG KONG (AP) — Thomas Detry estuvo entre los ocho jugadores de LIV Golf que quedaron varados en los Emiratos Árabes Unidos al inicio de la semana durante los ataques de Israel y Estados Unidos contra Irán. Ahora está empatado en el liderato con Jon Rahm, el jugador responsable de haberlos sacado de allí.
“Si no fuera por él, no creo que yo estaría aquí”, comentó Detry el sábado después de firmar una tarjeta de 66 en LIV Golf Hong Kong que lo dejó en un triple empate por el liderato con Rahm (65) y Harold Varner III (63). “De alguna manera, es un poco gracioso que sea así”.
Los ataques involucraron a más de una docena de países cercanos en Oriente Medio, lo que llevó a la cancelación de vuelos. Algunos jugadores viven en Dubái, desde hace tiempo el epicentro del golf en los Emiratos Árabes Unidos, y otros estaban allí entre eventos de LIV en Australia y Hong Kong.
Golf.com informó que Rahm y su equipo Legion XIII organizaron un vuelo chárter mediante la alianza del español con una empresa de aviación privada. Eso requirió un trayecto por carretera de 280 millas desde Dubái hasta Mascate, Omán, para tomar el vuelo de ocho horas, y llegaron a Hong Kong al mediodía del miércoles.
Los otros jugadores fueron Lee Westwood, Sam Horsfield, Adrian Meronk, Tom McKibbin, Caleb Surratt y Anirban Lahiri. Golf.com señaló que Laurie Canter organizó su propio transporte con su familia.
“Fue increíble de parte de Jon subirnos a ese avión”, manifestó Detry.
Detry contó que originalmente tenía reservado un vuelo de Emirates desde Dubái —y salió el miércoles por la mañana según lo previsto y llegó a Hong Kong esa noche—, pero “eso era muy incierto el martes”.
Rahm, cuya semana comenzó con su negativa a aceptar un acuerdo del circuito europeo que eliminaría las multas por jugar en LIV Golf, dijo que vio el gesto como “simplemente mi deber”.
“Me criaron con ciertos valores: que si tienes la posibilidad y la capacidad de ayudar a alguien… especialmente en una situación como esa, en la que mi principal enfoque básicamente era sacarlos de allí, no necesariamente jugar un torneo”, expresó Rahm.
“Con un entorno que cambiaba constantemente, por un momento se veía bastante oscuro”, añadió. “Pero sí, aquí están. Nunca pensé que podrían venir. Es increíble que tantos estén a salvo y eso es lo más importante”.
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Deportes AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
The AI Trade: Now With Less Circle And More Jerk
The AI Trade: Now With Less Circle And More Jerk
Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance
As if markets didn’t already have enough to worry about heading into the weekend — an escalating conflict involving Iran, growing stress in private credit, and the ongoing annoyance of positive real interest rates — one of the “AI will solve everything, just add capex” deals that everyone in markets have been quietly laughing about while investing in for the past year has officially started to unravel.
According to Bloomberg, Oracle Corporation and OpenAI have scrapped plans to expand a flagship artificial intelligence data center campus in Abilene, Texas after negotiations dragged on over financing and, more awkwardly, OpenAI’s “changing needs.”
Changing needs, of course, being corporate-speak for: the numbers probably stopped making sense once someone sat down with a spreadsheet and noticed that data center financing deals are starting to arrive dead on the operating table.
The project in question sits in Abilene and is being developed by Crusoe Energy Systems as part of the highly publicized Stargate initiative — one of the many AI infrastructure megaprojects that have been breathlessly announced over the past year with the implicit assumption that demand for compute will grow forever, financing will always be available, and electricity will somehow materialize in gigawatt quantities on command.
The site itself is enormous: roughly 1,000 acres of land designed to host hyperscale data center clusters that would consume multiple gigawatts of power. Portions of the facility are already operating, and construction continues. But the big expansion — the one that was supposed to anchor the next phase of the project — suddenly no longer has a tenant.
Which is not exactly the kind of development you want in the middle of what’s supposedly the most unstoppable technology boom since the internet.
The timing of the headline didn’t exactly help market nerves either. The news crossed the tape around 3:00 PM EST, just as traders were already digesting a fairly ugly macro backdrop, and equities promptly faded into the close.
The late-day selling wasn’t catastrophic, but it was noticeable — exactly the kind of “huh, that’s interesting” price action that tends to get revisited when markets reopen after a weekend full of geopolitical headlines. In other words, if there’s follow-through pain on Monday, this little AI infrastructure hiccup will likely be part of the blame cocktail. The other part of the cocktail will likely be a result of the ugly headline about gating redemptions from a $26 billion fund that crossed the wire early this morning.
Into the suddenly vacant Abilene expansion steps Meta Platforms, which is now reportedly considering leasing the space. And because this is the AI industrial complex we’re talking about, the story quickly gets more entertaining.
Nvidia — the undisputed king of the AI gold rush — apparently helped facilitate the discussions between Crusoe and Meta after the Oracle/OpenAI expansion fell apart. The reason is simple: if the expansion stalled, there was a non-zero chance the project might eventually use chips from Advanced Micro Devices instead.
That would be unacceptable. So Nvidia reportedly dropped a $150 million deposit with Crusoe and began helping recruit Meta as a tenant for the facility.
Which is one way to describe it.
Another way would be: the chip supplier is now helping finance the data center just to make sure someone shows up to buy the GPUs.
Totally normal market behavior. Nothing to see here.
The irony is that none of this was supposed to be difficult. Over the past two years the AI trade has evolved into something resembling a self-reinforcing capital spending machine. AI labs promise increasingly powerful models. Hyperscalers promise increasingly massive infrastructure. Chipmakers promise increasingly powerful hardware. Investors promise increasingly large checks.
Everyone nods along because, well, AI and shit.
Across 2024 and 2025 the numbers involved have become borderline surreal. Hyperscalers including Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta have been committing hundreds of billions in combined capital expenditures to AI infrastructure. Entire gigawatt-scale campuses are being designed around GPU clusters that can cost tens of billions of dollars before the first model ever runs.
In the past year alone we’ve seen announcements for multi-gigawatt AI campuses in Texas, Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana, and multiple locations across the Middle East. Power utilities are scrambling to keep up. Nuclear plants are being discussed as dedicated compute power sources. Some projects are literally being planned around their own on-site generation because local grids cannot handle the load.
All of this is happening on the assumption that demand for AI compute will grow exponentially and immediately. Which may very well turn out to be true.
But what the Abilene situation illustrates is that when you move from PowerPoint decks to pouring concrete, the math suddenly matters. These facilities cost tens of billions to build, require enormous amounts of electricity, and depend on financing structures that start to look a little less comfortable when interest rates are no longer pinned at zero.
That’s before you even get into the small detail that the companies renting the capacity need to actually generate revenue from all that compute.
It’s not a catastrophe. The campus is still being built. Oracle’s broader agreement to develop roughly 4.5 gigawatts of data center capacity for OpenAI remains intact, and the companies continue to pursue projects elsewhere, including a major facility near Detroit. But the symbolism is difficult to ignore, especially today.
Because the entire AI boom has been driven by the assumption that demand is so overwhelming that infrastructure can barely keep up. The idea that a hyperscale expansion might suddenly be looking for a tenant introduces a slightly less euphoric possibility: maybe the buildout is getting ahead of itself — exactly what Michael Burry suggested was happening when he compared AI to the fiber/internet boom back in December, which I pointed out.
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And markets right now are not exactly in the mood for narrative disruptions.
Investors are already staring at a fairly unpleasant combination of risks. The conflict involving Iran continues to simmer with no clear path to a decisive resolution, raising the possibility of further regional escalation. Private credit — the $2 trillion corner of finance that has quietly replaced large portions of the traditional leveraged lending market — is starting to show visible signs of strain as higher rates squeeze borrowers and liquidity becomes more selective.
Overlay that with the fact that real interest rates remain positive and restrictive, meaning the cost of financing enormous infrastructure projects is no longer trivial.
Individually, none of these issues would necessarily derail markets. Together they start to look a bit like a three-headed chimera: Iran, AI capex bubble bursting and private credit vomiting up pieces of its own spleen.
For the past year markets have been happy to assume that all of this will work itself out. Now, just as investors head into a weekend already filled with nerves, one of the more exuberant pieces of the AI infrastructure narrative has quietly hit a speed bump.
And if the selling that began after that 3 PM headline is any indication, traders may spend the weekend asking an uncomfortable question: what happens if the most crowded trade in the market just developed its first real crack? You guys think about that. I’m going to happy hour.
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Operativo israelí en busca de piloto desaparecido hace 40 años deja decenas de muertos en Líbano
Por BASSEM MROUE
BEIRUT (AP) — Una fuerza especial israelí que aterrizó durante la noche en el este de Líbano en busca de información sobre un piloto desaparecido desde hace casi 40 años no encontró sus restos, informó el ejército israelí el sábado. La operación dejó docenas de muertos y docenas más de heridos.
Israel ha intentado durante décadas averiguar qué ocurrió con el piloto Ron Arad desde que desapareció tras eyectarse en paracaídas de un avión de combate que se estrelló en Líbano en 1986. Arad participaba en ataques contra presuntos milicianos palestinos. Fue capturado con vida por hombres armados locales.
El ejército israelí no indicó dónde aterrizó la fuerza en Líbano, pero el ejército libanés y medios estatales señalaron que un comando israelí descendió en las montañas a lo largo de la frontera con Siria antes de dirigirse a la localidad oriental de Nabi Chit, donde se enfrentó con integrantes del grupo político-paramilitar Hezbollah y combatientes locales. El Ministerio de Salud de Líbano informó que al menos 41 personas murieron y 40 resultaron heridas durante la noche en Nabi Chit y zonas cercanas.
El ejército libanés indicó que tres soldados figuraban entre los muertos en el intercambio de fuego. Señaló que cuatro helicópteros participaron en la operación, dos de los cuales realizaron el aterrizaje. También reportó que residentes se enfrentaron con fuerzas israelíes cuando las tropas libanesas se ponían en alerta y lanzaban bombas de iluminación.
El comandante del ejército libanés, el general Rudolphe Haikal, afirmó más tarde el viernes que la fuerza israelí que llevó a cabo la operación vestía uniformes del ejército libanés y utilizó ambulancias durante la operación con distintivos de la Organización de Salud Islámica de Hezbollah.
Un residente de Nabi Chit contó a The Associated Press que la fuerza israelí entró en la localidad y desenterró una tumba en un cementerio antes de retirarse. El hombre, que habló bajo condición de anonimato por motivos de seguridad, no ofreció más detalles.
El portavoz en árabe del ejército israelí, Avichay Adraee, publicó en X que la fuerza no encontró los restos de Arad ni ninguna evidencia relacionada con él.
Hezbollah sostuvo que sus miembros se enfrentaron con la fuerza israelí, y que la fuerza aérea de Israel realizó unos 40 bombardeos en la zona para que la unidad en tierra pudiera retirarse.
La esposa de Arad instó a los líderes de Israel a no poner en peligro la vida de soldados israelíes en la búsqueda por repatriar su cuerpo.
Tami, su esposa, escribió en Facebook: “Nuestro deseo de saber qué le ocurrió a Ron se detiene en el momento en que pone en peligro a soldados israelíes”, y señaló que la familia lo ha dicho múltiples veces a lo largo de los años.
“Durante 40 años hemos vivido con el hecho de que Ron está desaparecido, y queremos saber qué le ocurrió a Ron, pero no a cualquier precio. La santidad de la vida está por encima de cualquier cierre del círculo de certeza para nosotros”, añadió.
Adraee indicó que la fuerza israelí no sufrió bajas.
Desaparecido desde 1986
Una facción musulmana chií llamada la Resistencia de los Creyentes capturó a Arad después que aterrizara y difundió al principio algunas fotos de él, antes de que desapareciera todo rastro.
Se creía que Arad estuvo retenido en Nabi Chit hasta 1988, tras lo cual se le perdió la pista tras una feroz batalla entre combatientes de Hezbollah y tropas israelíes en la aldea de Meidoun, más al sur.
En diciembre, un oficial libanés retirado, Ahmed Shukr, desapareció en el este de Líbano cuando se reunía con algunas personas que querían comprar un terreno. Su familia cree que agentes israelíes lo secuestraron para obtener información sobre el caso y lo llevaron a Israel.
La esposa y el hermano de Shukr dijeron recientemente a la AP que el oficial retirado no tiene ninguna información sobre el destino de Arad.
Un intento anterior de encontrarlo
En 1994, comandos israelíes transportados en helicóptero aterrizaron en lo profundo del valle oriental de la Bekaa, en Líbano, donde capturaron al líder de la Resistencia de los Creyentes, Mustafa Dirani, y lo llevaron a Israel. Dirani fue liberado 10 años después en un intercambio de prisioneros con Hezbollah.
En 2008, Hezbollah envió a Israel a través de mediadores un informe sobre Arad en el que sugería que, con toda probabilidad, murió tras escapar de sus captores cuando intentaba llegar a Israel. El informe de Hezbollah fue publicado por medios israelíes en ese momento.
En otras zonas de Líbano, la fuerza aérea de Israel llevó a cabo ataques contra distintas partes del este y el sur del país.
Los nuevos bombardeos fueron los más recientes desde que la última ronda de combates entre Israel y Hezbollah comenzó el lunes. El grupo respaldado por Irán lanzó cohetes y drones contra Israel en represalia por la muerte del líder supremo de Irán, el ayatolá Alí Jamenei, después que Israel y Estados Unidos comenzaran a atacar Irán el 28 de febrero, lo que desencadenó la guerra más reciente en Oriente Medio.
La mañana del sábado se reportaron bombardeos contra las aldeas sureñas de Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, Arab Saleem y Jibchit. El ataque contra Jibchit mató a seis personas, incluidas cuatro integrantes de la misma familia, y en Zawtar al-Sharqiyah murieron cinco personas, publicó la agencia estatal de noticias.
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La periodista de The Associated Press Melanie Lidman contribuyó a este despacho desde Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Valparaiso man dies in Friday night wreck
A Valparaiso man, 20, died after a one-car crash Friday night in which his vehicle struck a tree, police said.
Deputies from the Porter County Sheriff’s Department were called around 9:48 p.m. for a single-vehicle crash on County Road 600 West, north of Division Road, according to a release from Sgt. Ben McFalls, the department’s public information officer.
An initial investigation showed that a 2012 Volvo SUV was traveling northbound on 600 W and went off the road near a curve, striking a tree that was on the east side of the road.
When units arrived, the driver, Caleb Ortiz, had passed away and later had to be extricated, police said
“Please keep the family and friends of the driver in your thoughts and prayers during this extremely difficult time,” McFalls said in the release. “We appreciate all the Agencies that assisted during this investigation.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/07/valparaiso-man-dies-in-friday-night-wreck/
Arsenal avanza a cuartos de la Copa FA con triunfo 2-1 ante Mansfield, de tercera división
Por JAMES ROBSON
Eberechi Eze llevó al Arsenal a los cuartos de final de la Copa FA y mantuvo vivo el intento del club de ganar cuatro títulos esta temporada.
Eze ingresó de cambio y sacó un disparo atronador al ángulo superior para acabar con la resistencia del Mansfield, de tercera división, y sellar la victoria 2-1 en Field Mill.
El líder de la Liga Premier también avanzó a los octavos de final de la Liga de Campeones y disputará la final de la Copa de la Liga inglesa. Pero afrontó una prueba exigente ante un Mansfield que está en la mitad inferior de la League One e igualó el partido en la segunda parte por medio de Will Evans.
“Queríamos que fuera un verdadero partido de copa y un encuentro duro para Arsenal, y creo que lo logramos”, le explicó el técnico de Mansfield, Nigel Clough, a TNT Sports.
Noni Madueke había puesto en ventaja a Arsenal con un remate de primera y con efecto, al ángulo superior a los 41 minutos. Pero el suplente Evans aprovechó un pase impreciso de Marli Salmon cinco minutos después del inicio de la segunda parte y definió a ras, superando a Kepa Arrizabalaga, para desatar la euforia del público local.
“Me dolió mucho no ser titular. Pensé que, si tenía alguna oportunidad hoy, tenía que demostrar algo — no solo al equipo, sino también a mí mismo”, expresó Evans.
Eze llevaba apenas cuatro minutos en el campo cuando marcó el gol de la victoria a los 66 minutos y llevó al Arsenal en los cuartos de final por primera vez desde que levantó la Copa por última vez en el 2020.
“Fue un auténtico partido de la Copa FA y hay que reconocerle a Mansfield, al estadio, a la atmósfera que crearon los aficionados”, señaló el entrenador de Arsenal, Mikel Arteta, después de incluir a dos jugadores de 16 años en su once inicial — Salmon y Max Dowman.
Wrexham recibe a Chelsea en la Copa más tarde y Manchester City viaja para enfrentar al Newcastle.
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U.S. Military-Industrial Complex Agrees To Quadruple Bomb Production As Operation Epic Fury Rages On
U.S. Military-Industrial Complex Agrees To Quadruple Bomb Production As Operation Epic Fury Rages On
U.S. Central Command said late Friday on X that U.S. forces struck 3,000 IRGC targets with air-delivered munitions during the first week of Operation Epic Fury, signaling that the campaign is only intensifying as it moves into next week.
U.S. forces have struck over 3,000 targets in the first week of Operation Epic Fury, and we are not slowing down. pic.twitter.com/Nqn30feTQA
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) March 7, 2026
President Trump wrote on Truth Social Friday that he would not accept a negotiated end to the war with Iran, suggesting the conflict could drag on for some time. “There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” he said.
We have reported that U.S. inventories of some critical munitions are running low, with U.S. forces scrambling for supplies of key air-defense interceptors as IRGC missiles and drones continue to target American and allied bases across Gulf states.
Dwindling supplies of critical munitions are being amplified by Ukraine’s continued need for interceptors amid relentless Russian missile and drone barrages, a major problem that likely prompted President Trump to host top U.S. defense manufacturers to discuss accelerating missile and bomb production.
“We just concluded a very good meeting with the largest U.S. Defense Manufacturing Companies where we discussed Production and Production Schedules,” Trump said on Truth Social late Friday afternoon.
Trump said the CEOs of BAE Systems, Boeing, Honeywell Aerospace, L3Harris Missile Solutions, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon were all in attendance and “agreed to quadruple” weapons production.
“They have agreed to quadruple Production of the ‘Exquisite Class’ Weaponry in that we want to reach, as rapidly as possible, the highest levels of quantity. Expansion began three months prior to the meeting, and the plants and Production of many of these Weapons are already underway,” the President said.
“We have agreed to quadruple critical munitions production,” LMT wrote on X shortly after the meeting.
We have agreed to quadruple critical munitions production. As a result of President @realDonaldTrump‘s leadership, we began this work months ago with @SecWar Hegseth and Deputy Secretary Feinberg. https://t.co/TPypJRQhEq
— Lockheed Martin (@LockheedMartin) March 6, 2026
As the conflict is set to drag on for weeks and weapons production ramps up, the Goldman Sachs index for U.S. defense firms is primed for a breakout. One reason the breakout could occur is USCENTCOM’s X post, which reads “We Are Not Slowing Down.”
Our defense pick since May 24, 2025, has been L3Harris, another defense firm that attended the meeting. Nearly a year ago, we outlined that L3Harris was a play on the “U.S. Hemispheric Defense Theme.” Since then, the stock is up more than 50%.
What is clear to traders is that the moment Trump signals Iran is prepared to surrender, defense stocks and crude are likely to plunge as war risk premiums implode.
Tyler Durden
Sat, 03/07/2026 – 11:05
Muere Ian Huntley, uno de los infanticidas más notorios de Reino Unido, tras ser agredido en prisión
Por PAN PYLAS
LONDRES (AP) — Uno de los infanticidas más notorios del Reino Unido murió el sábado, días después que otro recluso lo agrediera en el taller de una prisión de máxima seguridad.
Ian Huntley, un exconserje escolar –actualmente de 52 años– condenado en 2003 por el asesinato de dos niñas de 10 años, había estado conectado a soporte vital tras recibir repetidos golpes en la cabeza con una barra metálica en la prisión de Frankland, en el noreste de Inglaterra, el 26 de febrero.
Los asesinatos de Holly Wells y Jessica Chapman mantuvieron en vilo al Reino Unido durante dos semanas después que las mejores amigas desaparecieran del pueblo de Soham, en el este de Inglaterra, el 4 de agosto de 2002, tras salir de una reunión para comprar dulces.
Durante 13 días, la policía buscó a las niñas, aferrándose a la esperanza de que pudieran seguir con vida. Una foto de las menores con camisetas rojas iguales del Manchester United, tomada justo antes que desaparecieran, se convirtió en un elemento habitual de las portadas y de las emisiones informativas cuando los detectives desplegaban una enorme búsqueda.
Miles de personas visitaron Soham en una inmensa muestra de preocupación, dejando cientos de ramos de flores fuera de la iglesia local.
La búsqueda terminó cuando un grupo de excursionistas descubrió los restos de las niñas junto a un sendero de tierra en una zona boscosa a unos pocos kilómetros del pueblo.
“El asesinato sigue siendo uno de los casos más impactantes y devastadores de la historia de nuestra nación, y nuestros pensamientos están con sus familias”, señaló el Ministerio de Justicia del Reino Unido en un comunicado.
Huntley negó haber asesinado a las dos niñas de 10 años, pero fue declarado culpable tras un juicio en el Tribunal Penal Central de Londres en 2003. Su cadena perpetua recomendaba que cumpliera al menos 40 años.
En prisión, Huntley sobrevivió a repetidos intentos de acabar con su vida, y se le mantuvo bajo estrecha protección junto con otros asesinos notorios. En un incidente en 2010, otro recluso le cortó el cuello.
En el momento de los asesinatos, Huntley vivía con Maxine Carr, asistente de enseñanza en la escuela primaria de Holly y Jessica. Carr le proporcionó a Huntley una coartada falsa y posteriormente fue encarcelada durante 21 meses por obstruir el curso de la justicia. Ahora vive con una nueva identidad.
Huntley y Carr hablaron a menudo con los reporteros durante la búsqueda de las niñas. Huntley les había dicho que creía haber sido una de las últimas personas en verlas con vida, y Carr comentó que siempre conservará una tarjeta que Holly le había dibujado.
Los medios británicos han reportado que el asesino y violador Anthony Russell, de 43 años, fue el responsable de la agresión que finalmente condujo a la muerte de Huntley.
La policía de Durham investiga las circunstancias del incidente que causó la muerte de Huntley y se está preparando un expediente para el Servicio de Fiscalía de la Corona, a fin de que considere la presentación de cargos. ___
Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
