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US bureau chief Jacob Magid joins host Jessica Steinberg for today’s episode.
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With US President Donald Trump celebrating the rescue of a downed US airman from Iranian territory, Magid brings us new details of the daring operation, including the contingency plan in which the rescuers had to assemble helicopters on the spot.
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It’s crunch time for talks with Iran, Magid reports, after Trump reiterated his Tuesday night deadline on his threat to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran if it doesn’t agree to acceptable US terms for a deal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
And Magid tells us that a deadline also looms for the Hamas terror group in Gaza — to accept a phased eight-month disarmament plan by Friday, in an ultimatum issued by Nikolai Mladenov, the High Representative for the Board of Peace.
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For further reading:
Downed US airman said to have directed strikes on Iranian positions from hiding place
Trump: US has plan to destroy every bridge and power plant in Iran Tuesday night if no deal
Hamas given until week’s end to accept disarmament proposal — sources
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