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Citing its most intense strikes of the war, Iran's military unleashes an unrelenting bombardment overnight, targeting Israeli and US assets. CNN teams in Doha reported booms loud enough to shake buildings as Qatar fought off waves of missiles and drones. Meanwhile, the US vows not to allow Iran to hold the Strait of Hormuz hostage and says it has destroyed multiple Iranian mine-laying vessels. We begin our extensive coverage with CNN's Oren Liebermann in Tel Aviv.


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While President Trump is talking pretty much like the war is over, the Iranians are talking like they're in it for the long haul. Regardless, the fighting over the past few hours has not slowed down. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to speaking to reporters later this morning. 

 
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Iran has a new supreme leader: Mojtaba Khamenei will succeed his father who was killed in a strike at the start of the war. Video from Iran's state media just a short time ago shows people celebrating in the streets. Israel met the announcement with increased firepower, targeting a rocket engine factory and several missile launch sites.  

 
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The three-man council running Iran is getting ready to introduce a new supreme leader. We don't know who that is nor exactly when this will be revealed but President Trump says that he needs to be involved in that. CNN's Nic Robertson joins us live from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with the latest. 

 
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We start today with explosions in Tehran as another wave of Israeli strikes is underway. Israel is saying that they've taken out dozens of Iranian missile arrays. Meanwhile, the IDF says Iran launched missiles towards Israel. Iran also targeted three Amazon data centers in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Here at home, the US enate rejected a resolution to force the president to end the Iran strikes. 

 
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