Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon have continued, a day after US President Donald Trump said the ‘shooting’ would stop. Raids targeted areas across the Nabatieh district, causing destruction and leaving several people injured.
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The Dodgers’ recent string of injuries continued Wednesday when left fielder Teoscar Hernández pulled up limping after trying to beat out a grounder to shortstop.
Once he was thrown out in the second inning of the Dodgers’ 4-1 win against the Rockies, Hernández took his time walking across the field back to the dugout.
The Dodgers announced that he sustained a left hamstring strain. Utility player Hyeseong Kim replaced Hernández in left field.
This series, as results went, was a success for the Dodgers. They swept the Rockies, outscoring Colorado 24-10 over the course of three games. But the injury losses dealt a blow.
Earlier this month, the Dodgers’ rotation bore the brunt of the injury bug. But recently, it has spread to the position players. Over the last week, three Dodgers position players have left games with injuries.
Last Friday in Milwaukee, third baseman Max Muncy was hit in the wrist by a pitch and sidelined for three games.
Utility player Kiké Hernández made his season debut Monday, after starting the season on the injured list while recovering from offseason surgery on his left elbow, and helped fill in for Muncy’s temporary absence. But Hernández logged just four at-bats before landing on the IL again, lifted from Tuesday’s game with a strained left oblique.
Even after tweaking his oblique in batting practice Monday, Kiké Hernández went four for four with two doubles and a home run as he played through the injury.
Teoscar Hernández’s hamstring strain came in the midst of a hot offensive stretch. Entering Wednesday, he had a 1.072 OPS in his last 13 games.
Manager Dave Roberts also pulled Shohei Ohtani from the Dodgers’ blowout win Tuesday, after he was hit on the right hand by a changeup. But that had more to do with the score, an opportunity to get Dalton Rushing more at-bats, and getting Ohtani ready for his start on the mound Wednesday.
For the second week in a row, Ohtani was in the batting order while also pitching. And for the second pitching start in a row, he gave himself run support with a leadoff home run.
This jumped off his bat at an exit velocity of 111.3 mph, according to Statcast, landing on the netting beyond the center field wall.
Shohei Ohtani runs the bases after leading off Wednesday’s game with a home run.
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
His pitching performance was less straightforward. He held the Rockies hitless through six innings. But he still gave up a run, thanks to a total of five free passes (four walks and a hit batter).
Two of them set up the Rockies’ scoring opportunity. With runners on first and third in the fourth inning, the Rockies’ Willi Castro hit a grounder to the right side of the infield, pulling first baseman Freddie Freeman away from the base.
But second baseman Alex Freeeland, recalled Wednesday as the corresponding move as Kiké Hernández went on the IL, ranged to his left and dove to first base with the ball, beating Castro to the bag for the second out of the inning. Ohtani acknowledged Freeland with a point.
A run scored, but Freeland’s hustle set up Ohtani to get out of the inning without further damage.
The Dodgers held the Rockies hitless until the eighth inning, when Tyler Freeman hit a ground-ball single through the right side of the field off reliever Tanner Scott, in the midst of a scoreless inning.
Meanwhile, the Dodgers scored almost all their runs on homers, with Freddie Freeman and Andy Pages adding their own solo blasts after Ohtani, and Alex Call contributing an RBI single.
Smoke rises following overnight Russian strikes on Kyiv on Sunday amid the Russian invasion. More than 600 drones and 90 missiles struck several sites across Kyiv overnight on Sunday, resulting in multiple fatalities and more than 80 injuries, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA
May 25 (UPI) — Russia on Monday warned the United States it will continue targeting “decision-making centers” in Kyiv and advised Washington to evacuate its personnel from Ukrainian capital as it ratcheted up pressure in the conflict.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a phone conversation the Russian Armed Forces are now launching “systematic and consistent strikes against facilities in Kyiv used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and against the relevant decision-making centers,” according to a readout supplied by the Kremlin.
The Russian assault is in response to “the Kyiv regime’s ongoing terrorist attacks against civilians and civilian objects on Russian territory,” the statement said.
Lavrov also warned Rubio that the United States, “along with other states with missions in Kyiv, ensure the evacuation of their diplomatic personnel and other citizens from the Ukrainian capital.”
Earlier Monday, Moscow decried what it called “a bloody drone attack” on a college dormitory on Friday in Luhansk, a part of Ukraine occupied by Russian forces and claimed as a “people’s republic.”
Twenty-one people, including children, were killed and 42 others injured in strike, Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed while calling it a deliberate “terrorist strike.”
Ukraine, however, described it as an attack on the headquarters of Russia’s Rubicon drone military unit in Starobilsk, Luhansk.
That incident was followed by Russia’s largest-ever drone and missile attack on Kyiv overnight from Saturday into Sunday, in which two were killed more than 80 injured.
Strikes were recorded in almost every district of the city, hitting cultural targets such as The National Art Museum, the Chornobyl Museum, the National Philharmonic, the Ukrainian National Academy of Music and the Kyiv Opera Theater, the Kyiv Independent reported.
Julie Davis, the chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Kyiv, condemned the overnight strikes on Monday, calling them “deliberate strikes on civilian populations and civilian infrastructure” which she deemed “unacceptable.
“As President Trump has stated before, this war must end. We extend our deepest condolences to all those affected by this horrific tragedy.”
Such strikes in the capital are set to continue, Russia warned Monday, although insisting they are aimed at military rather than civilian targets.
“All this has exhausted our patience In this situation,” the Foreign Ministry said. “The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are beginning to launch consistent and systemic strikes at enterprises of the Ukrainian defense industry in Kiev, including specific facilities for designing, manufacturing and programming drones and preparing them for operation.”
The strikes “will target decision-making centers and command posts,” Moscow claimed.
LOVE Island stars Millie Court and Whitney Adebayo have left fans confused as to if it’s all over with their American boyfriends Zac and Yamen as they continued to fuel split rumours.
The pair have posted a string of cryptic clues, hinting they have called it quits with their partners just months after the All Stars series ended.
Taking to TikTok, Whitney, 28, shared a video of her and Millie having a boozy girls night – and fans are convinced they’re now single.
Sitting in their PJs on a bed they could be seen cheersing their drinks as the words, “so we’re gonna heal” played over the top of the clip.
The sound continued: “We’re gonna start again. You’ve bought the orchestra, synchronised swimmers. You’re the magician.
“Pull me back together again, the way you cut me in half.”
Millie, 29 and Whitney burst out laughing while the sound played and she captioned the post with six laughing face emojis.
While some fans in the comments thought the pair were joking with their viewers amid the break up rumours, others were certain they had parted ways with their villa hunks.
One fan penned: “Sounds like another break up.”
Another fan wrote: “The healing journey continues.”
Meanwhile, a third fan said: “They’re joking, rage baiting I love it.”
Whitney’s man Yamen first sparked split rumours earlier this week following a bold social media post to his “exes.”
He shared a montage of him in various places around the world and added: “Never block your ex.
“Always let them see what they missed out on.”
Stunning blonde Millie also made waves this week when she replied to a fan’s message asking if she was ok.
Millie said: “I am all good… I do feel like I have been very quiet with content and haven’t been posting much on any platform really.
“I was away for a whole month and then last week was really busy with work and things I couldn’t actually show you guys.
“And then catching up with friends and family and I didn’t want my phone to be in my face or their faces… big catch ups were needed.”
Rushing to the comments fans were quick to point out that she didn’t mention Zac at all.
Both Whitney and Millie are yet to officially address the rumours.
Officers remain in the Frenchay area of Bristol where two people died in “suspicious blast” at house.
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The 60-day clock for President Trump to seek congressional approval for further military actions against Iran was stopped by the April 7 ceasefire, a senior White House official claimed to The War Zone Friday morning. As we previously noted, the president faced a deadline today under the War Powers Resolution of 1973 to obtain permission from Congress to continue fighting.
The White House decision comes as the now-paused war is at a stalemate, with both sides believing they can outlast the other. Meanwhile, Trump is considering options for a new round of strikes while Iranians say they have presented new plans for working toward a peace deal.
“For War Powers Resolution purposes, the hostilities that began on Saturday, February 28 have terminated,” the official told us, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the matter. “Both parties agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday, April 7 that has since been extended. There has been no exchange of fire between U.S. Armed Forces and Iran since Tuesday, April 7.”
The administration’s statement today follows War Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Congressional testimony yesterday that “the 60-day clock pauses or stops in a ceasefire.”
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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says a ceasefire could pause the 60-day war powers deadline, but Senator Tim Kaine argues the law may not allow it.
Source::CNN news pic.twitter.com/NfzHb79NEC— Naki (@Naki_BK8) May 1, 2026
Under the War Powers Resolution, the use of armed forces should be terminated within 60 days unless Congress has declared war or voted to approve a 30-day extension. Since Trump formally notified Congress about the Iran war on March 2, that deadline fell today. Even though several other presidents have simply ignored the War Powers Resolution, the Trump administration is now arguing that the measure doesn’t really apply to their operation just yet.
It remains unclear how or if Congress will react. It adjourned yesterday for a week-long recess. On Thursday, the Senate rejected the latest of many resolutions intended to halt the war, The Washington Post noted.
Republican lawmakers appear to be deferring to Trump on the issue of the War Powers Resolution. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told The Associated Press on Thursday that he doesn’t plan on a vote to authorize force in Iran or otherwise weigh in.
“I’m listening carefully to what the members of our conference are saying, and at this point I don’t see that,” Thune said.
Republican Sen. Kevin Cramer of North Dakota said he’d vote for an authorization of war if Trump asked for it. But he questioned if the War Powers Act, passed during the Vietnam War era as a way for Congress to claw back its power, is even constitutional.
“Our founders created a really strong executive, like it or not like it,” Cramer said.
In a post on X, Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who joined with nearly all Democrats for the vote, said Trump’s authority as commander in chief is “not without limits.”
The 60-day deadline “is not a suggestion; it is a requirement,” she said, adding that further military action “must have a clear mission, achievable goals, and a defined strategy for bringing the conflict to a close.”
As I have said since these hostilities with Iran began, the President’s authority as Commander-in-Chief is not without limits. The Constitution gives Congress an essential role in decisions of war and peace, and the War Powers Act establishes a clear 60-day deadline for Congress…
— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) April 30, 2026
Iran says that it has “delivered its latest proposal for negotiations based on efforts to end the war to Pakistan,” the official Iranian IRNA news outlet reported on Friday.
“Iran handed over the text to Pakistan – a mediator for negotiations with the United States – on Thursday evening,” IRNA stated, without providing any details about what it entailed.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei emphasized in a television interview “that ending the war and establishing a sustainable peace remain Tehran’s main priorities in negotiations with the United States,” according to IRNA.
However, how much the new proposals will move the needle is unclear. Trump’s major demand is that Iran give up its nuclear ambitions. Baqaei’s comments followed those yesterday by Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, that seem to be in opposition to Trump’s demand. Khamenei said that his country will protect its “nuclear and missile capabilities” as a national asset and that the only place Americans belong in the Persian Gulf is “at the bottom of its waters.”
As we noted yesterday, the injured Iranian supreme leader rarely communicates publicly and Trump claims there is a fracture in Tehran’s government, making negotiations difficult. The schism in Iranian leadership should come as no surprise. This is exactly what we predicted could happen before the war even started.
Pakistan has been serving as an intermediary between the U.S. and Iran. Talks in Islamabad on April 11 concluded without reaching an agreement to end the war.
Iran submitted a revised negotiation proposal to the United States through Pakistani mediators on Thursday, IRNA news agency reported on Friday.
Foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei earlier said Tehran seeks a durable peace in talks with Washington, even as senior clerics… pic.twitter.com/UwdvXeVDOU
— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) May 1, 2026
While details of the new plan are unknown, CNN International Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson said that from talking to sources, it could involve a situation where the U.S. lifts its blockade of Iranian ports at the same time Iran ends its closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
At the 11th hour in Pakistan Iran’s proposal arrives – will it go far enough for the US President – here’s what we know about it pic.twitter.com/j7r4QB5sUB
— Nic Robertson (@NicRobertsonCNN) May 1, 2026
U.S. Central Command commander Adm. Brad Cooper and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine briefed President Trump Thursday night for 45 minutes “on new operational plans for potential strikes against Iran,” Axios reported on X, citing two senior American officials.
As we noted yesterday, CENTCOM has prepared three options, according to Axios. They include:
“President Trump has all the cards as negotiations continue, and he always has all options at his disposal to ensure that Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon,” White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly told us Friday morning in response to our query about the briefing. CENTCOM declined comment and the Joint Chiefs have not responded to our request.
מפקד פיקוד מרכז של צבא ארה”ב האדמירל בראד קופר וראש המטות המשולבים הגנרל דן קיין תדרכו הלילה את הנשיא טראמפ במשך 45 דקות על תכניות מבצעיות חדשות לתקיפות אפשריות נגד איראן, כך לפי שני בכירים אמריקנים https://t.co/p4GOe8rdAf
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) May 1, 2026
Addressing one of those options listed by Axios, Iranian MP and member of the negotiation delegation Mahmoud Nabavian warned that if Iranian leaders are assassinated in any attack, leaders of Persian Gulf nations “will be killed and their palaces destroyed.”
Iranian MP and member of the negotiation delegation Mahmoud Nabavian states that if Iranian leaders are assassinated in any attack, all of the complicit despots in the Persian Gulf will be killed and their palaces destroyed. pic.twitter.com/JUioYttQtc
— Seyed Mohammad Marandi (@s_m_marandi) May 1, 2026
While Israel has managed to meet its military objectives against Iran, leaving the Islamic Republic with highly enriched uranium would be a huge mistake, a senior military official told the Israeli Ynet media outlet.
The air force established an “Iran Department,” and the goals that had been set were achieved, the anonymous official told the publication.
“Now we will see whether another ‘clarification’ is needed to make them sit down for negotiations,’” the senior military official told the outlet, adding that “without a solution to the issue of uranium enrichment and the nuclear program, it will be one major failure.”
Israel Air Force chief exits with warning: no nuclear deal with Iran would be ‘a major failure’
Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar is ending 39 years in uniform after leading the Israel Air Force through October 7, internal reservist turmoil, his…https://t.co/AOAmxFbB64 pic.twitter.com/xwsLRe3Zyn
— Ynet Global (@ynetnews) May 1, 2026
An Iranian official claims that last night, “small enemy drones appeared to assess the country’s air defense, and Iran’s air defense responded decisively.”
“The Islamic Republic must respond offensively to the presence of micro-drones so that the enemy does not make such a mistake again,” said Ali Khodarian, Iranian National Security Commission of the Parliament Member. He did not say whose drones flew over Iran.
The War Zone cannot independently verify that claim, but this would be very much in line with preparations for resuming the air war. Stimulating an enemy’s air defense network via decoy drones would provide critical intelligence on the enemy’s electronic order of battle, including the status and locations of threat emitters and Iran’s ability to respond.
JUST IN: Iranian National Security Commission of the Parliament Member, Khodarian:
“Last night, small enemy drones appeared to assess the country’s air defense, and Iran’s air defense responded decisively. The Islamic Republic must respond offensively to the presence of… pic.twitter.com/pri0iBauOd
— Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) May 1, 2026
Khodarian’s comments follow video emerging on social media last night showing Iranian air defenses firing over Tehran.
In a major sign of growing cooperation between Israel and Gulf nations spurred by the war, Israel “sent sophisticated weapons systems — including an advanced laser — to the United Arab Emirates to help defend the Gulf monarchy from a ferocious onslaught of Iranian missiles and drones,” Financial Times reported.
Israel sent the UAE a version of its Iron Beam laser defense system, FT stated, citing one person familiar with the deployment and another with knowledge of the preparations to operate the system.
As we have previously explained, Iron Beam is a trailer-mounted weapon using directed-energy to destroy targets, including rockets, mortars, and drones. Reports described the system as firing “an electric 100-150 kW solid-state laser that will be capable of intercepting rockets and missiles.”
It was first deployed by Israel earlier this year to defend against incoming Hezbollah projectiles from Lebanon.
Israel also provided UAE with its lightweight Spectro surveillance system, “which helped the Gulf nation detect incoming drones, especially Shaheds, from as far as 20km away,” the publication stated. The system “integrates a wide range of digital imaging, high-definition optical sensors and advanced lasers, providing simultaneous multi-spectral observation capabilities and enabling ultra-long-range detection,” according to the Israel manufacturer Elbit.
In addition to Iron Dome, #Israel dispatched a version of the Iron Beam laser-based air defense system to the United Arab Emirates during the recent fighting with #Iran to help protect the Gulf nation from missile and drone attacks. https://t.co/AAuUpfxyxK
— Jason Brodsky (@JasonMBrodsky) May 1, 2026
A satellite image emerging on social media purports to show that Iran is continuing to load oil onto tankers at Kharg Island.
“No sign yet Tehran has run out of storage, despite baseless claims from the White House,” Javiar Blas, energy and commodities columnist at Bloomberg stated on X.
As we previously reported, Trump suggested that Iran’s oil infrastructure could “explode” in about three days because of mechanical and geologic issues exacerbated by the blockade.
Transits of the Strait of Hormuz continue to decline during the ongoing closure by Iran and U.S. blockade of Iranian ports.
As of April 30, “Hormuz crossings reduced to seven transits, split between four commercial and three non-commercial movements, with direction broadly balanced at four west-to-east versus three east-to-west,” the global trade intelligence firm Kpler stated on X. “Only two laden west-to-east crossings were recorded, under Pakistani and Comoros flags carrying [refined petroleum] and dry bulk, while higher-risk tonnage remained limited with just three shadow or sanctioned vessels observed and the rest assessed low-risk.”
No new physical attacks have been recorded since April 22, Kpler added, with permissive passages continuing.
Strait of Hormuz | Daily Vessel Crossings
As of 30 April, Hormuz crossings halved d/d to seven transits, split between four commercial and three non-commercial movements, with direction broadly balanced at four west-to-east versus three east-to-west.
Only two laden west-to-east… pic.twitter.com/y5Mc39xarg— Kpler (@Kpler) May 1, 2026
The UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) group says strait transits have fallen by more than 90%, leaving 850 merchant ships and around 20,000 sailors trapped inside the Gulf and unable to leave.
The Royal Navy maritime monitoring team has warned that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen by more than 90 per cent, with 850 merchant ships and around 20,000 sailors trapped inside the Gulf and unable to leave. Click image for more.https://t.co/XgKDZjSzql
— UK Defence Journal (@UKDefJournal) May 1, 2026
Despite a ceasefire, Israel said it has continued attacking Hezbollah positions in southern Lebanon.
Troops from the Paratroopers Brigade, Givati Brigade, Commando Brigade, and the Fire Brigade (214), under the command of the 98th Division, have operated in recent weeks in the area of the town of Bint Jbeil to clear the area of Hezbollah infrastructure and eliminated its fighters, the IDF said on Telegram.
“During the operations, the troops dismantled more than 900 terrorist infrastructure sites, located hundreds of weapons, and eliminated more than 200 terrorists in close-quarters combat and precise airstrikes.”
“After it was identified as booby-trapped, the Israeli Air Force struck and dismantled the stadium as part of the division’s efforts to locate and dismantle infrastructure used for terrorist purposes,” IDF claimed. “The IDF will continue to operate against threats to the citizens of the State of Israel and IDF forces, in accordance with the directives of the political echelon.”
IDF Division 98 completed a large-scale clearing operation in southern Lebanon. Hundreds of Hezbollah infrastructure sites destroyed, over 200 terrorists eliminated, and massive weapons stockpiles seized.
A town stadium rigged by Hezbollah as a booby-trapped compound was among… pic.twitter.com/l0SGpZXI1h
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) May 1, 2026
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