🇺🇸🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: According to the NYT, Prince Mohammed bin Salman is convincing President Trump to use ground forces to seize key Iranian energy infrastructure and to bring about regime change in the “hard-line” government.

🇺🇸🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡- Mohammed bin Salman has also reassured Trump’s concerns over gas prices and economic instability as “only temporary”. - NYT.

🇺🇸⚡- California is suing the Department of Energy to stop it from restarting the Sable Offshore pipeline system linking the Santa Ynez offshore platform to California refineries.

🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- Iranian missile launched towards southern Israel.

🇮🇷🇱🇧⚡- BREAKING: According to early reports, Iran has launched a missile towards Beirut in retaliation for the expulsion of the Iranian ambassador.

🇮🇷🇧🇭🇦🇪⚡- “An Emirati soldier killed in Bahrain "while repelling" an Iranian attack,” per AFP.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- BREAKING: The Department of War will be deploying 3,000 troops from the US Army's 82nd Airborne to the Middle East.

The 82nd Airborne Division are an elite paratrooper division that specializes in airborne assault and infiltration missions, headquartered out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- According to AFP, the Israeli military has confirmed a missile launched from Iran impacted in Beirut.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱 - Clarification: Iranian, Arab, and Israeli sources all reported the launch from Iran towards Beirut on Tuesday.

Locals in Beirut claim there has been no impact and that the “impact” may have been from an interception.

AFP cited the Israeli military, which claimed to confirm a missile was launched from Iran and fell in Beirut.

Rerum Novarum will provide updates on the story as it progresses.

🇬🇧🇫🇷🇮🇷⚡- BREAKING: The UK's Royal Navy will lead efforts to "reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and ensure safe passage of merchant ships," The Times reports.

The plan is under development by the UK and France, and seeks the support of the US.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "The US and a group of regional mediators are discussing the possibility of holding high-level peace talks with Iran as soon as Thursday, but are still waiting for a response from Tehran," - Axios.

🇺🇸⚡️- President Trump continues to bleed support with every demographic that voted for him including men.

Young men in particular who propelled Trump to power now strongly disapprove of him due to the economy stagnating and the Iran War.

🇮🇷🇧🇭⚡️- Alerts in Bahrain.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Ali Akbar Ahmadian, a former IRGC commander best known as an architect of Iran’s asymmetric warfare strategy, has said they have been waiting for years for an American ground invasion and has urged them to “come closer.”

🇸🇦🇮🇷⚡️- Saudi Arabia has denied reports claiming that its leadership wants to prolong the war against Iran, according to Al Arabiya.

🇩🇪🇮🇷⚡️- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says international law is dead but praises German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier for calling the war a “disastrous and unnecessary mistake.”

🇺🇸🇮🇱🇮🇶⚡️- BREAKING: The Iraqi Armed Forces and the Iraqi Council of National Security have given the Popular Mobilization Forces full authority to respond to and retaliate against any U.S. and Israeli attacks, effectively giving them the green light to enter the war formally.

🇺🇸🇮🇶⚡️- Iraq has summoned the U.S. acting ambassador over American strikes on PMF positions.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "The Trump team is pushing for a 'framework agreement' with Iran, starting with a 'one-month ceasefire' followed by talks on a 15-point plan.

The proposal includes strict nuclear restrictions (no enrichment, dismantling of main sites) in exchange for lifting sanctions and supporting civilian nuclear projects.

Israel fears that a vague agreement could allow Iran to 'emerge victorious' if the fighting stops before the details are finalized," - Israeli Channel 12.