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Wednesday Afternoon News Updates: Trump's 'Ceasefire' in Collapse — 4/8/26

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  WHY IS THE U.S. SUPPORTING ISRAEL?    Watch now   Wednesday Afternoon News Updates: Trump's 'Ceasefire' in Collapse — 4/8/26 What a mess Ben Meiselas and MeidasTouch Network Apr 8   Hi all, Ben here. It’s Wednesday. Let me catch you up on this morning. Here are the top stories we’re tracking right now: Israel has launched over 100 airstrikes on Lebanon in ten minutes, hitting Beirut, South Lebanon, and the Bekaa Valley simultaneously — at least 300 killed from what we are hearing now, hundreds more wounded Iran has shut down the Strait of Hormuz again in response to the Israeli strikes An oil refinery on Iran’s Lavan Island was attacked; Iran retaliated by striking Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline and hitting Kuwait’s water desalination and power plants Pakistan’s Prime Minister, the ceasefire mediator, says Lebanon was absolutely included in the deal; Trump now says it wasn’t Trump is claiming a joint U.S.-Iran venture to charge tolls on Strait...

Top News | Dems Say 'Unstable, Unhinged, and Unfit' Trump Must Go

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Wednesday, April 8, 2026 ■ Today's Top News  Pakistan Reiterates That Lebanon Is Still Part of Ceasefire Despite Israel's Attacks A foreign policy expert told Common Dreams that Israel’s unprecedented attack on Lebanon, backed by the US, “appeared to be a direct attempt to blow up the ceasefire, and it worked.” By Stephen Prager A Pakistani official said Wednesday that despite Israel’s unprecedented attack on  Lebanon , it is still part of the ceasefire agreement that Pakistan’s prime minister helped to mediate the previous day, even as Israel and the US insist otherwise. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who played a key role in brokering the deal announced on Tuesday, said that “Iran and the  United States  of America, along with their allies, have agreed to an immediate ceasefire everywhere, including Lebanon and elsewhere, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.” RECOMMENDED... Aid Groups Warn Excluding Lebanon From Ceasefire ‘Risks Prolonging the Crisis ’ Despite Ceasefir...