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