Hegseth: "We've known for a long time that Iran had intentions on trying to kill President Trump. While that was not the focus of the effort -- in fact, never raised by the president -- I ensured and others ensured that those who were responsible for that were eventually part of the target list."
04.03.2026 13:30 β
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Q: Can you give us an update on a reported strike on a girls' schools in southern Iran on Saturday?
HEGSETH: We've investigating that. We of course never target civilian targets, but we're taking a look.
Q: Is there any clarity on whose munition that was?
HEGSETH: We're investigating it
04.03.2026 13:31 β
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![[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.]
From off-screen a newsreaderβs commentary comes:
NEWSREADER:
Extraordinary images here
of an expat in Dubai
[The influencerβs eybrows raise slightly]
β¦Having their first ever geopolitical thought.
[CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencerβs face. The intervieweeβs name is David Jones].
CLIVE MYRIE:
To explain the significance of this moment weβre joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent
DAVID JONES:
Clive, this is momentous
It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: βDubai Is Brilliantβ.
[Pointing at the screen, the influencerβs expression still the same]
You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.
It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expatβs previous thoughts.
CLIVE MYRIE:
Which are�
DAVID JONES:
You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes,
I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa.
CLIVE MYRIE:
And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days?
DAVID JONES:
I think we can expect to see:
βI Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax Toβ
CLIVE MYRIE:
Mmm.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibu6vuc7ofetq5hla3gfcknocotbfl3yk2ajczk6qfd2hnjxrav6q@jpeg)
[We see a close up of a young white male, tanned, white teeth, coiffed hair clearly an influencer on social media. It is an image such as you see when social media posts are shown on the news. In the corner of the screen is named a location: DUBAI. He is staring slightly off-camera for several silent panels of the comic strip. His eyes move slightly. He is having a thought.]
From off-screen a newsreaderβs commentary comes:
NEWSREADER:
Extraordinary images here
of an expat in Dubai
[The influencerβs eybrows raise slightly]
β¦Having their first ever geopolitical thought.
[CUT TO a BBC news scene. The BBC newsreader CLIVE MYRIE is talking to an interviewee next to the screen showing the social media influencerβs face. The intervieweeβs name is David Jones].
CLIVE MYRIE:
To explain the significance of this moment weβre joined by David Jones, our Expat Thoughts correspondent
DAVID JONES:
Clive, this is momentous
It was caught on film at the end of an Instagram post titled: βDubai Is Brilliantβ.
[Pointing at the screen, the influencerβs expression still the same]
You can clearly see in the eyebrows here, the dawning realisation that there *might* be something in the world beyond his dickhead self.
It marks a *huge* departure from all the Dubai Expatβs previous thoughts.
CLIVE MYRIE:
Which are�
DAVID JONES:
You've Got To Get Yourself Out Here Mate, Everything Is So Clean, I Don't Have To Pay Taxes,
I Am Incurious As To Why I Do Not Have To Pay Taxes, and Spa.
CLIVE MYRIE:
And might we see an expansion of these new Thoughts in coming days?
DAVID JONES:
I think we can expect to see:
βI Deserve To Be Airlifted By A Country I Pay No Tax Toβ
CLIVE MYRIE:
Mmm.
[Ends]
04.03.2026 11:14 β
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I have just held a call with President Pedro SΓ‘nchez to express the EUβs full solidarity with Spain.
The EU will always ensure that the interests of its Member States are fully protected.
04.03.2026 11:58 β
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It is quite astonishing to remember the Iraq war, the demise of a brutal dictator there, the principled opposition of France and Germany, the chaos and regional instability that followed vindicating French and German opposition - and to see only Sanchez have the courage to take a stance.
04.03.2026 12:02 β
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Did anyone have issues with π¦ last night?
Couldn't access it for a couple of hours on either (Android) phone or iPad?
Just me?
04.03.2026 13:24 β
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Don't worry, US troops are being told war with Iran will bring back Jesus!
Are you ready for Operation Second Coming?
According to the Huffington Post, one commander had a βbig grinβ on his face while explaining Donald Trump βhas been anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iranβ. Iβm not making this shit up!
www.normalisland.co.uk/p/dont-worry...
04.03.2026 13:01 β
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Pete Hesketh or whatever he calls himself is an idiot. It is the booze talking. With Trump it is the dementia talking. #wato
04.03.2026 13:14 β
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"Most Reform members are total racist shitheads, poll finds."
04.03.2026 09:53 β
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Okay, Israel and USA are involved so which god are they doing it for?!
04.03.2026 10:46 β
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