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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes, Trump Meets Japan PM, Kharg Island Future
13 minutes Posted Mar 20, 2026 at 9:54 am.
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Israel and Iran Trade Airstrikes
Trump Meets Japan PM
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Iran and Israel are trading airstrikes as the Israeli
prime minister pushed back against claims he forced the U.S. into the war with Iran.
Japan’s prime minister visited President Trump at the White House, where they
talked about Iran and China, and 2,200 Marines are on their way to the Persian
Gulf.Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter.Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Hannah Bloch, Rebekah Metzler, Andrew Sussman, HJ Mai and Alice Woelfle.It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Ava Pukatch.Our director is Christopher Thomas.We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.And our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor.(
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