Hundreds killed in Iran protests | US ramps up pressure on Cuba over Venezuelan oil

Hundreds of people have been killed and over 10-thousand arrested in Iran… during two weeks of protests which triggered a brutal government crackdown… according to a US-based rights group. Iran has warned the US military and Israel will become “legitimate” targets if US President Donald Trump follows through on any US intervention. Responding to that threat President Trump said quote: “If they do that, we will hit them at levels that they’ve never been hit before.”

00:00 The rhetoric between the US and Iran reaches alarming levels as hundreds die after weeks of unrest
03:45 Donald Trump warns Cuba to make a deal or face the consequences as Venezuelan oil supplies dry up
06:49 Ukraine’s military says it has struck three Russian oil drilling platforms in the Caspian Sea
09:52 Israeli airstrikes have hit a town in southern Lebanon, sending thick smoke into the night sky
10:26 The Trump administration says it’s sending hundreds more federal agents to Minneapolis to support the work of ICE agents

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