CNN This Morning

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While President Trump is talking pretty much like the war is over, the Iranians are talking like they're in it for the long haul. Regardless, the fighting over the past few hours has not slowed down. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to speaking to reporters later this morning. 

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Iran has a new supreme leader: Mojtaba Khamenei will succeed his father who was killed in a strike at the start of the war. Video from Iran's state media just a short time ago shows people celebrating in the streets. Israel met the announcement with increased firepower, targeting a rocket engine factory and several missile launch sites.  

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The three-man council running Iran is getting ready to introduce a new supreme leader. We don't know who that is nor exactly when this will be revealed but President Trump says that he needs to be involved in that. CNN's Nic Robertson joins us live from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with the latest. 

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We start today with explosions in Tehran as another wave of Israeli strikes is underway. Israel is saying that they've taken out dozens of Iranian missile arrays. Meanwhile, the IDF says Iran launched missiles towards Israel. Iran also targeted three Amazon data centers in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. Here at home, the US enate rejected a resolution to force the president to end the Iran strikes. 

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srael unleashes another wave of attacks on Tehran and also targets in Lebanon., prompting retaliatory strikes from both countries on Israeli and American assets. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to speak to reporters later this morning. Our extensive coverage of the war begins with CNN's Nik Robertson in Saudi Arabia, where CIA station has been hit. 

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Israel carries out simultaneous strikes in Tehran and Beirut as the US promises to hit Iran even harder. The US State Department is warning Americans to leave the Middle East immediately. Meanwhile, Iran continues to target US allies across the Gulf. CNN has reporters throughout the region and we begin our coverage with our Chief International Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh in Haifa, Israel. 

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Our coverage of the war against Iran, which President Trump now says could last "four weeks," continues, starting with CNN Chief International Security Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh. 

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A former president of the US will be questioned under oath today about Jeffrey Epstein just hours after his wife did the same. Could this set a dangerous precedent for Republicans and Donald Trump? ... Despite positive nuclear talks with Iran, is a US strike now all but inevitable? ... Why did Netflix walk away and let Paramount grab Warner Brothers? 

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Does yesterday's gunfight between Cuban forces and a Florida speedboat put the US on the brink of a new crisis? Havana says it killed four people trying to infiltrate the island ... Bill and Hillary Clinton begin their closed-door testimony today on the Epstein saga. Will they say anything of substance? ... Nuclear talks with Iran resume. Is this the last chance for diplomacy of a prelude to a US military strike? 

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