Situation in Beirut’s Dahieh district after Israeli bombings.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei:

We don’t know if the models are conscious.

We are not even sure what it would mean for a model to be conscious. But we’re open to the idea that it could be.

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran:

Between allied countries, it is good to support each other when one is right, and also to point out when a mistake is being made, as is the case with this war.

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi:

This mother never left her child… she brought her son into this world, and has now joined him in the next world...

Our Brave and Powerful Armed Forces will avenge each and every Iranian mother, father, and child who has been targeted by hostile forces.

White House:

The US military has more than enough munitions, ammo, and weapons stockpiles to continue demolishing the Iranian regime and finish Operation Epic Fury, no matter how long it lasts.

Nevertheless, President Trump has always been intensely focused on strengthening our military, which is why the meeting with defense contractors was scheduled weeks ago.

The President will continue to call on these US companies to more speedily build American-made weapons, which are the absolute best in the world.

U.S. and Israeli forces are bombing Ilam, Iran.

A drone targeted Basra International Airport, an Iraqi security source told Al Jazeera.

Trump is scheduled to meet Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the White House on Friday at 2:30 p.m. (1930 GMT).

The closed-door meeting will last about an hour, after which Trump is expected to travel to Miami.

BREAKING: Trump on Iran:

There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!

After that, and the selection of a GREAT & ACCEPTABLE Leader(s), we, and many of our wonderful and very brave allies and partners, will work tirelessly to bring Iran back from the brink of destruction, making it economically bigger, better, and stronger than ever before.

IRAN WILL HAVE A GREAT FUTURE. “MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN (MIGA!).”

The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February.

Source: WSJ

Kuwait has begun cutting oil output at some fields after storage tanks filled up due to disruptions to exports through the Strait of Hormuz.

The country may soon reduce production further to levels needed only for domestic use.

Source: WSJ

Trump on the Iranian leadership:

It's going to work like it did in Venezuela. We have a wonderful leader there.

She's doing a fantastic job, and it's gonna work like that.

I don't mind religious leaders, I work with a lot of religious leaders and they are fantastic.

Source: CNN

Trump:

We have already figured out the Strait of Hormuz. We have knocked out their Navy.

When you knock out the Navy, they can't do what they want to do.

Source: CNN

Trump told CNN today that the United States has destroyed 25 ships of the Iranian Navy.

Just yesterday, CENTCOM commander Brad Cooper said the number was over 30 ships.

Trump to CNN:

Cuba is going to fall pretty soon.

Trump administration officials told lawmakers in closed-door briefings this week that the U.S. was operating in the area of Iran where an elementary school was struck, killing scores of children.

Source: NBC News

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The Israeli military said five soldiers from the Givati Brigade were seriously wounded by indirect fire while inside Israeli territory near the Lebanon border.

Three additional soldiers were lightly wounded in the same incident.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry said 217 people have been killed and 798 wounded in Israeli attacks on the country.

Zelensky visited the Donetsk region.

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