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Trump's approval rating low as Iran war continues: See numbers  The Providence Journal

Pimco Commodity Fund Slumps 17% in March as Iran War Upends Oil  Bloomberg.com

Spain permanently pulls ambassador from Israel amid Iran war  Fox News

"Told To Carry Passports To Bomb Shelters": Indian In Israel Amid Iran War  NDTV

Israeli strike in Tebnine brings Lebanon death toll to 634 Lebanon’s Health Emergency Operations Center said an Israeli strike on the town of Tebnine in the Bint Jbeil district killed at least eight people. The centre said the figure was preliminary. The death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon since March 2 has now risen to 634, the country’s disaster risk management unit said.

Where to Stream FRONTLINE’s Documentary on the Road to War With Iran  PBS

US military warns civilians to avoid ports used by Iran along Strait of Hormuz  The Hill

Why hasn’t the US learned the lessons of two Gulf wars? Plus Iran’s supreme statement of defiance Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home address When news breaks that dominates the agenda to the extent of the US-Israeli attack on Iran, one challenge for the Guardian Weekly team is how to keep the magazine’s covers feeling fresh, week after week, while remaining focused on the same story. For this week’s edition, in response to Patrick Wintour’s must-read essay on how the US has ignored the lessons of two previous Gulf wars, we asked illustrator Doug Chayka to play with the idea of a Middle East that the US either cannot, or refuses to, see. Doug’s artwork neatly captures the dilemma of a Trump administration that now finds its Iran exit strategy – assuming there was one – cut off by chaos. Continue reading...

Campaigners fear Iranian authorities are intent on launching a new crackdown on opponents even under wartime conditions, after the police chief threatened to shoot protesters and treat them as enemies. The war between the Islamic republic and the United States and Israel erupted just weeks after unprecedented protests against the clerical establishment peaked in January. But rights groups say those demonstrations were put down in a crackdown that left thousands of people dead and tens of thousands arrested.

Dan Johnson hears from Iranians at a crossing in north-west Iran about their thoughts on the war and regime.

Red Cross mourns Lebanese medic killed in Israeli strike The International Committee of the Red Cross said it is mourning a Lebanese Red Cross volunteer killed while carrying out a rescue mission in the southern city of Tyre. It identified the medic as Youssef Assaf and offered condolences to his family, Lebanon’s health ministry earlier confirmed.  “It is deeply alarming that first responders in Lebanon continue to risk their lives while carrying out a humanitarian mission,” the group said in a statement. Assaf was killed after an Israeli air attack struck his ambulance while he and a colleague were heading to assist wounded civilians, the Lebanese Health Ministry confirmed earlier.

Unesco condemned the attack in Minab, Iran, as a ‘grave violation of humanitarian law’ - a preliminary investigation is said to have blamed a ‘mistake’ by the US military. Bryony Gooch and Maira Butt report

Spain Withdraws Ambassador to Israel Over Gaza Genocide and War in Iran  Truthout

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Canada looks for ways to increase oil production to curb price spikes from Iran war  Reuters

Iran war: Trump says he's not worried about domestic terror attack  CNBC

China’s Interests in the Israel-US War With Iran  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine

Thailand searches for crew members as ship attack reported near Oman Thailand is searching for three crew members missing from a cargo ship that caught fire off the coast of Oman. Twenty others were rescued by the Omani navy, according to Thailand’s Marine Department. Thailand’s foreign ministry called for de-escalation and renewed negotiations as tensions rise during the US-Israeli war on Iran.  In a statement, the ministry stressed the importance of respecting the UN Charter and international law, including the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure. At least 12 incidents involving vessels in or near the Strait of Hormuz have been recorded since the war began, according to maritime trackers, while the International Maritime Organisation says at least seven sailors have been killed.

The Pentagon has not permitted photographers to cover Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's last two briefings on the war in Iran, and hasn't explained the change in longstanding policy