Iran and Israel Trade Missile Attacks, MSG Security Update, More
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Karen, we begin with a tense situation in the Middle East. Israel and Iran have been exchanging missile attacks despite calls from President Trump for both sides to stop fighting. In a wide-ranging interview with NBC's Meet the Press, heard Sundays on Bloomberg Radio, the president said he still thinks a deal is possible.
We're very close. We have a couple of points. They don't even seem like big points. They've conceded the fact that they will not have nuclear weapons.
And in a separate interview with the Financial Times, President Trump said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have to accept any U.S. deal with Iran, saying, quote, I call the shots. We get more from Bloomberg's Abir Abu Omar in Dubai.
The ceasefire, the true stocks have been in a fragile state since the initial ceasefire was reached on April 8th. But what we've seen over the past couple of days really complicates things, right? So what we've seen over on Sunday is Hezbollah in Lebanon and Israel trading fires. Israel had retaliated to an attack by Hezbollah on the northern part of Israel to attacking the southern suburbs of Beirut, killing people and injuring others.
Bloomberg's Abir Abou Omar reports Israeli army radio saying Iran's fired about 30 missiles at Israel since last night. In a social media post this morning, President Trump says Israel and Iran must immediately stop shooting. Iran's semi-official Taznim news agency reports Iran is prepared for a long-term war with Israel.
And Nathan, there's a new risk of escalation in the Strait of Hormuz. The Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen have declared a ban on Israeli ships in the Red Sea, threatening a key bypass route to the waterway that handles about a fifth of global oil flows. The Houthis previously began attacking ships in 2023 after the outbreak of war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. They have largely set out the war in Iran, but have repeatedly warned they could close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait that leads from the Red Sea to the Indian Ocean.
Let's turn to politics now, Karen. There's a new turn in the race for mayor of Los Angeles, and we get more now from Bloomberg's John Tucker. John.
And, Natus, more mail-in ballots are counted. The Democratic Los Angeles council member, Nydia Rahman, has surged past Republican reality TV personality Spencer Pratt. Rahman, who initially trailed Pratt by eight percentage points... closed the gap as mail-in ballots were counted over the weekend. Well, that's a protracted process in California that can drag on for weeks. Rahman had 27.1% of the votes counted so far, and Pratt had 26.7%. Both are vying to compete in a November 3rd runoff against Mayor Karen Bass, who has 34.7% of the vote. The 44-year-old Roman has favored cutting spending on police, among other things. Her leftist politics prompted comparisons with Zoran Mamdani, a fellow Democratic Socialist who swept a victory in New York.
I'm John Tucker, Bloomberg Radio.
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