00:00U.S. President Donald Trump has encouraged Iranian Kurdish forces in Iraq to launch attacks against Iran,
00:07as the conflict in the Middle East continues to widen.
00:11Trump told Reuters news agency he would be all for an uprising by Kurdish groups against Tehran.
00:17The comments come amid reports that U.S. officials are in talks with opposition Kurdish forces
00:23about possible support for an insurgency within the country.
00:27Meanwhile, Israel has launched a broad wave of attacks on Beirut and Tehran,
00:32targeting infrastructures as the war enters a seventh day.
00:36Iran, meanwhile, says it fired missiles towards Tel Aviv and also targeted multiple cities across the Gulf.
00:43Among them, an overnight drone attack targeted the U.S. airbase at Al-Udid in Qatar,
00:49the largest American military facility in the region.
00:53Officials say there were no casualties.
00:55The war is now expanding beyond the Middle East.
00:59Iran has targeted Cyprus, Turkey and Azerbaijan.
01:03And in the Indian Ocean, a U.S. submarine has sunk an Iranian warship.
01:08Separately, the President also told Reuters that the U.S. must be involved in choosing Iran's next leader.
01:14He adds that it's unlikely to be Mott Jamba Khamenei,
01:17the son of late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
01:21who has emerged as a frontrunner to succeed his father.
01:28Thanks.
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