9 AM ET: Pakistan-Iran hostilities, US border tensions, winter storms & more

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🗓️ 18 January 2024

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Iran and Pakistan have both launched deadly strikes on each other's territories in an unprecedented escalation of hostilities. Tensions at the US southern border are rising as Texas authorities start arresting migrants. Nikki Haley is gaining on former President Donald Trump in the polls ahead of the New Hampshire primary. Lawmakers are racing to avoid a partial government shutdown tomorrow. And, more winter storms are on the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.6	Hello. From CNN, I'm Joe Beck with the five things you need to know for Thursday
0:26.7	January 18th. The conflict between Israel and Hamas has already moved beyond Gaza and it could spread even further.
0:35.8	As of today, Pakistan and Iran have both launched deadly strikes on each other's
0:40.6	territories in an unprecedented escalation of hostilities
0:44.4	between the neighbors. CNN's Ivan Watson has more.
0:48.0	It would have been very hard to predict even just three, four days ago because both
0:51.4	Pakistan and Iran, while they're not the best of friends,
0:55.3	they're both officially Islamic republics.
0:57.6	They were actually holding joint naval exercises together earlier this week.
1:01.3	And then suddenly Tuesday night, Iran carried out these cross-border
1:04.8	strikes against what it said were Iranian as they put it terrorists operating in
1:10.3	Pakistani territory it killed at least two children, wounded several others,
1:14.6	the Pakistani government was incensed, and within the last couple of hours
1:18.9	the Pakistani government has announced that it carried out its own cross-border strikes into Iranian
1:25.6	territory against what it describes as Pakistani militants operating there.
1:31.0	An Iranian official says 10 people were killed in the strikes, including women and children.
1:37.1	This came as the U.S. says it carried out a fourth round of strikes against the
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