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Hello and welcome to the DSR Daily. I'm David Rothkopf, joined by Riley Fessler and Minas Stein. We're here to talk about what's going on in the world today, which is a Wednesday

in the beginning of March. There are little crocuses popping up through the lawn. It's little snow drops.

There's a little chance that spring is returning. But elsewhere, the world looks a big mess.

Who's going to tell us, Riley. The conflict between the U.S. Israel and Iran has reached a critical point following the

death of the Ayatollah and the sinking of an Iranian warship by a U.S. submarine. As the war enters

its fifth day, the violence has rapidly expanded across the region with Israeli strikes hitting

Lebanon, while Iranian missiles target Israel, Bahrain, and Kuwait.

This escalation has already resulted in over a thousand deaths and crippled global energy

markets by significantly disrupting oil traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

While Iran navigates a leadership vacuum and internal unrest, U.S. and Israeli officials

have indicated that their intensified military campaign against

the regime's security forces could continue for several more weeks.

Hey, we know about leadership vacuums. We've got a leadership vacuum here. In fact, we have a

leadership vacuum who's in charge of our strategy in there. Did either of you guys hear the conversation between Trump and Friedrich

Mertz yesterday, the German chancellor, or the questions that Trump took beforehand?

No, I didn't see that.

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