Iranian strikes set Kuwait's largest airport ablaze amid fragile ceasefire with the U.S.
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🗓️ 3 June 2026
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the NewsHour. Tonight, the U.S. says its ceasefire with Iran is still holding, |
| 0:05.8 | but it was a violent day with the U.S. and Iranian militaries trading fire overnight. |
| 0:11.0 | And today, Iran struck Kuwait's main airport, killing one person and injuring dozens more. |
| 0:17.0 | The ceasefire is also being tested by the ongoing conflict in Lebanon, which has exposed rare public tensions between President Trump and Israel's prime minister. |
| 0:26.2 | Nick Schifrin begins his report with the new violence in the Gulf. |
| 0:32.1 | Inside Kuwait International Airport today, this is what ceasefire looks like. |
| 0:38.5 | Part of the passenger terminal clouded by dust and debris and the crackle of fire. |
| 0:45.3 | An airport employee points to the spot where he says Iranian drones made a direct hit. |
| 0:50.5 | The attack temporarily shut down the airport and shook America's Gulf allies who were advocating |
| 0:55.8 | for a U.S.-Iran diplomatic deal. |
| 0:59.0 | But there is no deal, and the attacks are increasing. |
| 1:02.3 | Today, Iran fired missiles at Kuwait and for the first time since the ceasefire began, Bahrain |
| 1:07.3 | and the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's fifth fleet. |
| 1:10.4 | The missiles either failed or were shot down, but the ceasefire is being strained. |
| 1:15.2 | Iran calls these launches a response to the U.S. striking this oil tanker's engine to enforce |
| 1:20.6 | the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports. |
| 1:22.9 | They were slightly provoked because we took a strong action for a different reason. |
| 1:27.9 | So they were reciprocating it. |
| 1:30.9 | Today in the Oval Office, President Trump also labeled Iran strikes a response to U.S. attacks, |
| 1:36.6 | even though the U.S. military called its strike self-defense after Iranian attacks. |
| 1:41.9 | And today, as he has repeatedly in the past, President Trump dangled the promise of a diplomatic |
| 1:47.0 | deal. |
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