Mideast Tensions Escalate After Drone Strike Kills U.S. Troops

WSJ What’s News

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🗓️ 29 January 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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A.M. Edition for Jan. 29. Three U.S. service members were killed in Jordan in a drone strike that the U.S. said was carried out by Iran-backed militants. The WSJ’s Jared Malsin says the attack increases the risk of widening conflict in the region. Plus, Chinese developer Evergrande is ordered to liquidate despite a last-minute push by creditors to prevent a breakup. And with tax season kicking off, we look at one thing the IRS is paying extra attention to this year. Luke Vargas hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Embracing the icy crisp winter air, warming your hands with a Starbucks,
0:06.7	wrapping up in snugly layers upon layers.
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0:25.1	delivers and the Starbucks UK app, subject to availability while stocks last.
0:29.4	President Biden vows revenge after the killing of three US troops in a drone
0:36.7	attack in Jordan a major escalation of tensions in the region.
0:40.9	We keep going up the ladder where now you've had American service members who have been
0:46.5	killed and that's taken place in Jordan, which was a country that previously hadn't really
0:50.9	been dragged into this. So the risks of an escalation or of one side
0:55.6	miscalculating are just getting higher. Plus more manufacturing questions for
1:01.0	Boeing after this month Alaska Airlines blowout and
1:05.2	a court orders the breakup of what was once China's top property developer.
1:10.4	It's Monday, January 29th.
1:12.4	I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal and here is the AM edition of What's News?
1:17.2	The top headlines and business stories moving your world today.
1:24.0	We begin in Jordan, where three U.S.
1:28.0	service members were killed and at least 34 injured over the weekend
1:32.0	in a drone strike that President Biden has said was
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