News - Iran War Escalation and Hormuz Crisis, U.S. Minab School Bombing Fallout, Sudan Drone Warfare

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

News, History, Politics

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Subscribe now to skip the ads and get all of our breaking news specials. We’re putting out, what, an episode a day at this point? But the news roundup must go on. This week: In the Iran war, casualty and displacement figures rise across Iran and Lebanon (1:20), Iran mines and threatens to close the Strait of Hormuz (4:31), Iranian officials threaten to expand the war by targeting financial institutions across the Gulf (7:47), and new supreme leader Mustafa Khomeini delivers his first address (10:27); in Gaza, aid shortages deepen as food supplies run low (16:01); escalating drone warfare hits markets, towns, and civilian targets in Sudan (17:19); in Mali, the U.S. moves to restore counterterrorism cooperation and reconnaissance flights with the ruling junta (22:20); new warnings of conflict emerge in Ethiopia’s Tigray region (24:51); Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party secures a landslide victory in the latest elections (28:26); in Ukraine, the UN accuses Russia of committing a crime against humanity through the forced transfer of Ukrainian children (30:07); far-right politician José Antonio Kast takes office as president of Chile following the end of Gabriel Boric’s term (31:31); in Haiti, human rights groups warn about civilian harm from an expanding drone campaign targeting gangs in Port-au-Prince (34:05); and in these United States, investigations into the Minab elementary school strike raise questions about the use of AI-assisted targeting in U.S. military operations (35:41), plus Donald Trump hosts the first “Shield of the Americas” summit at his Doral resort (39:44). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to American Prestige.
0:03.2	To listen ad-free, you can subscribe at AmericanPestigepod.com.
0:08.3	Find the link in our show notes.
0:11.2	What I've dedicated my life to is revenge.
0:15.9	A brand new drama based on the best-selling novel.
0:18.7	They think they're better than us.
0:19.7	Who do you think you are?
0:22.6	I'm going to prove to them that they're wrong. She's punishing me.
0:23.6	You destroyed my family.
0:25.6	I will not rest until I've destroyed yours.
0:27.6	A woman of substance on Channel 4 starts tonight at 9.
0:31.6	That's kind of conversation
0:35.6	to your soul
0:38.3	That's conversation
0:40.3	To your soul
0:42.3	I'm gonna
0:43.3	I'm gonna
0:44.3	Myristen
0:49.3	Hello
0:53.3	Prestige heads and welcome to American prestige I'm Danny Bessner, here as always with my friend and comrade Derek Davidson, and we are excited to bring you the news.
1:01.5	But before we do, wanted to point everyone to the various specials, both free and paywall that we released in the last week.
1:09.1	They really give a good overview of the war,
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