It's Tuesday, welcome to ever click in, closer to-bilt-off.

It's Tuesday, 7 January.

Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin.

I'm Mike Baker.

Your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First, we'll look at Donald Trump's plans for the Iranian regime as Israeli officials

say that they're confident that the president-elect will back an IDF strike on Iran's nuclear

facilities or even mount his own preemptive strike when he returns to office.

Then, the Biden administration has announced the transfer of 11 Yemeni detainees from the

Guantanamo Bay military prison to Oman for resettlement, including two prisoners who served

as bodyguards for Osama bin Laden. But first, our afternoon spotlight.

With just two weeks to go, until Donald Trump assumes office, the president-elect is setting

his sights on Iran, particularly what the U.S. can do to undermine the regime's atomic ambitions.

According to an exclusive report from Axios, Israeli officials believe Trump

will either support an Israeli military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities or direct the U.S.

military to launch its own preemptive strike on the sites. The report cites two sources close to

Israeli strategic affairs minister Ron Dermar,

who met with the president-elect at Moralago back in November.

Dermar, a close advisor to Prime Minister Netanyahu reportedly came away from the meeting

confident that Israel will have a strong strategic partner in Trump

when it comes to dealing with the increasing nuclear threat

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