Hey, it's Ryan.

Overnight, the U.S. and Israel launched a wave of strikes against Iran.

So we wanted to bring you a special episode from our Wall Street Journal's sister podcast, What's News.

It has the latest on what's going on.

Here it is.

Hey, what's news listeners.

It's Saturday, February 28th.

I'm Luke Vargas for the Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News Sunday coming to you early this weekend to dig into the big questions

after the U.S. launched major combat operations against Iran earlier today. In coordination with

Israel, American strikes have targeted Iran's leadership and its military

assets, the prelude to what President Trump hopes is an end to the regime in Tehran.

Unsurprisingly, Iran is hitting back, firing missiles and drones at Israel and at U.S. bases

across the Middle East.

While it's still early hours, the attacks that various factions in Washington and abroad

have either feared or longed to see for decades are risking a wider conflict.

Today, we'll get the very latest on the U.S. attacks and Iran's response

and look at the likelihood of just

such an escalation.

We've got a lot to cover, so let's get right to it.

For weeks now, we have been watching the accumulation of U.S. military assets in the Middle

East, and overnight, the U.S. military pulled the trigger, using sea and air-based platforms to launch strikes across Iran, including the capital Tehran.

Iran's supreme leader was among those targeted, though his condition is currently unknown, as is a lot else at this hour,

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