Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent

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From the newsroom of WBAI 99.5FM in New York City, Pacifica Headlines provides a 5-minute rundown of the most important stories from around the world. Priority is given to subjects that may be underreported in mainstream news coverage.

  1. 9h ago

    Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | August 20, 2026

    Russian ballistic missile attack this morning kills 14 people across Kyiv, Israeli strikes kill at least 10 Palestinians yesterday in attacks targeting a Gaza City police post and the Nuseirat refugee camp, Israeli soldiers accused of smuggling millions of dollars of goods restricted by Israel into the Gaza Strip, President Trump threatens Iranian allies, US gross national debt tops $40 trillion. From the newsroom of WBAI 99.5FM in New York City, Pacifica Headlines provides a 5-minute rundown of the most important stories from around the world. Priority is given to subjects that may be underreported in mainstream news coverage.

  2. 1d ago

    Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | August 19, 2026

    South Korea's annual joint military drills cut down to 5 days after President Trump orders substantial reduction in US participation, Palestinian-American Loui Ridi confronts an Israeli settler trespassing on his property in the occupied West Bank, US Ambassador Tom Barrack says Israel's strike on Syria's Abu al-Duhur airbase yesterday carried a real risk of rapid escalation into a direct military confrontation with Turkiye and Syria, progressive Florida State Representative Angie Nixon wins Democratic Senate primary in Florida, Meta trial over child abuse accusations begins in Oakland, CA.

  3. 2d ago

    Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | August 18, 2026

    Palestinian-American Loui Ridi whose home in the occupied West Bank has been besieged by Israeli settlers returns to his property, President Trump's special envoy for peace Jared Kushner claims that progress on Hamas disarmament could come within 30 days, vessel in the Strait of Hormuz suffers a crew casualty after being struck by an unknown projectile, Trump's approval rating drops to lowest level of his presidency in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, protests continue over construction at the Big Bend national park in southwest Texas.

  4. 3d ago

    Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | August 17, 2026

    Russian attack on Ukraine kills 2 people at a Kyiv steel plant and injures 3 people, Memorandum of Understanding signed in June by the US and Iran expires today, Israel's minister of national security Itamar Ben-Gvir says he believes 30 to 40 people should be killed in Gaza each night, newly sworn-in AG Todd Blanche refuses to say that he will always act independently of White House control.

  5. 6d ago

    Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | August 14, 2026

    Aircraft carrier the USS George Washington deployed to the Middle East following reports of supply shortages, water contamination, and deck safety concerns aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln following a rare 8-month deployment, settler violence continues in the occupied West Bank reportedly under the protection of the Israeli military, US Customs and Border Protection commissioner Rodney Scott denies reports that his agency is building a 30-foot wall at Big Bend National Park in Texas.

  6. Aug 13

    Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | August 13, 2026

    Revised death toll in Monday's 7.4-magnitude earthquake in western Colombia reaches 265 people with nearly 500 people unaccounted for, Colombian government authorizes joint military operations with the US to target drug traffickers, Iran war negotiations stalled as the President trades barbs on social media with Iranian leaders, stranded tanker off Omani coast has polluted an estimated 25 miles of the country's central coastline, Greenland authorities have force a US oil company tied to President Trump to postpone drilling wells in the Arctic, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt to resign from role at the end of the month.

  7. Aug 12

    Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | August 12, 2026

    President Trump says US in "total control" of the Strait of Hormuz, 4 crew members and 2 rescue workers killed in an attack by the Iran-backed Houthi militant group in Yemen on a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb strait, U.S. military airstrikes in Yemen last year killed 153 civilians, at least 2 Palestinians injured in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, Democrat David Crowley wins Wisconsin Democratic primary for governor defeating Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong.

  8. Aug 11

    Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | August 11, 2026

    A 7.4-magnitude earthquake in Colombia kills at least 164 people, President Trump responds to Iran's conditions for a peace deal with his own new set of demands, emergency workers and firefighters reportedly targeted in multiple Israeli drone attacks in Nabatieh, Lebanon, security officials in Israel are allegedly retaining the remains of an estimated 1,700 Palestinians, An Iranian assassination threat against President Trump as he planned to depart the NATO Summit reportedly prompted him to depart secretly on an alternate military aircraft, the President signs executive order scaling back the number of vaccinations US children receive.

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From the newsroom of WBAI 99.5FM in New York City, Pacifica Headlines provides a 5-minute rundown of the most important stories from around the world. Priority is given to subjects that may be underreported in mainstream news coverage.

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