{"id":202477,"date":"2026-03-05T13:53:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:53:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-pentagon-taking-a-look-at-deadly-strike-on-girls-school-in-iran-as-un-office-demands-answers-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T13:53:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T13:53:10","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-pentagon-taking-a-look-at-deadly-strike-on-girls-school-in-iran-as-un-office-demands-answers-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-pentagon-taking-a-look-at-deadly-strike-on-girls-school-in-iran-as-un-office-demands-answers-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: Pentagon \u2018taking a look\u2019 at deadly strike on girls\u2019 school in Iran as UN office demands answers – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

US military has not taken responsibility for the strike, which killed at least 165 students, according to Iranian officials \u2013 key US politics stories from Wednesday 4 March at a glance
Pete Hegseth<\/a>, the US defense secretary, offered few details and was evasive when asked about the deadly strike on a girls\u2019 school in Iran, saying only that the US was \u201cinvestigating\u201d the incident. Iranian officials say the attack, which happened on Saturday, killed at least 165 students<\/a>.
\u201cAll I can say is we\u2019re investigating that,\u201d Hegseth said when asked about the bombing of the Shajareh Tayyebeh girls\u2019 school in Minab. \u201cWe, of course, never target civilian targets, but we\u2019re taking a look and investigating that.\u201d
The school was struck on the first day of US and Israeli attacks on Iran<\/a>. In addition to the many killed, Iranian state media also reported that 96 others were injured, many of them students attending classes at the Shajareh Tayyebeh school.
On Tuesday, the United Nations human rights office called on what it described as \u201cthe forces behind a deadly attack on a girls\u2019 school in Iran\u201d to conduct an investigation and provide information about the incident, though it did not identify who it believed was responsible.
Hegseth also confirmed on Wednesday that a US submarine was behind the deadly strike on an Iranian frigate<\/a> that killed more than 80 people, as it was sailing close to the Sri Lankan coast.
The US will have complete, uncontested control of Iranian airspace within days, the Pentagon chief declared<\/a>.
\u201cWe are just getting started,\u201d Hegseth said. \u201cWe are accelerating, not decelerating.\u201d
The UN committee on the rights of the child said in a statement: \u201cThe committee is alarmed by reports of strikes on civilian infrastructure, including schools and hospitals, which have injured and traumatised children, and claimed many young lives.\u201d Children must be protected from war, the committee added.
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Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted down an attempt to require Donald Trump<\/a> receive Congress\u2019s permission before continuing the war with Iran, batting aside concerns from Democrats that the campaign is illegal and risks plunging the United States into a prolonged conflict.
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Top military officials told lawmakers in a closed-door briefing on Tuesday that the US was rapidly depleting its supply of defensive missile interceptors to shoot down Iranian attack drones, even as the Trump administration<\/a> has publicly dismissed those concerns.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Five Republicans on the House oversight committee joined with Democrats to subpoena the US attorney general, Pam Bondi<\/a>, as part of the ongoing investigation into Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> and Ghislaine Maxwell<\/a>.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Half of Americans support the abolition of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)<\/a> agency, a new poll<\/a> has found, as opposition to Trump\u2019s aggressive federal immigration crackdown continues to grow.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Canada and Australia will be stronger negotiating together with superpowers including Donald Trump\u2019s America<\/a>, acting as \u201cstrategic cousins\u201d rather than competitors, Mark Carney has told the Australian federal parliament.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration<\/a>\u2019s efforts to halt New York<\/a>\u2019s first-in-the-country congestion fee meant to reduce traffic and pump revenue into the region\u2019s ageing transit system.
Lewis Liman, a US district judge, on Tuesday ruled that the US Department of Transportation lacked the authority to unilaterally rescind approval of the $9 toll, which was initially greenlit by Joe Biden.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
UK prime minister Keir Starmer has told MPs that \u201changing on to President Trump\u2019s latest words is not the special relationship\u201d<\/a><\/strong> after criticism of his stance on the Iran conflict.
More details have emerged about four of the American service members who were killed in an unmanned aircraft system attack in the Shuaiba port in Kuwait<\/a><\/strong> on Sunday, the first known US fatalities since the US and Israel launched its military campaign against Iran on Saturday.
James Talarico won the Democratic nomination for a US Senate seat in Texas on Tuesday<\/a><\/strong>, capping a remarkable rise from state lawmaker and seminary student to the party\u2019s standard-bearer in one of the key races of the 2026 midterm cycle.
The US House representative Tony Gonzales, a Republican from Texas<\/a>, admitted to having an affair with an aide who died by suicide last year<\/a><\/strong>. The revelation from Gonzales came shortly after the House ethics committee said it had opened an investigation into allegations against the representative, including his affair.
A lawyer representing Tina Peters said he expects the Democratic Colorado governor Jared Polis to commute her nine-year prison sentence<\/a>,<\/strong> a move that could release the only person serving a sentence related to trying to overturn the 2020 election from prison.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened Tuesday 3 March<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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