🚨 LIVE BLOG: Israel has launched airstrikes on Iran and is bracing for retaliatory action.

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• Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear, ballistic missile programs
• Iran vows blow against Israel, US; Says no damage to refineries
• Israeli airstrikes killed commander of Revolutionary Guard
• US says not involved, warned Iran against targeting US assets
• Crude oil, gold surge as stocks drop on concern at attack

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Iran fired hundreds of ballistic missiles at Israel in response to an unprecedented attack on its nuclear facilities on Thursday, which killed top Iranian generals and badly damaged key military infrastructure. Three people were killed in the Tel Aviv area and at least 40 were injured in multiple strikes, according to police and emergency services: https://bloom.bg/4lbdSod

📷: Tomer Neuberg/AP Photo

President Donald Trump said he believed it’s possible Israel and Iran could reach an agreement to end their conflict, though the two sides may need to continue fighting before they’re ready to broker a peace deal. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4kIahOo

Relatives of people feared dead or missing after last week’s Air India Boeing 787 jet crash have become frustrated by a lack of information about the cause of the disaster and slow-moving recovery operations. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4enT0bf

📷: Siddharaj Solanki/Bloomberg

The suspect in the shooting of two Minnesota lawmakers has been taken into custody after a manhunt, the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office said: https://bloom.bg/43LuYmL

Breaking: Donald Trump is cutting short his visit to the G-7 leaders’ summit and returning to Washington. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/45Vg6DG

Search crews sifting through the wreckage of the Air India jetliner that crashed last week retrieved the second black box, as they seek to gain more evidence to understand what caused the accident that killed all but one of the 242 people on board. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/446MqAU

The US Embassy in Jerusalem will remain closed for the next three days, the State Department said, as speculation grows that the Trump administration may be on the verge of joining Israel’s attack against Iran. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/45ZFrfC

🎙 China is using domestic hacking competitions to power its growing network of hackers.

Find out what’s at stake for the US and the rest of the world on the Big Take Asia Podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

Taiwan joined a yearslong US campaign to curtail China’s technological ascent when it blacklisted the country’s AI and chipmaking champions, an unprecedented step that may signal a resurgent effort to isolate its powerful neighbor’s semiconductor sector. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/44nkPN6

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said Meta has offered his employees signing bonuses as high as $100 million, with even larger annual compensation packages, as it seeks to build a top artificial intelligence team. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3SWuuE1

📷: Kosuke Okahara/Bloomberg

Yacht makers are honing in on the relatively untapped Vietnamese market to attract a new cohort of wealthy people. Read more: https://bloom.bg/4e8xtCV

📷: Azimut Benetti Group

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi disputed President Donald Trump’s claims that trade deals were used to clinch a ceasefire with Pakistan during last month’s military conflict. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/45ujR2L

Indonesia’s Bali airport saw dozens of flights canceled because of a volcanic eruption nearby, stranding holidaymakers and threatening the area’s key tourism industry. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4eevMEo

EXCLUSIVE: Senior US officials are preparing for the possibility of a strike on Iran in the coming days, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign that Washington is assembling the infrastructure to directly enter a conflict with Tehran. More here: https://bloom.bg/4kFYMHk

Amazon is ordering some corporate employees to move closer to their managers and teams, roiling a workforce already worried about job cuts and warnings from the top that artificial intelligence will shrink their ranks in the coming years. More here: http://bloom.bg/44jiJhn

📷: David Ryder/Bloomberg

Singapore's finance industry is synonymous with large-scale electronic banking.

But in a rundown central mall, the city's cash-only money changers buy and sell foreign currency the old-fashioned way — often at better exchange rates than conventional banks. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4jZvGSg

The ex-wife of China Evergrande Group’s chairman spent millions on luxury apartments in London, nine months after the developer defaulted on its loans. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3FNHOYx

The US attacked three nuclear sites in Iran and completed the operation successfully, President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social Post. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4l0axZy

📷: Ron Sachs/CNP/Bloomberg