Iran Downs US Pilot, Escalating Gulf War

0:00It's April 4th. This is Global News Today, AI-powered stories shaping the world. I'm Cory with the story. Iran's forces are searching for a missing U.S. pilot after downing two American warplanes over Iran and the Gulf. One was a two-seat F-15E jet hit inside Iran, and the other, an Aiton warthog, that crashed in Kuwait after taking fire. Two airmen got rescued, but this one's still on the run, with Black Hawk choppers dodging enemy shots during the hunt. The wars dragging into its sixth week, despite President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hakeseth, claiming total U.S. air control. These shoot downs highlight the real dangers for American and Israeli planes, as strikes keep pounding back and forth with no end in sight. Iranians are cheering the hits, with their parliament speaker calling it a shift from regime change to pilot hunts. Folks there, hammered by U.S. bombs, see it as a win, while back home, Americans aren't rallying behind the fight. The Nazis mount with 13 U.S. troops killed in over 300 wounded.

1:01Iran's lobbing drones and missiles at Israel and Gulf allies, hitting refineries in Kuwait, and Saudi spots, sparking an energy crunch and spiking oil, prices 11 percent. Rescue efforts continue from the White House, but ceasefire talks via Pakistan are stalled, and threats of more bridge and power plant strikes hang, heavy. The stakes just got higher for everyone involved.