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CENTCOM says it has created a 20-member task force to disrupt Iran's land and Caspian Sea supply routes. The new force will intensify Washington's economic pressure campaign and complement the maritime blockade of Iranian ports.

Six people were killed and around a dozen injured in a shooting at Kraków's Main Market Square, according to Polish police. Officers shot the suspected attacker, whose motive remains unknown.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed cautious optimism about increased U.S. support under a Democrat-controlled Congress but warned that a U.S.-brokered security agreement between Russia and Europe should not come before an end to the war and security guarantees for Ukraine were negotiated.

Officials describe the measure as a wartime precaution, while public guidance explains that potassium iodide offers limited protection against radioactive iodine.