House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, Paul, called 911 and spoke in code to a dispatcher while an intruder was inside their San Francisco home, police said Friday.
Driving the news: Paul Pelosi told the intruder he had to use the bathroom, where his phone was charging, and made the 911 call, leaving the line open, a source told the Los Angeles Times.
Protests in Iran over the in-custody death of Mahsa Amini entered the seventh week, as the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned protesters that Saturday will be their last day taking to the streets, per Reuters.
Why it matters: Hossein Salami's warning, which uses some of the toughest language since the demonstrations began last month, is a sign that security forces may intensify their crackdown on unrest rocking the country.
During his visit to Washington earlier this week, Israeli President Isaac Herzog tried to ease the Biden administration's concerns about the expected rise of the radical right in the upcoming elections and asked U.S. officials to wait until the government is formed before jumping to conclusions, five Israeli and U.S. officials told Axios.
Why it matters: The Biden administration is concerned that if opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu wins Tuesday's elections, he will form a government with extreme right-wing parties and Jewish supremacists, including Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smortich, will be made senior ministers and be part of the security cabinet.
Russia accused British navy personnel of directing Ukrainian drone attacks on ships in Crimea on Saturday and of blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month, per Reuters.
Driving the news: The U.K. has denied the allegations, saying the false claims are intended to distract from Russian military failures in Ukraine.
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield slammed Russia on Thursday for convening a UN Security Council meeting "for the sole purpose of spreading disinformation."
Driving the news: Russia had called the meeting to advance allegations that the U.S. and Ukraine are partnering to develop biological weapons.
