Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent

From the newsroom of WBAI 99.5FM in New York City, Pacifica Headlines provides a 5-minute rundown of the most important stories from around the world. Priority is given to subjects that may be underreported in mainstream news coverage.

Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent is a news podcast hosted by Jesse Lent, with 97 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

Jesse Lent hosts Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent, a news show with 97 episodes published.

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  Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent

  Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | October 2, 2026

  Oct 2, 2026—

  25-year-old UK-Iranian dual national arrested on suspicion of plotting Sundays attempted attack on RAF Fairford, Pentagon is sending an additional 9,000 to 10,000 troops to the Persian Gulf, Yemen's military says it carried out 20 air strikes against Houthi positions across the country, Israeli forces and settlers carried out 2,051 attacks against Palestinians in September according to the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, 400 schools in France expected to remain closed as student protests over education-related grievances turned violent in some parts of the country, the family of Renee Good, sues the Trump administration, New York governor Kathy Hochul has names state attorney general Letitia James to investigate a woman's allegation that she was raped by seven men in a fraternity house near the Cornell University campus in 2024 From the newsroom of WBAI 99.5FM in New York City, Pacifica Headlines provides a 5-minute rundown of the most important stories from around the world. Priority is given to subjects that may be underreported in mainstream news coverage.

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  Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent

  Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | October 1, 2026

  Oct 1, 2026—

  President Trump once again appears to threaten Iran with nuclear annihilation at an Oval Office press conference, Secretary of State Marco Rubio reportedly ordered Iran's foreign minister and his delegation to the UN to leave the country early when negotiations were not proceeding to the Trump administration's liking, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps calls yesterdays complete withdrawal of US forces from Iraq a "historic victory," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says it's too early to tell who was behind the apparent attempt to crash a Tel Aviv-bound flydubai flight, Israel's ambassador to the UN calls the incident a terror attack but does not specify by who, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth once again repeats a slur against trans people as he announces new Pentagon effort to study the future of warfare. From the newsroom of WBAI 99.5FM in New York City, Pacifica Headlines provides a 5-minute rundown of the most important stories from around the world. Priority is given to subjects that may be underreported in mainstream news coverage.

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  Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent

  Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | September 30, 2026

  Sep 30, 2026—

  Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal says Russia behind mid-August attack on Milrem Robotic which supplies Ukraine with unmanned military vehicles, 9 Palestinians reportedly killed in Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, 2 children among 4 people wounded in Israeli drone strike on Gaza displacement shelter, 700 Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem, Senate resolution to force the State Department to report to Congress on violence in the occupied West Bank fails mostly along party lines, 1 of the 5 men arrested near UK-owned air base RAF Fairford operated by the U.S. Air Force reportedly called the police on himself before an attempted attack, former special counsel Jack Smith who led 2 criminal cases against Trump in 2023 attacked by Republicans at Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. From the newsroom of WBAI 99.5FM in New York City, Pacifica Headlines provides a 5-minute rundown of the most important stories from around the world. Priority is given to subjects that may be underreported in mainstream news coverage.

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  Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent

  Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | September 29, 2026

  Sep 29, 2026—

  Head of UK Counter Terrorism Policing Lawrence Taylor announces that the 5 suspects arrested in connection with the attempted attack on a US-controlled airbase in England have been released, President Trump denies claim made by his ambassador to China on Fox News Sunday that he had asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he would like to purchase US weapons, US armed forces abandon last remaining bases in Iraq, Russia's round-the-clock bombardment of targets in Ukraine reportedly kills at least 7 people and wounds over 80, criminal F.B.I. hack of massive amounts of personal data of tens of thousands of former and current F.B.I. employees appears to be one of the worst breaches of sensitive government information in history, FBI Deputy Director Andrew Bailey announces that he is departing the bureau roughly a year in the role. From the newsroom of WBAI 99.5FM in New York City, Pacifica Headlines provides a 5-minute rundown of the most important stories from around the world. Priority is given to subjects that may be underreported in mainstream news coverage.

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  Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines with Jesse Lent

  Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | September 28, 2026

  Sep 28, 2026—

  British police detail 5 men on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offenses after receiving a tip that 3 large white vans were seen heading to the military airfield RAF Fairford, a U.K.-owned base operated by the US Air Force, President Trump rejects Iran's latest proposal to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says his country is open to diplomacy but will stand firm "even if it comes to a doomsday war," Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he would like to purchase US weapons, New York City Housing Authority confirms 56-year-old employee Leighton Brown was struck and killed Saturday by a falling tree during the powerful storms that hammered the east coast over the weekend. From the newsroom of WBAI 99.5FM in New York City, Pacifica Headlines provides a 5-minute rundown of the most important stories from around the world. Priority is given to subjects that may be underreported in mainstream news coverage.

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