Hey, What's News listeners.
It's Sunday, June 22nd.
I'm Luke Vargas with The Wall Street Journal, and this is What's News Sunday,
the show where we tackle the big questions about the biggest stories in the news by reaching out to our colleagues across the newsroom to help explain what's happening in our world.
And on today's show, the U.S. strikes Iran.
Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success.
We'll get the latest on the results of Washington's attacks and Iran's response,
and consider what the future could hold for the regime in Tehran.
Let's get right to it.
We rarely timestamp these Sunday episodes, but we've got to this week because of the pace of news.
It is just after 4 a.m. Sunday morning in Washington,
a little after 11 a.m. in Tel Aviv and around 1130 in Tehran.
In a literal sense, the dust may have settled in Iran from these U.S. strikes,
but Iran has already retaliated.
And of course, big questions are being raised about the significance of what we've witnessed here.
To recap what's occurred and answer some of those questions,
I'm joined by Wall Street Journal Middle East Bureau Chief Andrew Dowell.
Andrew, we heard President Trump there describing these attacks as a spectacular military success.
Can we confirm that?
What do we know about what's been hit and what effect those strikes have had on Iran's nuclear capabilities?