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This episode of Democracy Now! delivers a comprehensive global update on escalating conflicts and human rights crises, beginning with heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran following missile and drone attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, which triggered a sharp drop in oil prices. The report highlights Iran’s president rejecting U.S. demands as unilateral and impossible, while also covering the deteriorating health of Nobel laureate Nargis Mohammadi, imprisoned in Tehran and denied medical transfer. In Gaza, Israeli military operations continue daily, resulting in at least 830 Palestinian deaths since October, including children and a police officer. The episode also details the detention of humanitarian activists, including Thiago Avila and Saif Abu Keshik, held in solitary confinement and subjected to psychological distress. In the U.S., four Palestine Action activists were convicted for damaging military equipment at an Elbit Systems factory, while a bipartisan group of 30 Democrats calls for transparency on Israel’s undeclared nuclear program, breaking a decades-long silence rooted in a 1969 U.S.-Israel agreement. Meanwhile, the Pentagon’s military operations in the Pacific and Caribbean have killed at least 190 people since September, drawing international condemnation. A report links U.S. sanctions under Trump to a 148% surge in Cuba’s infant mortality rate, particularly affecting children with cancer. Additional coverage includes the U.S. Immigration Service’s use of a private contractor accused of torture, investigations into border agents who fatally shot a veteran, and Republican-led immigration funding proposals, including a controversial $1 billion for Trump’s White House dance floor. In domestic politics, Trump-backed candidates won decisive victories in Indiana, while Vivek Ramaswamy secured the Ohio Republican gubernatorial primary, setting up a November showdown with Democrat Amy Acton. Finally, activists in New York demand justice for 19 killed in the Philippines, including a journalist, amid claims by the Filipino military that victims were members of a communist rebel group.