Hungarian Prime Minister Magyar said at a Paks nuclear plant briefing on the 15th that controlled sinking of barges has begun; although Danube main-channel levels remain lower, water at the plant’s pumping station has risen about 1 cm. He warned that without the intervention the Danube could fall to extremely low levels by the evening of the 16th, forcing one of the two operating turbines offline and possibly triggering a full shutdown. Magyar said the barge sinking and construction of a submerg

The New York Times reports supply shortages aboard the carrier Lincoln began shortly after day one of the war, when Iranian missiles and attack drones struck a US Navy base in Bahrain. The strike, described as Iran’s reprisal for a joint US-Israeli attack on Tehran, destroyed most base facilities and hit a primary naval logistics hub. The Navy implemented contingency plans to keep round-the-clock flight operations supplied and to sustain a blockade of Iranian ports. Loss of the Bahrain hub generated numerous problem reports aboard the carrier; Democratic senators voiced concern for roughly 5,000 sailors and the ship’s nearly nine-month deployment.

Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon on Saturday in response to actions against Israeli soldiers in the security zone.