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  "id": 7787321,
  "title": "First Thing: Houthis appear to target Mecca as House votes to end Trump’s war on Iran",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/first-thing-houthis-appear-to-target-mecca-as-house-votes-to-end",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T12:36:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/16/first-thing-houthis-target-mecca-house-votes-end-trump-war-iran"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Vote comes amid Republican call to impeach defense secretary Pete Hegseth. Plus a catnapped bodega cat in Brooklyn is returned home Good morning. Saudi Arabia’s air defenses intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone south of Mecca yesterday before it entered prohibited airspace over the holy city. A spokesperson for the kingdom, which is fighting the Iran-aligned group in Yemen, said the security…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Houthis tell US officials they do not plan to target American or Israeli ships: Reuters",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/houthis-tell-us-officials-they-do-not-plan-to-target-american-or",
        "published": "2026-09-16T12:25:53.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}