# AP top stories for Aug. 8: Blanche confirmed, Iran sets demands, Jorge Messi dies

https://mins.news/en/video/17158

- The Associated Press, 2026-08-08 22:01 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJwrSA2kh-k

> The U.S. Senate has confirmed Todd Blanche as attorney general. Iran has issued new demands connected to reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Relatives of victims of the Thailand school shooting are collecting the bodies in Bangkok. Jorge Messi, Lionel Messi’s father, has died at age 68. The roundup highlights major developments in U.S. government, regional diplomacy and a prominent death.

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