Biden to meet national security chiefs as Mideast war fears grow

Biden will also call Jordan's King Abdullah II as part of a flurry of diplomacy aimed at preventing the situation in the Middle East from spiraling into an all-out war. The United States has deployed extra fighter jets and warplanes to the region to support Israel, as reports suggested Iran could respond as soon as Monday to the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh. Biden was due to meet his national security team in the Situation Room in the White House "to discuss developments in the...