AP Top Headlines at 5:33 a.m. EDT

Jordan’s military says the country's air defenses intercepted five missiles launched from Iran early WednesdaySoldiers and emergency workers are combing through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people in southwestern JapanExperts say the world is experiencing two opposing fire trends because of human impactDr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. scientist who helped lead the nation's COVID-19 pandemic response, is facing off with a Republican senator probing the origins of the coronavirusA massive wildfire in southwest France has forced over 220,000 people to evacuateSeveral families have returned to their village in southern Lebanon, digging through the debris of their homes damaged in the la