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President Trump announced Homenay's death earlier today on social media. The death came during a joint military operation by the U.S. and Israel against Iran and pierced annual ester in reports from Tel Aviv. The person briefed on the strike told NPR that Ayatollah Ali Haminayi, Iran's supreme leader since 1989, was killed in Israeli strikes.
Israeli media a reporting Homenayi's body has been pulled from the rubble.
And Israeli military official told reporters that three separate gatherings of senior officials were struck simultaneously Saturday morning, local time, at the start of the joint U.S. Israeli attack on Iran.
“The official said several central government figures in Iran were killed.”
President Trump and Netanyahu have called on Iranians to rise up and topple the Iranian regime. Daniel Estrin and PR news, Tel Aviv. Hours after the U.S. and Israel began their strikes, the State Department issued a travel warning for Americans. It's called a worldwide caution, as NPR's Michelle Kellman reports.
In its latest advisory, the State Department says that Americans around the world, especially in the Middle East, should follow the guidance issued by their nearest embassy or consulate. It encourages Americans to enroll in an online system at step.state.gov. The Department has also set up a task force to assist Americans citizens. The U.S. does not have an embassy in Iran and on Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio
designated Iran as a state sponsor of wrongful detention urging Iran to free all unjustly detained Americans. There are a handful of such cases according to one state department official.
“Michelle Kellman and PR news, Washington.”
The Turkish government has joined several countries calling for an end to air strikes targeting Iran as well as retaliatory attacks against Israel and nearby countries that host U.S. military bases. Drey Beskar reports from Istanbul. In a statement, Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said all attacks risk the future of
the region and global stability. It appealed to the U.S. Israel and Iran to resolve their issues through peaceful means, saying it expresses deep concern for all actions that violate international law. And threaten the lives of peaceful civilians. In the past weeks, Turkish President, Rajab Taib, Erdogan, pressed for a diplomatic solution
and offered to facilitate talks between the U.S. and Iran, Ankara is trying to carve out a careful balance between its partner in NATO, the United States, and Iran, its neighbor to the East. Foreign Pair News, I'm Drey Beskar, Istanbul. The head of the United Nations is condemning the attacks on Iran, at he's calling for an
immediate return to negotiations to in his words, pull the region and the world back from the brink. Antonio Guterres, may this comment said in the emergency meeting on Saturday of the U.N. Security Council. You're listening to NPR News.
Fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan is intensifying this weekend, on Saturday Pakistan said its military used artillery and planes to hit military installations deep in Afghanistan, officials, say more than 330 Afghan forces have been killed since fighting began on Thursday, but if Afghanistan disputes that number, Pakistan's defense minister is calling the fighting "open warfare."
Sean White's new snowboarding competition, the snow league, wrapped up on Saturday in Colorado and his Aspen Public Radio's Reagan Merch reports, Japanese snowboarders swept the podium and the leagues last American competition to be held this season.
Japan's Sarah Shamizu took first place in the women's finals.
This was the 16-year-old's first snow league event, and she had the highest score of the weekend, an interpreter for her set. She realizes she used a lot of strength on a physical stamina to withstand the number of runs that are involved in this competition, but she's so happy that she was able to come away with the victory today.
For the men Japan's Reyesu Yamada took first. These athletes will next head to Switzerland, where the overall women's and men's champions will be named. For NPR News, I'm Reagan Merch, and Aspen. Shane Lowry now shares the lead with Austin's mothermen at the PGA Classic and Palm Beach
Gardens, Florida. He shot a bogey free round of 63 to sit at 13 under par, the round finished early after organizers moved the start time earlier because of concerns over potential bad weather.
