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“Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump said on social media today”
that Iran Supreme Leader Ali Khamineyi is dead. A person briefed on the situation tells NPR, he was killed by an Israeli strike. Earlier today the U.S. and Israel conducted joint strikes on Iran, and his impure Tamarchy reports President Trump is calling for regime change. Trump cited maligned behavior by Iran and its proxies going back to the 1980s. He asserted that Iran is trying to rebuild its nuclear program and could develop a missile that
may someday reach the U.S. He said Iran's missile industry, navy, and proxies would all be targeted. This regime will soon learn that no one should challenge the strength and might of the United States armed forces. He then spoke directly to the people of Iran. Stay sheltered, don't leave your home. It's very dangerous outside bombs will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished take over your government, it will be yours to take.
Tamarchy and PR News, and following the strikes, Iran says it's closing the
“straight of her moves, the waterway crucial to the world's oil trade following the Israeli strikes.”
Iran's state media said this was the announcement relayed by the Islamic Revolutionary
Guard Corps navy to ships in the area around the strategic waterway. "Our navigating through one of the United States armed force is forbidden. No ships in every time is not allowed to ask from the United States armed force." Iran also warned a plan to launch drone attacks on commercial vessels. It said they would be part of what it called intense attacks during the night targeting military and economic interests.
The narrow waterway controlled by Iran connects the biggest Gulf oil producers with the export route to outside markets, closing the straight could lead to higher oil prices. Jane Arath and PR News, Aman. "Europe is watching from the sidelines with a mix of a
“alarm and caution as the US and Israel attack Iran. And PR's elder fiercely reports”
France Germany and the UK are calling for talks on Tehran's nuclear program to resume."
The leaders of Europe's three most powerful countries say they have long urged Iran to
end its nuclear program stop destabilizing actions in the region and cease the "appalling treatment of its own citizens." Germany, France and the UK also known as the E3, underlined that they are not participating in the military strikes and reiterated their commitment to regional stability and to the protection of civilian lives, but the leaders also condemned Iranian attacks on countries in the region and urged the Iranian leadership to seek a negotiated
solution. Ultimately, they said the Iranian people must be allowed to determine their future Eleanor Beardsley and PR News Paris. "And you're listening to NPR News from Washington." "When NASA finally does launch the Artemis II lunar mission, among its four-person crew, will be the first female and first black astronauts to head to the moon. The launch was originally scheduled for February, then pushed back to March, and now the space agency says,
April is the earliest it could launch. Problems included hydrogen and helium leaks, it will be NASA's first moon mission in more than 50 years, and will be more than just a moon mission. NASA says it will also conduct scientific research on the astronauts' health, along with the rockets' performance and, of course, the moon. The seventh movie in the stream horror franchises, making a lot of noise at the box office this weekend,
and here's Bob Mondello has more." Paramount Pictures has a lot to scream about this weekend. The company appears to have won, it's hostile takeover bid to acquire Warner Brothers, a rival Hollywood studio, and Ghostface Paramount's Masked Villain in the screen movies is scaring up some serious ticket dollars. "I'm gonna make everyone you love this summer."
Industry estimates have screamed seven, bringing in nearly $60 million by Sunday night.
That easily tops the opening of every previous stream movie. It's also close to double the opening of "Wuthering Heights" two weeks ago, which had been the best weekend start of 2026, Bob Mondello and PR News. On Wall Street this week, all three major indices fell from a week earlier, with the Dow Jones industrial average down, more than one percent.
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