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"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst." President Trump says Iran's supreme leader is dead, the Iran hasn't confirmed that, meanwhile, the UN Security Council met today in an emergency session over the U.S. and Israeli military strikes on Iran. It appears Michele Kelliman has more.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres opened the session by condemning the "massive" U.S. and Israeli military strikes against Iran, as well as the Iranian strikes on seven Gulf states. "Military action carries the risk of igniting a chain of events that no one can control
in the most volatile region of the world."
Iran is telling the UN that it has the right to respond describing U.S. military bases in the region as legitimate military targets.
“Israel's ambassador, brushed off criticism, saying, "Well, some call this aggression”
Israel sees it as a necessity," adding that the time for the Iranian people to take control of their future is, in his words, "Very soon." Michele Kelliman and PR News Washington. lawmakers are pushing for a vote to block further military action in Iran without the consent of Congress.
Scott Bosseoni from Member Station WIPR has more. Democrats are calling for Congress to immediately go into session for a war powers resolution vote after the United States and Israel conducted military strikes on Iran. Maryland Representative Johnny Halshevski sits on the Foreign Relations Committee. "By suspect, we will be taking up very quickly the war powers resolution on Iran that reinforces
the notion that the President has to make an argument to justify military strikes. And he's failed to do that." A resolution requires the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of an attack and forbids armed forces from staying in an area longer than 60 days without congressional approval. The Trump administration says it did inform top congressional leaders before the strikes.
For MPR News, I'm Scott Mosseoni. Lebanon's militant group has the laws condemning the strikes but it hasn't launched any attacks. MPR Shawad risks collar reports, many Lebanese worry the fighting could again engulf their country.
"Hazballah has warned that it would not stay neutral if Iran were attacked. Israel meanwhile has made clear that it would retaliate, leading to fears that Lebanon again could be dragged into all out war. Israel has continued nearly strikes in South Lebanon despite the US brokerage ceasefire in late 2024.
But the Lebanese foreign minister has said that Lebanon had received warnings that Israel could attack Lebanese infrastructure targets if he has a balance of intervenes. After Saturday strikes on Iran, long lines formed at gas stations across Beirut. Driver said they feared fuel shortages if fighting broke out. Several international airlines canceled flights to Beirut and the US State Department
urged Americans to leave while they still could. "Jawad Raskallah, MPR News, Beirut," you're listening to NPR News from Washington. President Trump is ordering the US government to cut ties with AI-maker and thropic and stop using its products. Defense Secretary Pete Hegsev designated the company a supply chain risk.
This after-and-thropic said it wanted assurances that the military would not use its AI for fully autonomous weapons or for domestic surveillance. And Thropic says it will challenge the supply chain risk designation in court, meanwhile hours later, open AI said it reached an agreement with the Pentagon. One of the world's top medical journals is taking aim at Secretary Robert F. Kennedy
Jr. to mark his first year leading the Department of Health and Human Services.
The scathing editorial appears in the latest-its issue rather of the Lancet. The editorial is titled Robert F. Kennedy Jr. one year of failure. The piece was authored by the Lancet's editorial board, and the front cover bears a quote from it, saying the destruction that Kennedy has wrought in one year might take generations to repair, unquote.
It catalogs many of his controversial actions, including the dismissal of agency employees cuts to cutting-edge scientific research and the undermining of vaccine policy. In HHS spokesperson did not immediately respond to NPR's request for comment on the new editorial,
“but Secretary Kennedy has made no secret of his disdain for mainstream medical journals,”
including the Lancet, last year he called them corrupt and beholden to the pharmaceutical industry. Will Stone and PR News.
