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Three American service members have been killed in five others seriously wounded during the
“U.S. attack on Iran that began less than 48 hours ago in a video posted online today.”
President Trump called those who died true American patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice for their nation. We pray for the full recovery of the wounded and send our immense love and eternal gratitude to the families of the fallen and sadly there will likely be more before it ends. That's the way it is.
The fighting is continuing with U.S. and Israeli attacks hitting warships and striking Iran's ballistic missile facilities Iranian officials say more than 200 people have been killed there so far. The leaders of Britain, France and Germany said today they're ready to work together with the U.S. to defend their interests in the Middle East after missile attacks from Iran
and PR's Rob Schmittz has a report. The three leaders said in a statement that they would take steps to defend their interests
“and those of allies in the region, potentially using missiles and drones to do so.”
European Commission President Ursula Fondaline has called on Iran to ditch its authoritarian Islamist constitution and make what she called a credible transition to democracy. After U.S. and Israeli strikes killed the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Kamani. German Chancellor of Ejr Schmerz has warned that the strikes on Iran risk another Iraq or Afghanistan's South Quagmire that could have consequences in Europe.
But said Berlin will not lecture Washington as it seeks U.S. help to end the war in Ukraine. Rob Schmittz and PR News. Berlin. She eyed communities in South Asia erupted in anger, best news emerged of the assassination of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hamani.
He was killed in the American and Israeli strikes on Iran. In Karachi Pakistan, at least 22 protestors were killed in clashes with police. Semper's Dihodeed reports.
“According to an eyewitness protest as armed with guns and Molotov cocktails,”
said fire to part of the military base in Skuddu, that's in the Pakistani administered territory of Baltistan in the Himalayan mountains. As the eyewitness spoke to NPR, there was an audible spurred of gunfire. It came after local outlet, Pemera Times reported that protesters in Skuddu and another town called Gilgit set fire to UN officers.
Across the border in Indian and Ministered cargo, one local outlet, the Schrinnerger News service, shared footage of tens of thousands of people in the square where they shouted "Death to America, death to Israel." Other protests took place in the Indian city of Lucknow. We're starting to see how the world markets are reacting to the fighting in Iran, crude oil
prices have gone up almost 10% while US stock futures are down, Japan's NK index dropped more than 2% not long after opening. This is NPR News. Some Palestinians say they are concerned that the fighting in Iran could overshadow the fragile situation in Gaza just a week after President Trump rallied billions of dollars in pledges
for the territory's reconstruction. Israel is once again closed all the crossings in two Gaza, and it's not clear how long those crossings will remain closed. Prior authorization is the process of getting approval from your insurance company for a test or treatment.
One in three insured adults pulled by health policy from KFF, say that's a major burden, Sarah Boden reports.
Part of the problem is that rules for how prior authorizations are handled in when one
is needed vary between insurance companies and policies. University of Pittsburgh Health Policy Researcher Miranda Yover says this is confusing for doctors and patients. It's a solvable problem if we have the will and the political conditions are ripe. I don't think know that they are at this particular moment, although there is promise of
the state level. A.H. the insured trade group formerly known as America's Health Insurance Plans says "prior authorizations help insure patients receive safe evidence-based care and keep costs low." friend P.R. News, I'm Sarah Boden.
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I'm Dale Wilman and P.R. News.
