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The U.S. military says three American service members have been killed and five seriously
“wounded as part of the joint U.S. is really operation against Iran.”
There's a first reported U.S. casualties and PR's Greg Myri reports.
U.S. central command, which is responsible for operations in the Middle East, says that in addition to those killed and seriously wounded, other sustained minor shrapnel injuries. The brief statement did not provide details. However, the reference to Shrapnel wounds suggest the casualties were caused by the missiles or drones that Iran is firing at U.S. forces in the region on land and at sea.
U.S. and Israeli air strikes last June and in the current air campaign have significantly weakened Iran's military, but it still has the ability to carry out deadly attacks. In another lethal Iranian strike, a missile hit a civilian area near Tel Aviv on Sunday, killing at least nine people. Greg Myri, NPR News, Washington.
"You're a pain leaders are calling for a negotiated solution between Iran, Israel, and
“the U.S., NPR's Rob Schmitz reports, European Union ambassadors are holding an emergency”
meeting today." "Germany's foreign ministry said it was informed in advance of the attack on Iran. In a joint statement, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom stress they did not participate in the strikes by the U.S. and Israel, and they condemned Iran's counter-attacks urging Iran to seek what they call the negotiated solution."
The joint statement drew a blistering response from Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who accused Western Europe of having gone pathetically soft and urged them to back efforts to confront Iran. The Shrapnel Language highlights tensions in the transatlantic relationship as European leaders' brace for a confrontation that could further strain Western unity in the days ahead.
Rob Schmitz and Pyrenees, Berlin. "She eyed communities in South Asia, erupted in anger as news emerged of the assassination of the Iranian Supreme Leader. And Karachi Pakistan, nine protesters, were killed in clashes with police. NPR's Dia Hadid reports."
According to an eyewitness protest as armed with guns and Molotov cocktails, set fire to part of the military base in Skardur, 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 Pimera Times reported that protesters in Skardur and another
town called Gilgit set fire to UN offices. Across the border in Indian administered cargo, one local outlet, the Shrinagar News Service, said footage of tens of thousands of people in a square where they shouted "Death to America, Death to Israel." Other protests took place in the Indian city of Lucknow.
Dia Hadid and Pyrenees, Mumbai. This is NPR News. Belgium says it seized an oil tanker today. It suspected of being part of Russia's shadow fleet sailing under a false flag to evade Western sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine.
One of the world's top medical journals is taking aim at Secretary of Health and Human Services
Robert F. Kennedy to mark his first year leading that department.
NPR's Will Stone reports. 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.
He 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 The East Tennessee Children's Hospital is now Dolly Parton Children's Hospital. Officials announced the name change last week, saying it will transform pediatric care
in the region.
The singer's songwriter says she's always believed that every child deserves a fair chance
to grow up healthy, hopeful, and surrounded by love. The Tennessee native is known for her philanthropy. She's donated college scholarships, books, disaster relief, and a million dollars to develop a COVID vaccine. I'm Nora Rom, NPR News in Washington.
