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"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Newer Ram.

The Pentagon announced today the first reported U.S. casualties of the U.S. is really

operation against Iran.

A U.S. official says three U.S. soldiers who are based in Kuwait have been killed in

Axon. Five other U.S. service members were seriously wounded. In central Israel authorities say at least nine people have been killed and others wounded in Iranian missile attack. NPR's Daniel Esteran reports." Israeli emergency services say the missile hit the Israeli city of Bitshe Mish near Jerusalem

on Sunday. Israeli media published footage of the site showing fires and a large blast radius. Police say the missile apparently hit a protected shelter killing people inside. On Saturday, a missile hit central Tel Aviv killing one person. We visited the scene.

The blast radius is enormous. The missile fell in the center of a street and a building has been completely gutted. The outer wall has been blown off concrete everywhere. You can see through into the apartments that have been completely destroyed. Daniel Esteran NPR News, Tel Aviv.

OPEC, the organization of oil exporting countries agreed today to raise output in the

attempt to curb price shocks after the attacks on Iran and Iran's closure of a key shipping

link. NPR's JNRF has more. "In a social media post, President Trump wrote the attacks will continue as long as necessary until "peace is achieved," and he didn't give specific details on what that means. Trump ran for office boasting of starting new wars, blasting U.S. leaders who sought

regime change and championing himself as a president of peace. Former supporters like former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene have come out and blasted

Trump for abandoning his America First Principles, his defenders say that's not the

case. Trump has been criticized for being too focused on foreign affairs and the White House has been trying to pivot to domestic issues. Franco. Ordonias.

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"That was of course report from Franco ordonias.

Here's the report now from JNRF on OPEC." OPEC said it agreed to raise output by 206,000 barrels per day for April. The figure is just 0.2% of global supply. Oil analysts quoted by Reuters that the group had minimal spare capacity, and Gulf producers were now facing export problems.

Iran on Saturday announced it was closing the straight of Hormuz, and there are water-weight controls that's vital to oil and gas exports from the Gulf. In over-the-counter trading Sunday, a preview of where prices might open Monday. The benchmark standard for crude oil rose by about 10% to $80 a barrel, JNRF NPR News am on.

"And you're listening, too, NPR News, in Washington." Protesters angry over the death of the Ayatolle Omene, trying to storm the US consulate in Karachi Pakistan today, authority say at least 22 people were killed in clashes with police. Officials say the protesters were largely minority Shiites in the predominantly Sunni

Muslim country. The FBI has joined an investigation into a shooting that killed at least two people in Austin, Texas this morning. Jennifer Straton from Member Station, KUT has more in the story. Big Street is crowded with bars and restaurants, police say they responded quickly to

a shooting report and encountered an armed mail suspect. Three officers returned fire, killing the suspect. Austin Travis County EMS chief Robert Luke Krit says weekend staffing in the popular area mentor response was quick. "We have Hormenics that are embedded in the entertainment district and with the awesome police

department on the weekends. We received the call at 159 a.m. and within 57 seconds.

First, paramedics and officers were on scene actively treating the patients."

Federal officials are assisting with the investigation. For NPR news, I'm Jennifer Staton in Austin. Go outside Tuesday morning and look up. You might be able to see a total lunar eclipse. The Earth will be between the Sun and the Moon, casting a shadow that covers the full moon,

which will look red because of bits of sunlight filtering through the Earth's atmosphere. It will be visible from North America, Central America, and the Western part of South America, and the next total lunar eclipse is not until late 2028. I'm Nora Rom, NPR News in Washington.

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