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Explosions and black plumes of smoke are rising from the Iranian capital for the second
“straight day, and PR's carry-con reports the attack comes a day after the country's supreme”
leader was killed in coordinated air strikes carried out by the United States and Israel. Multiple residents in the Iranian capital told NPR directly they heard the explosions early Sunday local time. Israel's military says it is striking targets belonging to quote the Iranian terror regime in the heart of Tehran.
Israeli Air Force conducted large-scale strikes it says to establish aerial superiority and to quote "pave the path" the Tehran. It published one video showing strikes obliterating four large blocks of buildings as cars
was by the Iranian state news agency announced the killing of the 86-year-old Supreme Leader
hour's earlier Iran has vowed to retaliate and has sent missiles and drones to neighboring countries.
“Britain's defense ministers says Iranian missiles were fired towards its troops in Cyprus in”
embacharine, carry-con, NPR News, Istanbul. K-members of Congress are demanding an immediate vote on a war power's resolution that could rain in President Trump's military campaign against Iran. Health Democratic leader Hakeem Jeopardy says any next step must come with congressional authorization.
"Well, the resolution would require that Donald Trump immediately terminate the use of any U.S. armed forces from any hostilities against Iran or any part of its government or military, unless that is explicitly authorized by a declaration of war." Republican Congressman Thomas Massey is joining Democrats, co-sponsoring a bipartisan war power's resolution, calling the strikes "acce of war" unauthorized by Congress, but
most Republicans are backing President Trump. The State Department has issued a travel warning for Americans, and PR's Michelle Kellyman reports the directive came just hours after the U.S. and Israel began their military campaign in Iran. In its latest advisory, the State Department says that Americans around the world, especially
in the Middle East, should follow the guidance issued by their nearest embassy or consulate. It encourages Americans to enroll in an online system at step.state.gov. The Department has also set up a task force to assist Americans' citizens. The U.S. does not have an embassy in Iran and on Friday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Iran as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, urging to Iran to free all unjustly
detained Americans. There are a handful of such cases, according to one state department official, Michelle Kellyman and PR News Washington. This is NPR.
Iran is experiencing a near-total internet blackout on the second day of its conflict
with the U.S. and Israel. The internet monitoring group net blocks as connectivity has flatlined at just 1% of normal levels. 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. NPRs will stone report the scathing editorial appears in the latest issue 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. NHHS 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 P.R. News? Pakistan's military is pushing deeper and to Afghanistan as border fighting intensifies with both sides claiming to have caused heavy losses. Pakistanian officials say they struck Afghan military side Saturday, killing more than 300
forces. Afghanistan is rejecting that figure. The latest clashes began Thursday after Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack into Pakistani territory. This is NPR News.
