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continue in full force until all U.S. objectives are achieved."

And as in Paris, Frank Ordonius reports, Trump also says the nation grieves the U.S.

service members killed in the war. President Trump said his administration has strong objectives, but he did not specify what those are. In a six minute video, he posted online, Trump spoke of the contributions of the U.S. service members, who he called true patriots who made the ultimate sacrifice.

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 likely be more, but we'll do everything possible."

Trump said he fulfilled his promise to the Iranian people, and that they need to "take

back your country." He said the rest will be up to them, but the U.S. will be there to help. Franco, Ordonius, and PR News.

As the fighting continues in Iran, residents of Israel are dealing with counterstrikes

from Tehran as NPR's carry-con tells us. "Israeli residents have spent many hours in bombshellters today, in the town of Bait Shemesh, with hit with an Iranian strike, about 20 miles west of Jerusalem. Israel's military and foreign minister have been sharing videos from their two O.V. homes and buildings reduced to rubble.

Officials are denouncing Iran for targeting civilians. And Iran is leveling the same charges against Israel, saying on Saturday, it's struck an all-girl school killing at least 165 children in southern Iran, and that's according to Iranian state media." That's Empire's carry-con, the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait is warning Americans to stay away

over concerns of a possible attack from Iran. They're telling them to take cover in their homes and to stay away from windows and doors.

China says it's evacuated 18 of its citizens from Iran to neighbouring Azerbaijan, after

the start of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, although the number of Chinese working and studying in Iran is plummeted due to regional tensions. Empires Emily Fang reports that China and Iran still have close ties. China's state broadcaster shared video of about a dozen of its citizens being ferried for northern Iran.

To Azerbaijan, where they were met by Chinese diplomats, Beijing is condemned, the Joint Strikes and Tehran, which killed Iran's supreme leader, Ali Hamanay, and other senior Iranian officials. As a sign of their close ties, Iran is one of the few countries, Chinese nationals can travel to visa-free.

China is the buyer of most of Iran's oil, and in 1989, then Iranian President Ali Hamanay toured China, his last international trip before becoming the supreme leader of Iran. Emily Fang and Pernies. And you're listening, too, and PR news. Israeli air strikes on Lebanon have killed at least 31 people, that's according to Lebanon's

health ministry, 149 people were also injured. The air strikes followed an attack by the militant group Hezbollah on Israel, Hezbollah launched the strike as retaliation for Israel's campaign against Iran, which is Hezbollah ally. Westerners and Wall Street are bracing for a volatile week after the U.S. strikes against Iran as MPIs Rafael Nam reports, oil prices are expected to rise while stocks could

be taking a hit. There's nothing financial markets hate more than uncertainty, especially when it comes to geopolitics. Oil markets had already been gaining in anticipation of some kind of US action on Iran, and investors are bracing for more gains when oil markets reopened late on Sunday. After all, despite ongoing sanctions, Iran is still a significant oil exporter.

A spike in oil prices would likely hit stock markets, and investors who will be on edge as they track the tensions in the Middle East, and typically investors react to periods of anxiety by moving to investments such as gold or government bonds that aren't seen as relatively safer, as they brace for a volatile time in markets, roughly Nam, in PR news. 30 years after the original Scream film, the franchise continues to do well, Scream 7 debuted

this weekend and brought in 64.1 million dollars at North American theaters, that's a franchise

best opening take. It's also the best debut so far this year. The animated film Goat dropped to second place after being on top two weeks in a row, Goat brought in $12 million. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.

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