Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman.
Iran's ambassador to the United Nations is continuing to demand that the security council
“pass a resolution condemning the U.S. and Israeli attacks against his country.”
Ambassador Amir Saeed Irvanay says more than 1,300 civilians have been killed so far, and he's accusing both the U.S. and Israel of attacking Iranian cities indiscriminately. It will be a trade I will call on the security council as Secretary-General to condemn the aggression war crimes and crime against humanity that are being committed by the United States and the Israeli regime against our people.
In Iraq, meanwhile, a major hotel in the city of Erbil was hit by an air attack launch shortly after the U.S. State Department warned foreigners that hotels were at target. Iran back militias are claiming responsibility for the attack and Paris-Gener F. has our reports.
You can hear the explosion across large parts of the city Friday night.
The governor of Erbil province told Radown News Agency a drone fell near the Rotana Arjan Hotel and an adjacent apartment complex.
“Iran backed militias in Iraq said in the statement that targeted a gathering of enemies”
in an Erbil hotel. The hotel is part of a United Arab Emirates-based chain, and it's frequented by foreign oil companies. The U.S. embassy shortly before the attack warned Americans that Iran backed militias might target hotels popular with foreigners in the Kurdish region and urge them to leave.
Jainarath and Pyrenees, Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
For people were killed in southern Michigan Friday night, his powerful storms destroyed
homes there and left debris hanging from power lines. Other officials say the storm spawned at least one tornado near Union City, the storm for widespread reaching as far as Missouri, Oklahoma, and Nebraska. In Chicago, the Reverend Jesse Jackson's People's Celebration Friday wrapped up two weeks of memorials for the late civil rights leader, Summer Van Benton, a member station W.B.
Easy was there. Other speakers included former President Bill Clinton and Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala Harris, and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. After a smaller private ceremony Saturday, Jackson will be laid to rest at Chicago's historic Oakwood Cemetery.
For NPR News, I'm Summer Van Benton in Chicago. Stocks were down across the border on Friday, the Nasdaq closed down by more than one and a half percent. This is NPR News. The National Symphony Orchestra has lost its executive director.
The Washington DC Orchestra has the last classical music organization remaining at the Kennedy Center, as NPR's Anastasia Chulukus reports. Gene Davidson had planned to stay as the lead administrator of the National Symphony Orchestra until the group's 100th anniversary in 2021. But in its surprise announcement, she says she's leaving to head the Wallace Endonburg
Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, California.
“She says it's a great personal opportunity, but also, quote, "It's no secret that the last”
year has been really hard at the Kennedy Center." President Trump announced last month he's closing the arts complex for two years for renovations. Several prominent artists have recently dropped out of collaborations with the Anastasia, including composer Philip Glass, soprano Renee Fleming, and Benzermeister Belaflac. Anastasia Tsulukus and Piano News, New York.
The FDA's top vaccine regulator is leaving the agency, Dr. Vinay Prasad, has been a controversial figure at the agency. He's been criticized for making it more difficult for vaccine manufacturers to get approval for new vaccines. And for moves to limit access to existing vaccines that have been shown to be safe and effective.
He also rejected treatments for several rare diseases. The State Department says it's imposing visa restrictions on several random officials. They say those officials are responsible for fueling instability in neighboring Eastern Congo. On Monday, the U.S. also imposed sanctions on the Rewanda military and four of its senior officials for the support of M23 that group has caused the displacement of thousands of
people in Eastern Congo. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. Listen to this podcast Sponsored Free on Amazon Music with a Prime Membership, or any podcast that by subscribing to NPR News now plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.
