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The Iranian President appeared on state media today.
“He apologized to neighboring countries, hit by Iranian drones and missiles after the”
U.S. and Israeli attacks. He said Iran would only attack countries, originally attacks on Iran. Shortly after he spoke, President Trump posted on social media that Iran will be hit very hard today. He's demanded that Iran's surrender unconditionally.
This morning, Trump said Iran was a threat to the rest of the world. "They were very close to a nuclear weapon. They would have had one if we didn't do our B2 hit midnight hammer. They would have had it eight months ago. They would have had a nuclear weapon, you know, a crazy, and they would have used it.
So we did the world of favor." Trump spoke near Miami, where he opened a summit of Latin American leaders on security. This afternoon, he's attending a ceremony at Dover Air Force Base for the return of six U.S. soldiers killed in a drone attack in Kuwait, the day after the strikes against Iran began.
In New York, a man was found guilty in a plot to kill President Trump and other prominent U.S. officials at the orders of Iran. NPR's Jacqueline Diaz has the story. A federal jury in Brooklyn found Ossiff Merchant guilty of planning to hire hitmen, steel documents and kill American politicians.
Federal prosecutors said the scheme was backed by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard
Corps. Merchant, who is a Pakistani national, received spycraft training from Iran around 2022. It was sent to the U.S. in 2024 to execute his scheme to kill President Trump and former President Joe Biden. But he didn't get far in his grand plan before law enforcement learned of the plot.
Merchant can now face life in prison. Jacqueline Diaz and PR News, Russia attacked several Ukrainian cities, including the
“capital key overnight with ballistic missiles and attacked drones.”
Officials say at least eight people were killed and more than a dozen were injured. NPR's Joanna Kikisis reports from key. Ukraine's Air Force has Russia used 480 drones in 29 missiles in the attacks.
Our key, Ukraine's second largest city, was the hardest hit.
A ballistic missile struck a high-rise building in the Northeastern city, killing several residents and injuring many more. Russia frequently launches air strikes on Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have learned how to shoot down attack drones like Shaheads, which were designed in Iran.
Ukraine is now sharing that expertise with Gulf nations. Iranian forces have attacked U.S. sites in these nations with Shahead drones. And retaliation for the war that the U.S. and Israel is waging on Iran. Joanna Kikisis and PR News, key. This is NPR News in Washington.
The death toll is rising in Kenya after flash floods overnight. Officials say at least 23 people have died in the capital Nairobi. The floods swept away cars and disrupted air travel. Scientists say global warming is making both floods and routes worse than the region. The story of Gentleman Jack, the 19th century English country woman, whose lifestyle and
“possibly published secret diaries, made her an early gay icon, has been turned into a ballet.”
Vicky Barker reports from London. Annie Lister nicknamed "Jettlement Jack," war masculine attire, and would a series of women in her lifetime seduction. She described in coded diaries, which she hid behind a wooden panel in her Yorkshire home.
Christopher Atabel Lopez Ochoa says it was a challenge training female ballerinas to dance like the masculine Annie. "You know, walk on your heels instead of walking on your toes, take the space instead
of always the wary that you're going to hit someone.
So that was really interesting for me as a crowd for but also to guide the dancers. After it's world premiere in Leeds, the northern ballet production of Gentleman Jack will tour the UK. Or NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London." Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania conducted a survey on how the public views
medical advice. It found people trust career scientists that federal health agencies more than the leaders of those agencies. Two thirds of Americans have confidence in the scientists, while only 38 percent trust health secretary, Robert of Kennedy, Jr.
I'm Nurrahm, NPR News in Washington.
