"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skivone.
Attacks by Iran, it's paramilitary proxies have intensified in Iraq and the country's
“Kurdistan region, this weekend rockets hit the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, and PR's”
Jain Iraq has more." Iran and the Iraqi militias at Bax hit a hotel used by the U.N. in the city of Salomonia, as well as a brigade of Kurdish fighters, and then Iranian opposition base near the Kurdistan region's second city. Kamala, an Iranian armed opposition group, said its base near Salomonia, was hit by a missile
Saturday, killing one of its fighters and wounding another. In the regional capital, Erbil, grown attacks at the airport compound where U.S. forces are based, killed a member of the region's internal security forces, the provincial governor told NPR. The Iraqi government pledged to arrest militia members at Bland for rocket attacks on the U.S. embassy
in Baghdad, Saturday. Security sources said one of the rockets hit the embassy's helicopter landing pad. Jain Iraq and PR news, Erbil.
“President Trump has sharpened his invective against Britain's Prime Minister despite”
reports that the U.K. is preparing to send an aircraft carrier to the Gulf region. Vicky Barker has more. In his social media post reported widely by British news outlets, Trump said the U.S. doesn't need any British aircraft carriers and accused Kyrs Stormer of "trying to join wars "weave already won."
Britain's Prime Minister it appears well soon be forgiven for his initial reluctance to allow U.S. war planes bound for Iran access to British air bases. While Stormer has not responded directly to Trump's post, he earlier wrote in the Sunday Mirror that, quote, "at moments like this, the country needs seriousness, not political games.
Though that was an apparent reference to the sniping he's come in for from Britain's opposition politicians.
“For NPR news, I'm Vicky Barker in London."”
A federal judge has struck down Trump administration official Kerry Lakes' actions to dismantle voice of America, saying that she did not have legal authority to do so. NPR's David Folk and Flick reports lake plans to appeal. Lake sought to lay off more than a thousand journalists from the U.S. own global network and its sister networks serving Cuba, and she tried to kill federal funding for
rate of free Asia and rate of free Europe, radio liberty.
NPR first reported on the legality of Lake Stadis last August.
For example, we repeatedly asked for any evidence. She had been named "acting CEO of the agency by President Trump" as required for that job. None arrived. U.S. District Court Judge Roycy Lamberth wrote that Lake quote "satisfied that requirements of neither the statute nor the constitution."
Lake tells NPR that Lamberth is an activist judge trying to stand in the way of Trump's agenda. David Folk and Flick and PR news. This is NPR. 61 years after state troopers attacked civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettis Bridge in
Selma, Alabama, and what became known as "bloody Sunday," thousands are gathering there this weekend. The violence shock the nation and help spur passage of the voting rights act. Troy Public Radio's Kyle Gassett reports that a special service will be held to honor civil rights leader Reverend Jesse Jackson.
Today's bridge crossing will be one of the few that Jackson will not physically be present, but as contributions to the civil rights movement and the many times he participated in the march will be remembered. Jackson, who died last month, was moved to join the movement in 1965. Many heard reports of fellow black protesters being beaten in Selma by Alabama State troopers
as they marched for the right to vote. Events to honor Jackson will be held before and after the bridge crossing reenactments as organizers attempt to draw attention to what they say are threats to voting rights. From PR news, I'm Kyle Gassett in Montgomery, Alabama. The war in Iran is affecting energy markets.
The trip traffic through the Strait of Hormuz is stalled, prices are higher for oil, natural gas and gasoline.
The average price of gas has risen above $3 a gallon for the first time since early December.
Triple A says the average cost of a gallon of gas nationwide is now $341 up around 43 cents from a week ago, and diesel and jet fuel prices are also higher. President Trump is downing the idea of turning to the nation's strategic petroleum reserve. I'm Louise Skivone and PR News, Washington.
