"Li from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skivoni.
A senior Iranian official says a consensus has been reached on approving a new supreme leader
of Iran, Israel's military says whoever the new successor is he will be targeted. Late last night, oil deposed in and around, Tehran came under his Rayleigh missile attack, with residents reporting fires spreading to nearby homes and shops. Leaders warn the conflict is threatening supply and driving up prices. Iran's president also threatened more attacks on U.S. targets as fighting spreads across the region,
meanwhile President Trump says he will only accept unconditional surrender from Iran. Here's Israel's president, Isaac Herzog. "For the generation plus, Iran has been spreading, Tehran havoc all over the world.
“And I think now there's a coalition of nations in the region who says Tehran,”
it's over, out, unacceptable, supported by President Donald Trump and his immense leadership.
We're doing this for the well-being of the entire free world, you're being the first one."
Herzog spoke to the BBC, Iran has fired more drones and rockets as Israel, Kuwait and other Gulf states on the ninth day of this war. At least two large fires were seen in Kuwait, a desalinization facility was hit in Bahrain. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yis says the U.S. Israeli war with Iran should not have happened. And that it does no one any good.
He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an annual political meeting, and PR's Jennifer Pack reports from Beijing. Foreign Minister Wang says armed conflict in the Middle East will only breed hatred. "What the hell are you, Lili?" "Chantleying."
"Might does not make right," he says.
“The law of the jungle must not return and rule the world.”
He called for a ceasefire. China has offered to mediate in the conflict, but it is not impartial. The Chinese are more closely aligned with Iran than with either the U.S. or Israel. That has raised questions. Over whether President Donald Trump will still meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in a few weeks.
The Chinese Foreign Minister did not confirm the dates, but says China is open to dialogue. Jennifer Pack and PR News Beijing. The U.S. Embassy in Oslo, Norway, was damaged by an explosion early today. And PR's Rob Schmist reports, there have been no arrest yet. "Oslo, please, say the blast occurred at one in the morning local time on Sunday,
and caused only minor material damage to one of the embassy's entrances.
“Investigators examined the scene later in the morning while dogs, drones, and helicopters were involved”
in the search for perpetrators. Witnesses told local Norwegian news that they heard three bangs that made the ground shake. U.S. embassies have been placed on high lured in the Middle East over American military operations in Iran, and several have faced attacks as Tehran hits back at industrial and diplomatic targets. Rob Schmist and PR News Berlin."
This is NPR News in Washington. Thousands of protesters calling for the end of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran marched to the U.S. embassian London this weekend. Vicky Barker reports. The march was organized by a coalition of Muslim and anti-war groups. Many of the protesters waved Iranian and Palestinian flags.
Some held up portraits of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Hamanei. Dozens of protesters also gathered outside the Royal Air Force base being used as a staging post for U.S. bombers bound for the Middle East. Although the U.S. has declined to join the Iran offensive, Prime Minister Keir Starmer last week did grant permission for the U.S.
to access U.K. military bases for defensive purposes only. For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London. 61 years after State Troopers attacked civil rights marchers on the Edmund Pettis Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Thousands are gathering there this weekend amid new concerns about the future of the Voting Rights Act.
The violence that became known as Bloody Sunday in 1965 shocked the nation and helped spur passage of the landmark legislation that dismantled barriers to voting for black Americans. Today, in 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering a Louisiana case. Involving the role of race and drawing the lines of congressional districts, the policy has meant better representation for minority communities,
rolling it back would have an impact on advances made by the civil rights movement. I'm Louise Skivone and PR News, Washington.
