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and sunk 16 Iranian vessels that can lay mines near the straight of Hormuz. This comes
as the U.S. and Israel continue to fire on targets inside Iran. Meanwhile, Iran is continuing to attack commercial shipping in the Persian Gulf. A British maritime tracking agency says that a cargo vessel has been hit by a projectile today. The crew has left the ship and has asked for help. President Trump and its top aides say one of their military goals is to wipe out Iran's ability to make nuclear weapons. But NPR's Greg Myri reports the
progress on this goal is not clear. "We're just not getting information from the Trump administration on whether the military is targeting nuclear sites and if so, how is it going?"
“And remember, Trump said these facilities were obliterated last summer. Now, I'll note that Israel”
is doing most of the bombing in northern Iran and that's where the key nuclear facilities are located. Israel did say a week ago that it struck a covert underground nuclear compound on the edge of Tehran. But aside from that, we've heard very little from Israel. "NPR's Greg Myri reporting." The UN says the war has displaced nearly 700,000 people in Lebanon. 200,000 of them are children. Israel, the army is hitting southern Lebanon and the suburbs of
Beirut, as it targets his bolash strongholds. And Piers and Deal Al-Shelty reports, humanitarian groups are alarmed. "At the sports city football stadium on the outskirts of Beirut, nearly 800 people are now crammed into white tents pitched by volunteers. People haven't had access to clean bathrooms and say they haven't showered for days. Samitsafah is the general manager of Mechzumi Foundation, a non-profit trying to help equip the stadium to make it more livable.
He says resources are very limited." "What we have budgeted for within this year,
we cannot cater for half a million displaced." "Safah says organizations like
his are feeling the impact of President Trump's cuts to international humanitarian aid,
“making it difficult to provide essential services to those in need in Lebanon."”
He Deal Al-Shelty and PR News, Beirut. "The war has affected gas prices in the US. The motoring club Triple A says pump prices increased by another nickel overnight. The average cost for a gallon of regular gas in the US is $3.58. That's up about 60 cents since the war began less than two weeks ago. Diesel prices have climbed more than a dollar over what they were a month ago. That's important because if Diesel prices stay high, they'll drive up transportation
cost for everything that goes by truck or train. There's a lot of attention on the international energy agency. It could recommend, as soon as today, that nations start releasing crude oil from their strategic oil reserves. This could be temporarily used to supply countries that need oil from the Persian Gulf. This is NPR. Two candidates will go to a run-off vote in
“a Georgia Special Election, 17 candidates competed yesterday to fill the term a former Republican”
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green, who resigned in January. But no candidate got 50% of the vote to win the Georgia seat outright. The top vote gather was Democrat Sean Harris. "You would imagine everybody was here's Democrats? No. It's also Republicans here because they won't change. So I'm just thankful to have this opportunity." But right behind him is Republican Clay Fuller. He has been endorsed by President Trump. "If we win each day, they're going to
stack up and the victor is going to be there and we'll be up on Capitol Hill being a warrior for Northwest Georgia." The run-off election is set in four weeks on April 7th. Whether forecaster say this winter has been the warmest ever in several western states, NPR's law and summer
reports on concerns about drought and wildfires. 14 states experienced their warmest or second
warmest winter in 131 years of recordkeeping. That's according to a new assessment by the National Oceanic and atmospheric administration. One third of the U.S. population experienced the warmest winter daytime highs on record. That trend was mostly across the Great Plains and Western U.S., high temperatures have led to a low snow pack there, which could have impacts the summer. Mountain snow packs supplies water to millions of people, and dry conditions can set the
stage for more extreme wildfires. More in summer and PR news. "Significant damage is reported from tornadoes in Indiana and Illinois yesterday. Officials in Newton County, Indiana say several homes there have been destroyed. I'm Corvacolman, NPR News.
