Live from NPR News in Washington, on Corva Coleman, the Pentagon says all six...
who were aboard a U.S. military refueling plane have died in a collision with another plane in western Iraq. The refueling plane crash landed.
“The second plane involved in the collision landed safely, and beer's quill Lawrence reports.”
Sent commonouts that two U.S. refueling tanker aircraft were involved in an incident in friendly air space, one of them, a KC 135 tanker, went down in western Iraq, which borders Jordan.
The second tanker landed safely.
Sent comm said there was no hostile or friendly fire involved in the mishab, the KC 135 is used to refuel jets in mid-air, and usually carries a small crew of three to six airmen. Rescue operations continued through the night. Central Command does not identify fallen troops until 24 hours after next of can have
been notified. The Pentagon said bombardment of Iran will continue to intensify, and that U.S. forces are targeting Iran's ability to lay minds in the state of Hormuz, where a fifth of the world's oil supply transit. Quill Lawrence and PR News.
“Germany's Chancellor is criticizing the Trump administration for temporarily lifting sanctions”
on Russian oil.
The Trump administration says this is intended to bring down surging energy prices in the
midst of the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. New Years' Rob Schmitz reports from Berlin. German Chancellor Feedris Mertz, speaking to reporters during an official visit to Norway, called Trump's move to lift sanctions on Russia wrong. He went on to say there is a price problem, but not a supply problem when it comes to oil,
and he said he wanted to know what other factors led the U.S. government to make this decision. The U.S. temporarily lifted some of its sanctions on Russia late Thursday, allowing for the delivery in sale of Russian oil. It said he wants to ensure Russia does not exploit the war in Iran to weaken Ukraine. And as far as rising oil prices, he pointed to the release of international oil reserves
in recent days by countries including Germany, which is intended to bring down those prices.
Rob Schmitz and PR News, Berlin.
“Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was at a suburban Detroit temple this morning, one day after”
and attack on the synagogue. For member station WDET, Russ McNamara has more. The attacker identified by authorities as Amon Gazali was killed by security guards at Temple Israel and West Bloomfield township after it ramped his vehicle into the building. Talking to reporters, Governor Whitmer said she couldn't speak to the motivations of the attacker,
but said anti-Semitism is not welcome in Michigan. We will fight this ancient and rampant evil. We will stand together as we do it, and we will call it out. We must lower the rhetoric in the state and in this country. Over night, federal authorities read a Gazali's home and nearby suburb.
He was in naturalized citizen from Lebanon, and his family was killed by Israeli airstrikes and southern Lebanon. For NPR News, on Russ McNamara in Detroit. You're listening to NPR. The FBI is also investigating a terrorism incident at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia,
a gunman shot and killed and ROTC instructor in a classroom yesterday and wounded to other people. The gunman was found dead after other ROTC students subdued him. The conflict involving Iran is fueling a wave of misinformation online. And beer's Windsor-Johnston reports experts say fake images, recycled video, and AI-generated
posts are spreading rapidly across social media, complicating efforts to understand what's really happening. Experts say the confusion is being amplified by changes inside social media companies, including ex and TikTok. Samuel Woly is an associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh, who studies how artificial
intelligence can be used to manipulate public opinion online. Social media companies have massively dialed back their content moderation. They are no longer working to mitigate the effects and the spread of misinformation. So it's also combined with AI slot. Woly says the source of propaganda online can be misleading.
Anyone can create it and make it appear to come from someone or someplace else. Windsor-Johnston and PR News, Washington. There are a number of weather hazards facing the U.S. this weekend, and atmosphere river is sliding into the Pacific Northwest and the Upper Rockies and Plains. There are winter storm warnings as well up for the Great Lakes.
I'm Core of a Coleman NPR News from Washington. This week on the MPR Politics podcast, the Warren Iran is rippling through the global economy and Warren packing what that could mean for this November's midterms. Plus, detailed reporting on the tactics ISIS using to surveil American citizens. Listen this week on the MPR Politics podcast, on the MPR app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
