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"Live from MPR News, on trial Snyder, Iran's new Supreme Leader is vowing to ...

on and to keep the strategic straight-of-war moves shut down.

A message attributed to much tabahamani was read Thursday by a television presenter as

Iran war royals oil markets. Iran has said the world should prepare for oil prices of $200 a barrel. Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNN Thursday that short-term pain may be needed to solve a long-term problem." The disruption of oil temporary disruption of oil through the straight-of-war moves, that's

what the strategic petroleum reserve is for. So as we have a shortage of market coming through that avenue, we're going to bring oil to market through other avenues to get through a few weeks of a short-term dislocation to get to a much better place on the other side. Another avenue seems to be Russian oil Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant says the U.S. is lifting

sanctions on Russian oil and petroleum products stranded at sea for 30 days.

The UNRFUG agency says more than 3 million people have been displaced inside Iran while

in Lebanon, more than 800,000 have been forced from their homes, as tempura's carry con reports.

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, between 600,000 and up to

a million households are displaced inside Iran, that means up to 3.2 million people are displaced. In this statement, officials say this is just a preliminary assessment, which will likely rise as hostilities persist and, quote, marking a worrying escalation of humanitarian needs. In Lebanon, where Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants and Israel are exchanging missile and drone attacks, hundreds of thousands are seeking refuge in more than 400 shelter sites,

but the numbers fleeing far out-strip adequate housing with large numbers of families sleeping on Bay Route streets carrying con and PR news Tel Aviv. Violence against Palestinians in the West Bank is on the rise since Iran war began nearly two weeks ago. Palestinian and human rights groups say at least six people have been killed in India

Israeli-occupied territory since February 28th, as to a settler step up attacks on Palestinian villages from Ramallah, to a Muslim reports. A leading Israel-Eliya rights group, baits Salem, says settlers are taking advantage of wart-time restrictions on movement, to escalate attacks on Palestinian homes and religious centers. In Dumah, settlers tried to burn down the village's mosque, says Soleim and the Wabshi,

the local council head. "Wasakabu alaihi al-Banzin, they put gasoline on tires and put them in front of the mosque. He says it was, quote, a shocking attack during the holy month of Ramadan. Israeli police say they are investigating and strongly condemned the attack.

The wart-time restrictions have also kept the al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem close to worshipers. For NPR news, I'm normally in Ramallah." This is NPR. By the FBI, rather, says it's investigating Thursday's attack on a synagogue outside Detroit as a targeted act of violence against the Jewish community.

The FBI is leading the investigation into the attack, in which a suspect crashed as truck into the synagogue, the truck burst into flames after security guards fired on it, the suspect was killed. Virginia's Old Dominion University has canceled classes and suspended operations on its main campus in Norfolk, after Thursday's classroom shooting at which a government killed one

person and wounded two others. The FBI says the government was a former Army National Guard member who pleaded guilty in 2016 to attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State Group, ROTC students subdued and killed the government. 7 World Cup matches slated to be played in the town of Foxboro, some 20 miles south of

Boston, a stand-off over millions and security costs seems to have ended, as Andrea Pradova Hernandez reports. A statement issued by the town, stadium owners, the craft group, and the organizing committee for the matches, Boston 26, says an agreement has been reached that would prevent the town from incurring any financial burden associated with the World Cup.

As a two-sits lieutenant governor, Kim Driscoll has wanted this.

I think the leaders at the craft stadium group and the town of Foxboro came together and

realized there's an opportunity here for us to host this amazing World Cup and everybody

was committed to making it happen. It's not a done deal yet, but the organizers and the owners say they, not the town, will cover the security costs. For NPR News, I'm Andrea Pradova Hernandez, in Boston. And I'm Jail Snyder, this is NPR News.

This week on Consider This, Warren Ron and a new front in Lebanon. What is the cost in lives and to Americans at home? And in Ukraine, after four years, the war there grinds on, is that what Russians want? Our reporters are on the ground with firsthand reporting from Beirut, Moscow. Listen for their stories on Consider This, on the NPR app, wherever you get your podcasts.

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