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As the U.S. is real war rages in the Middle East, more American troops have died in the conflict against Iran.
“U.S. Central Command says a military refueling plane carrying six crew members crash”
in Western Iraq. All six died. General Dan Cain, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said this morning it happened in friendly airspace, but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire. We're still treating this as an active rescue and recovery operation.
As Sankama Nauksa's morning fore airmen have been recovered.
U.S. Encom says a second plane involved in the encounter landed safely, since the start
of the war at least seven other American troops have been killed in action. With oil and gas shipments blocked from getting through the straight-of-war moves because of the war, Brent Crudoyle, again, had topped $100 a barrel today. Yesterday, Iran's new Supreme Leader said in his first public statement that his country will continue to block the globally vital shipping waterway.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, says the Trump administration's decision to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian oil will only empower the Kremlin and
“P.R.'s geomatic cases has more from Kiev.”
The Trump administration says the temporary relief will last until April 11, and is supposed to cool oil prices, which have shot up since the U.S. and Israel began their war on Iran. U.S. has it applies only to Russian oil already in transit, and will not help Russia much financially.
Speaking to reporters in Paris, Zelensky said that's not the case. "Did you build nets of a slalom?"
This single concession, by the United States, could provide Russia with approximately $10 billion
to fund the war Zelensky said. This certainly does not bring us any closer to peace. Zelensky spoke alongside French president Emmanuel Macron, who said there is no justification for lifting these sanctions. "Join a kickassus NPR news, Kiev."
The Department of Homeland Security is identifying the person who attacked a synagogue in
“Michigan yesterday as 41-year-old, Ayman Muhammad Ghazali.”
You see, the man ramped his truck into Temple Israel and West Bloomfield outside Detroit. Alex McClennin of "Membersation W.D.E.T. reports Ghazali was a naturalized citizen from Lebanon where the mayor of Mashgarah tells an NPR producer some of the suspects relatives were killed in Israeli strikes last week. NPR has confirmed that two of Ghazali's brothers and two of his brothers children were killed
by Israeli air strikes in Lebanon last week. His parents were wounded. Authorities are still investigating the act at Temple Israel in Michigan as an act of terrorism and have not yet shared a motive.
30 first responders were treated for smoke inhalation and a security guard who was struck
by Ghazali's vehicle was checked at a local hospital. Nobody inside the building was killed. That's Alex McClennin reporting. From Washington, this is NPR News. New research suggests that when an animal virus jumps to humans and leads to disease
outbreaks, that usually happens by chance without unusual evolution from the virus, and PR's Jonathan Lambert explains. Scientists have two ideas for how viruses jump. Animal viruses might have to change a lot in specific ways to adapt to human hosts, or some viruses spreading among animals might already have the ability to infect humans and
simply need to be given the chance. A study in the journal cell suggests the latter is true for recent outbreaks including Ebola and Pox and COVID. These viruses underwent substantial genetic changes only after the viruses started spreading in humans.
The researchers found. Ultimately, the technique could help distinguish natural outbreaks from lab leaks. For example, the virus that caused a 1977 flu pandemic, board genetic changes that suggested it underwent evolution before jumping, likely in a Russian lab. Jonathan Lambert and PR News.
The U.S. economy did not expand as much as initially thought in the final months of 2025 during a historically long government shutdown in that period. The U.S. government data revised down the pace of growth in gross domestic product the nation's output of goods and services to 7/10 of a percent. Sharp decline from the 4.4% in the third quarter.
Today's fourth quarter GDP estimate is the second of three the final one is expected April 9th. The Dow's absolutely SMP and Nasdaq down, you're listening to NPR News. This week on the MPR Politics Podcast, the war on Iran is rippling through the global economy and war on packing with 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.
