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the U.S. and Israel have struck over 15,000 targets in Iran in nearly two weeks of
“war there. Hegset and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Cain, spoke”
at a news conference at the Pentagon a short time ago. Cain confirmed a report issued earlier by U.S. Central Command that a U.S. military refueling plane has gone down in Western Iraq, killing four American service members." The incident occurred over friendly territory in Western Iraq while the crew was on a combat mission. And again, was not the result as St. Commissar said was not the result of hostile or friendly fire. We're still
treating this as an active rescue and recovery operation as St. Commissar's morning for airmen have been recovered and the Air Force and U.S. Central Command will provide updates as information becomes available. Two other crew members have not been accounted for yet. The Defense Secretary says that the new Iranian Supreme Leader much about harmony is believed to be wounded and likely disfigured. The United Kingdom's Defense Secretary says Iranian
“drone tactics bear the whole mark of Russian help. British forces based in Iraq helped”
shoot down some Iranian drones yesterday as NPR's law and frair reports from London. U.K. Defense Secretary John Heely says British forces managed to shoot down some Iranian drones over Iraq but did not get all of them. Some ended up hitting a coalition base in Erbil injuring U.S. troops base there. Heely told reporters in London that Iran's drone tactics bear the hallmark of "putens hidden hand." "We see from Iran, some of the same tactics
we see from Russia in Iran." Heely cited a link between Russia and Iran in the way attack drones are being used, calling them an axis of aggression. Both countries menace their neighbors, he said. President Trump has temporarily lifted sanctions on some Russian oil during this conflict. Heely says "high oil prices benefit one liter Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lauren Freyer and PR News London." The Department of Homeland Security
“is identifying Aiman Gazali as the attacker who ramped his truck into a synagogue outside”
Detroit yesterday. From member station WDET, Alex McClellan reports Gazali was a naturalized U.S. citizen from Lebanon. NPR has confirmed that two of Gazali'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 and
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 Gazali's vehicle was checked at a local hospital. Nobody inside the building was killed. Gazali was found dead in his truck after an exchange of gunfire with security guards. Front PR News I'm Alex McClellan and Detroit." This is NPR. The FBI is also investigating a deadly shooting yesterday at Old Dominion University in southern Virginia as terrorism. One
person was killed and two others were wounded. Authorities say the gunman was overpowered and found dead. New federal drought and data show, much of the American West, is now experiencing its lowest snowpack in history. NPR's Kirk Seagler reports this comes as record heat is expected to bear down on the region next week. March is typically the snowiest month of the year
in Colorado but this year the state is reporting its lowest snow totals on record. The cascades in Oregon and Washington are in a similar dire state. According to new data from Noah's drought monitor, in California, warm temperatures have already caused rapid snow melt and an early spring runoff. Every single river basin in the West has experienced
its warmest or second warmest winter on record. Snow is the West's primary water storage
and tens of millions of people rely on it for drinking water, food and power. The federal Bureau of Reclamation now predicts the water level in Lake Powell may drop so low that the Glen Canyon dam will cease producing power by December. Kirk Seagler in Pure News, Boseman Montana. Cuban officials say they've recently held talks with U.S. officials. Speaking today, Cuban
President Miguel NTS Cannell said the conversations have been geared toward finding solutions by way of dialogue to the bilateral differences between the countries. President Trump has been saying Cuba's government could fall where there could be a friendly takeover of Cuba. This is NPR. 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.
