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Six crew members who were on a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting military operations
“at Iran are confirmed dead after the plane crashed in Western Iraq.”
The crashed took place at an unspecified incident Thursday involving two aircraft in what was called "friendly airspace," the other plane landed safely, defense secretary Pete Hegsev, war's hell, war's chaos. And as we saw yesterday with the tragic crash of our KC-135 tanker, bad things can happen. American heroes, all of them.
And as I have with all of them, as we have, we will greet those heroes at Dover, and their sacrifice will only recommit us to the resolve of this mission. The KC-135 is a widely flown air force plane used to re-fuel other aircraft in mid-air. Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky says the Trump administration's decision to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian oil will only empower the Kremlin, and PR's Joanna Cassissus
reports the sanctioned relief comes as the U.S.-Israel War on Iran has disrupted global oil supplies. 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.
The U.S. has applied 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. "Til-Gild-Nez-Evel-Slawlingo."
This single concession, by the United States, could provide Russia with approximately $10 billion
to fund the war as 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. Joanna Cassissus and PR news, Keev.
The U.S. says it's worried about cultural heritage sites being damaged by the war in Iran. Karycon reports. UNESCO called for maximum restraint to spare damage to what it says are the cultural and social foundations of societies. In Iran alone, multiple registered cultural sites have been damaged, including Tejarans
Gullistan Palace, as well as a 17th-century palace and a mosque in Ispahan. Video on state media shows the 14th-century Gullistan Palace grounds littered with broken glass from its famous mirrored ceiling.
Ispahan's governor was critical on social media, saying the most advanced weapons have
targeted the oldest symbols of civilization. In his first term, President Trump threatened to retaliate in Iranian attacks by hitting
“important Iranian cultural sites, Karycon.”
It's NPR. Flighted for major East Coast airports, Delos International, BWI-Thurgood Marshall, Reagan National, and Richmond, Virginia, are slowly returning to normal. This after a critical northern Virginia FAA facility had to be evacuated Friday, controllers say there was a chemical smell in the Tracon facility.
The delays jumped to about two hours and about a third of the departing flights were delayed. For nearly two weeks now, an unusually low number of Chinese warplanes have flown near Taiwan. As she's Valentine reports from Taiwan, it's a law in another wise escalating pattern of the Chinese naval and the air incursions near Taiwan. Analysts of offered various explanations.
Anti-corruption investigations and disappearances have left many of the Chinese military's top posts vacant, and President Trump is set to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping's suit. 2025 marked a record high in Chinese warplane and naval activity around Taiwan, and the Chinese military closed out the year with its largest ever naval and air drills encircling Taiwan.
“That's what makes the past two weeks such an anomaly.”
Whatever the reason Taiwan's defense ministry has said they're remaining vigilant, noting that China's long-term goal of controlling Taiwan remains the same. For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine, in Taipei. At the World Baseball Classic, the U.S. defeated Canada-5 to 3 to advance to the semi-finals of the pre-season international tournament, two games are scheduled for Saturday.
The championship game will be decided Tuesday night in Miami. I'm Dan Rowland and NPR News in Washington. Support for it. This is our glass of the American Life. Do you know our show?
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