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Live from NPR news in New York City, I'm Duahli Psych-Outal.

The names of six U.S. crew members who died Thursday during a refueling mission in

Iraq have been released.

They are 33-year-old Alex Klinner of Alabama, Ohioans 38-year-old Captain Seth Kovall,

30-year-old Captain Curtis angst and 28-year-old tech sergeant Tyler Simmons, 31-year-old Captain Arianna Savino is from Washington, 34-year-old tech sergeant Ashley Prute is from Kentucky. U.S. military officials say the KC-135 aircraft was in friendly airspace when it crashed, supporting operations against Iran. We don't know if there was a human air involved either by the air crew members or by maintenance

or by air traffic control or so. They'll have to look very carefully at that. They obviously look at the mechanical aspects of the aircraft. Was this apparent mid-air caused by some sort of mechanical failure? That's Alan Deal, a former U.S. Air Force investigator. A controversial al-Quds day rally in support of Palestinians when it had in Toronto on Saturday. As Don Carpenter reports,

that was after a judge throughout an injunction request from the Ontario government to prevent the rally from taking place.

The judge's decision came Saturday afternoon, less than an hour before the Alcuds rally

was set to begin. Ontario premier Doug Ford's government filed an application seeking to block the rally. Ford said he was extremely disappointed with the ruling. On Friday Ford had said the Alcuds day has long been a venue for anti-Semitism, hatred, intimidation, and the glorification of terrorism. There were some tense moments, especially during a counter-demonstration, but a heavy police

presence appeared to prevent any major confrontations. At least two people were arrested. A lawyer for the rally, organizers said the injunction application was an absurd attempt to abrogate the rights of freedom of speech in assembly. For MPR News, I'm Dan Carpenterak in Toronto. "You gond as main opposition leader says he fled the East African nation to escape a military

search for him. You went into hiding shortly after the January of 15 presidential election, Michael Kloki reports."

In a social media post, Bobby Wein said that he had left Uganda following a series of

rates on his home by the country's military, but did not disclose his current location. Wein, whose real name is Chagullani Santamu, was a popular musician who joined politics nine years ago. He was the main opposition challenger against Carpenterak in President Uriom Seventy, during Uganda's presidential elections in January this year. Musseventy, who has been in power since 1986, was declared winner of the polls. Wein rejected the results

and went into hiding shortly after the elections. Uganda's army chief Mohazi Kinerugaba initially alleged U.S. authorities helped Wein as he went into hiding, but later retracted his accusations. This is NPR News. It's a discovery only fitting for Britain's longest running sci-fi series about a time traveler, two missing episodes of Doctor Who who've been found more than 60 years after

they aired, Brian Bull of Member Station KLCC has this report. The BBC says the episodes belong to a deceased collector inside film cans wrapped in plastic.

Now restored, the two shows which first aired in 1965 will be shown again on the BBC's

streaming service. They feature actor William Hartznell as the inaugural time-word pitted against his genocidal foes, The Daleks. Before Doctor Who became a worldwide phenomenon, many early episodes were taped over. The film charity, film as fabulous, found the episodes, titled "The Nightmare begins and Devils Planet." There are still 95 episodes of Doctor Who missing from the series, which premiered in 1963.

For NPR News, I'm Brian Bull in Eugene, Oregon. Returning to our top news, the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad issued another warning to U.S. citizens to leave Iraq this weekend after Iran intensified attacks in the United Arab Emirates. In Lebanon, the Health Ministry says more than 800 people have died from Israeli attacks in the last two weeks. The most recent aimed at Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon. The

U.S. Israel War in Iran has forced the massive evacuation of an estimated 800,000 Lebanese according to government data and multiple international food aid programs. You're listening to NPR News from New York City. "Can you put on just our new chef who is very consistent?"

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