"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm New Iran.
Iran State News Agency says Israel and the U.S. have begun striking a uranium enrichment facility in Central Iran.
“Israel's military says it is not aware of any such strikes.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this week that Israeli strikes had ensured Iran no longer has the ability to enrich uranium. NPR's Emily Fang reports." On Friday in Netanyahu said this, "Ran no longer has the capacity to enrich uranium or meet ballistic missiles.
Iran State News Agency said joint U.S. and Israeli strikes began hitting the Natan's uranium enrichment facility the next day, early Saturday morning. Israel's military denied such strikes telling NPR and a statement it was not aware of them. The Natan's facility was already struck by Israel on March 2.
The United Nations nuclear watchdogs that it detected no increase in off-site radiation
levels today after Iran's report of a second strike.
Emily Fang and Pyrnews, Van Turkey." A federal judge has struck down a Pentagon policy that has had the effect of limiting reporter's access, citing the incursion into Venezuela and the war in Iran.
“Judge Paul Friedman says is more important than ever that the public have access to information”
from a variety of perspectives of what its government is doing. NPR's Ron Elving has more." The Pentagon under Secretary Pied Hegg Seth put limits on where reporters could go, who they could talk to, and a long list of news organizations in New York Times, other newspapers, also NPR and PBS and the cable and broadcast TV operations all refused to live under
those conditions. So, we're biored. We were biored. The others were barred from the Pentagon.
The federal judge has now ruled that was a clear violation of the First Amendment rights
of news reporters and news consumers, with a compelling interest in the Pentagon and the government in general. NPR's Ron Elving stalks fell for the fourth straight week on Wall Street as the war in
“Iran pushed oil prices higher, NPR's Maria Aspen reports.”
The surge in oil prices is hitting consumers at the gas pump, but that's just the first way of pain. The energy crisis means companies will have to pay more for shipping and trucking, likely driving up all kinds of prices. Fed chair Jerome Powell said this week that the war is making the country's economic outlook
cloudier. The Fed held interest rates steady as it tries to keep inflation under control. But now some investors are starting to worry that the Fed might actually have to raise the cost of borrowing later this year. U.S. government bonds also sold off, and the price of gold plunged.
Gold is usually seen as a safe haven investment, but it just had its worst week in 15 years. Maria Aspen and PR news. This is NPR news. Lawmakers are to work this weekend in an effort to end the partial government shutdown
now five weeks old. The lines are long at airports where TSA agents have been working without pay. The Department of Homeland Security says hundreds of officers have quit their jobs since February 14th. Democrats say they won't pass a budget for DHS until there are changes in immigration
enforcement. Heavy rains continue for a second week across Hawaii. The latest system is expected to linger over the islands through the weekend. Jackie Young reports. Nearly 7,000 residents lost power on Friday after more heavy rains pelted the state.
Several emergency shelters have opened, and some areas saw up to 14 inches of rain in just 24 hours. The governor described the flooding as the largest of a ESC in 20 years.
Early damage estimates exceed $1 billion.
At least 233 people have been rescued statewide, and several thousand have been evacuated from Oahu's north shore and central district, some by helicopter. Forecasters warn the state could see heavy rainfall through Sunday with more flush flooding, thunderstorms and strong winds. For NPR News, I'm Jackie Young in Honolulu.
An international group of scientists says the high temperatures in the U.S. southwest are the result of climate change. World weather attribution studies the causes of extreme weather. It says the months he's wave would have been virtually impossible without human caused climate change.
I'm Nora Rom, and PR News in Washington.
