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"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noraram.

Israeli officials are assessing the damage after Iranian air strikes last night on two southern

cities near Israel's nuclear research center.

More than 100 people were wounded. Police say the strikes caused extensive damage to residential buildings. The UN's nuclear agency said there were no reports of damage to Israeli nuclear facilities. Retoring the site today is really prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the attack shows Iran endangers the entire world."

"The last 48 hours Iran targeted a civilian area. They're doing that as a mass murder weapon. Luckily no one was killed, but that's due to luck. Not their intention. Their intention is to murder civilians.

Second, they are using the fired on Jerusalem right next to the holy sites of the

three monotheistic face. The Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, and the Alaxa Moss."

President Trump said last night Iran has 48 hours to open the straight-of-four moves

or the U.S. will in his words, "Abliterate Iran's power plants." Iran says if that happens, it will target U.S. and Israeli infrastructure in the region. President Trump is sending federal immigration agents to U.S. airports starting tomorrow. As the transportation security administration faces staffing issues from the partial government shutdown, NPR's loot-guarant reports.

Trump's borders are, Tom Homan, is in charge of the ICE deployments to U.S. airports. On Sunday morning, Homan told CNN he doesn't have a finalized plan yet. "So we're in progress, but we will be at airports tomorrow, helping TSA move those lines along." Homan said he expects ICE agents to guard entries and exits at the nation's busiest airports.

"We don't see an ICE agent looking at it in X-ray machine because we're not trained in that." While their goal is to help TSA move passengers through security lines, Homan said ICE will still enforce immigration laws at U.S. airports.

TSA security wait times have increased as more agents call out sick or quit.

Most TSA officers have worked without pay during the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. Luke Garrett and PR News, Washington. The Senate could vote as soon as tomorrow on the nomination of Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullin to be the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

The Senate met today and voted to limit debate and vote on his confirmation.

Damage across Hawaii could top $1 billion after a week of heavy rain triggered some

of the worst flooding in 20 years. Hawaii Public Radio's Bill Dorman reports. "Evaluation orders were lifted late Saturday for the North Shore of Oahu, but were extended to parts of Maui County flooding alerts have also been posted for parts of Hawaii Island. Searching rescue teams who have moved in where the weather has stabilized about 200 national

guard members have been activated to help with operations." Bill Dorman reporting, "This is NPR News." Hundreds of demonstrators rallied into mask is Syria today. They protested efforts to restrict the sale and consumption of alcohol. They fear Syria's new Islamist government under pressure from hardliners, make threatened

secular freedoms. The rally attracted residents from a range of religious sex. When told the Associated Press, this is not about whether we want to drink alcohol. This is about personal freedom. The charity saved the children is warning that clinics and Sudan could soon run out of

medical supplies. Michael Coloki reports the conflict in the Middle East is disrupting shipments. According to the charity, dozens of health facilities in Sudan that serve hundreds of thousands of patients rely on saved the children for their health care requirements. The charity said its consignments of medical supplies are stuck in ports into buy due to

a disruption in delivery as the US Israel war against Iran and its proxies continues, fighting in Sudan between the paramilitary group, the rapid support forces, or RSF. And the Sudanese armed forces has been going on for almost three years now. The UN has warned that country's health system is at the brink of collapse, adding that the action against Iran is putting a strain on humanitarian supply chains with areas like

sub-Saharan Africa among the most affected. For NPR News, Michael Coloki in Nairobi. The world happiness report measures well-being in countries. The winner this year, Finland.

The Nordic country has come in first every year for nine years now.

The United States has fallen to number 23 and that life-satisfaction declined sharply among Americans under the age of 25. I'm Nora Rom, NPR News in Washington.

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