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carried out a dramatic and risky rescue of the Air Force officer whose fighter jet was
“shot down over Iran. As NPR's Greg Myri reports, the wounded officer took cover in a”
mountainous area to avoid being captured." President Trump said on truth social that dozens of planes took part in the operation to save the airment after his F-15 fighter jet was hit over Western Iran on Friday. The plane's pilot was quickly rescued, but the weapons officer, an Air Force Colonel, had to go into hiding. Trump wrote, quote, "This brave warrior was behind enemy lines in the treacherous mountains of Iran. U.S. rescue aircraft came under fire,
but managed to reach the airment and fly him out of the country." The Wall Street Journal reported that two planes taking part in the rescue were unable to fly out of Iran so U.S. troops blew them up and left on another aircraft. Greg Myri NPR News, Washington. "On this Easter Sunday, President Trump went on true social this morning to threaten Iran.
“In a profanity-liton post, he said Tuesday will be power plant day and bridge day.”
Repeating his threat to strike Iran's critical infrastructure,
if Iran doesn't reopen the straight-of-war moves by his Monday deadline. Trump entered the post with praise be to Allah. Israeli air strikes have hit across Lebanon's south and in the southern suburbs of the capital bay route. Israel says it's targeting Iran backed Hezbollah militants who fired rockets across the border. NPR's Lauren Freyer reports Lebanon's government says, at least 54 people were killed Saturday.
Easter services are mixed with funerals as Israel bombs Lebanon's south and demolishes homes there. In the Christian village of Dibil resident Maroon Yasif tells NPR, "They're under siege and being shielded. United Nations peacekeepers say they've
“lodged a formal protest after Israeli soldiers destroyed security cameras outside a U.N.”
base in southern Lebanon. Three U.N. peacekeepers were killed last month and several have been wounded. Hezbollah says it used a missile against in Israeli warship off Lebanon's coast, but the Israeli military says it's not aware of that incident. In addition to ordering people out of the country's south, Israel's military is also ordering evacuation of Lebanon's main crossing with neighboring Syria, warning it may strike that area too.
Lauren Freyer and PR News Bay route."
Pope Leo celebrated his first Easter as pope today. He urged leaders to end the
conflicts now raging around the world that they must end every desire for domination and power. Unlike previous poops, he did not mention any specific war. He also offered brief Easter greetings in 10 languages, including Arabic and Chinese, and now so hold a prayer vigil April 11th. This is NPR News in Washington. Egypt says it's spoken to U.S. and Iranian officials discussed the war in Iran.
As Michael Coloki reports, the North African nation, also announced an increase in local electricity prices, citing an energy crisis linked to the conflict. Egypt said today that it's foreign minister, but that Abdelaki had had phone conversations with his regional counterparts, as well as U.S. Middle East and Roy Steve Wittkov and Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araqqi, to discuss proposals to de-escalate the Iran war. The phone conversations follow Egypt's participation
last weekend in talks with Pakistan, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, on the Iran conflict, which has also triggered a rise in global fuel costs. Egypt is among a list of several countries that say they have subsequently been forced to increase local fuel prices. It announced recently that it has increased electricity prices, for commercial users, and some residential consumers, for NPR News and Michael Coloki in Nairobi. Hollywood Studios and screenwriters
reached an agreement yesterday on a new contract. It's for four years a year longer than usual. The precise terms have not been disclosed. The writer's guild issued a statement that the contract protects healthcare gains that were reached in 2023. The current contract expires June 30th. The swift resolution of negotiations comes in stark contrast to the last round when Hollywood writers went on strike for months. In college basketball, UConn advanced to the men's
championship game by beating Illinois 71-62 last night, Michigan beat Arizona, so will meet UConn for the title tomorrow night. I'm Norah Ram, NPR News in Washington.
