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U.S. forces today rescued a U.S. Air Force Colonel, who was trapped in a mountainous region
“of Iran since his F-15 war plane was shot down on Friday.”
And here's Tom Bowman has more. "On Friday, this F-15 war plane was shot down likely by anti-aircraft guns, some 150 miles inside Iran. pilot was quickly recovered, but his weapons officer are Colonel, spent again two days evading
Iranian militia in revolutionary guard forces.
He was eventually plucked from a kravas in a mountain in some 7,000 feet high. I'm told by a U.S. official, he's in stable condition, though no detail on his wounds he was flown by helicopter to Kuwait." And here's Tom Bowman reporting. Meanwhile, in a profanity-filled post on social media, President Trump threatened Iran again
today over opening the Strait of Hormuz. Israeli attacks have killed at least 39 people across Lebanon today.
“And here's Lauren Freyer reports, one of the biggest attacks targeted by Roots Southern”
suburbs, where Iran backed Hezbollah, his offices. "Rositans posted this video to social media showing people covered in gray dust, fearing
the wounded out of a collapsed building on slings may to blankets.
Israel often issues evacuation orders, but this attack in Beirut's coastal area of Jinakh came without warning, hitting a dense residential area near a public hospital. Health officials say a four-year-old girl was among those killed in another Israeli air-strike near the coastal city of Siden, which has absorbed thousands of displaced people from farther south, Israel had warned her entire village to flee.
And a Vatican-led aid convoy was canceled on Easter Sunday for security reasons. It was trying to bring aid to Christian villages under siege in Southern Lebanon, where fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli ground troops is heaviest. Lauren Freyer and PR News Beirut."
“Ukraine's President Zelensky made a surprise visit to Syria today, meeting with the country's”
new president as he signed security agreements with Middle Eastern countries amid the war and Iran. And here's Joanna Kekissis, has more. Writing on social media, Zelensky said he and Syrian President Ahmad Al-Shara discussed security and defense issues, as well as energy cooperation.
Zelensky added that Ukraine is, quote, "building new opportunities." He was in Turkey on Saturday and had traveled several Gulf nations last week. Gulf states have been hit by Iranian-shahed drones in retaliation for the U.S. Israeli war on Iran. Russia attacks Ukrainian cities with hundreds of shaheds a day, and Ukraine's military
has learned how to intercept them. Zelensky is offering to trade this anti-drone expertise for systems that shoot down Russian ballistic missiles, Joanna Kekissis, and PR News Cave. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. In women's NCAA college basketball, UCLA dominated South Carolina, in Phoenix today,
79-51 to take the National College Basketball Championship title. Steve Futterman has more from the game. But championship game here was a blowout. UCLA jumped out to an 11-point first quarter lead than extended the lead to 14 points
at halftime, South Carolina, never seriously threatened after that.
The Bruins were led by their great center Lauren Betts. She had 14 points and 11 rebounds. She was named the final four most outstanding player. UCLA's Gabriella Hakez was the game's high score with 21 points. For UCLA, this is its first Women's College Basketball Championship since 1978.
Back then, the NCAA wasn't even involved in women's basketball, so this is the first in the NCAA era. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman, in Phoenix. And for the men, Yukon and Michigan play tomorrow night for their championship title. The screenwriters Union and Hollywood Studios have reached a tentative four-year agreement
after weeks of negotiation. Details of the agreement between the writer's guild of America, West, and the alliance of motion picture and TV producers hasn't been released, but the Union was asking for better health care plans and protections against artificial intelligence. The agreement has to be approved by the guild's board and members before it's ratified.
U.S. Futures contracts are trading lower at this hour, Dow Futures are down about 158 points. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News, in Washington.
