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"Line from NPR News in Washington," I'm Core of a Coleman.

This is the second day of the truth, and the U.S. and Israeli War against Iran.

But overnight, President Trump wrote online, "He'll keep the U.S. military in the

Middle East, and U.S. strikes will resume if Iran does not comply." Officials in Lebanon say 250 people were killed in Israeli strikes yesterday. There's disagreement over whether the truth covers Lebanon, and PR's law and frair reports from Beirut. The United Nations Secretary-General and the International Committee of the Red Cross both

condemned Israel's attacks, which struck densely populated central Beirut without warning, including near the seaside Corniche, Promenade. People are still missing, still under the rubble. Lebanon's army says four soldiers are among those killed.

Israel says a hundred air strikes hit Beirut within ten minutes, killing the nephew of

his bull as leader. The Iran-backed group says it held its fire, trusting initial announcements that the

sea's fire included Lebanon, but has now resumed firing rockets into Israel.

Vice President J.D. Vance's Israel has offered to quote "check themselves a little bit in Lebanon" to make sure sea's fire talks in Pakistan are successful, but Israeli attacks continue here. Lauren Freyer and PR News Beirut. President Trump has met with NATO's Secretary-General Mark Ruta at the White House,

and Beirut's Franco-Ortonia's reports they've talked about the U.S. leaving NATO. President Trump has raged against the alliance for declining to take part in his attack on Iran, or helping secure the straight-of-or-mouse, arguing that they failed his test to see if they truly backed the U.S. after the meeting Trump explained on social media that quote, "Natah wasn't there when we needed them, and they won't be there if we

need them again," but he did not say he was pulling the U.S. out of the alliance. Trump has long had a rocky relationship with NATO, but this war has really racked what foundation was left, and Trump's anger only intensified calling NATO a paper tiger and attacking some leaders by name, such as British Prime Minister Kier Starmer, saying "He's no Winston Churchill," Franco, "Ordonia's and PR News."

Artificial intelligence company andthropic says it's got a new AI model, but it is limiting the release because it fears its AI model could be used in cyber attacks, and PR Shannon Bond explains. Andthropic says its new model, known as Claude Mithos' preview, is really good at identifying security flaws in software.

It's so good the company says it would be dangerous to roll it out to the general public, because bad actors could use it to exploit those flaws. Instead, Anthropic is giving access to a group of more than 40 companies, from Google and Apple to cyber security firm CrowdStrike. Anthropic says the model has already found thousands of vulnerabilities, including in

every major operating system and web browser, some of which had gone undetected for years. Shannon Bond and PR News. "You're listening to NPR." A former architect in New York City has pleaded guilty to murdering seven women, and admitted that he killed an eighth, Rex Huerman entered the plea yesterday for a string of crimes known

as the Gilgo Beach killings. He's expected to be sentenced to life in prison without parole. The National Weather Service says the Huy and Islands are getting a powerful storm that will last at least through tomorrow. That means a lot of rain, powerful winds, and flooding.

Officials in Honolulu County have opened emergency shelters. The fresh storm comes as Huy is recovering from last months back to back storms that caused about a billion dollars in damage. President Trump has approved a federal disaster declaration for Hawaii. Now, so says the Artemis mission is set to splash down tomorrow afternoon in the Pacific.

The astronauts will complete a 10-day mission while they are in space they need to stay fit and pierce Katie a little reports on how they do that.

Exercise is essential in space.

That's because without the usual gravity from Earth, the Huy and Body can quickly atrophy.

That's why engineers designed the flywheel, it's a small piece of equipment that astronauts

can strap their feet into, and then use much like a rowing machine. Astronaut Reed Weissman had this recent report from space after using the flywheel. "It is a really good piece of gear, and we can actually get a nice workout. I look forward to the next time I get to try a resistance workout." The flywheel allows for both cardio and resistance workouts.

Some of the scientists who designed it say it could set a precedent for exercise equipment even back on Earth. and PR news. You're listening to WNPR.

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