"Live from NPR News and Washington,
I'm Corva Coleman, Israel lodged airstrikes in the Lebanese capital last night.
The first attack on Bay Roots
“since the cease fire started three weeks ago.”
The Israeli military says it took out a Hezbollah leader, and Bayer's Generaf has more from the site in Bay Root." The building struck by Israeli airstrikes last night is on a residential street here in the southern suburbs of Bay Root.
There are several defense workers who have cordoned off the area, and they're inside the building trying to stabilize the roof. The top floors have collapsed into it.
Israel has said it was targeting and killed a Hezbollah commander. No comment yet from Hezbollah on that claim. This was in the midst of what is supposed to be a cease fire, agreed April 16th between Lebanon and Israel,
but the Israeli strikes here and in the south of Lebanon continue.
Jane Arath and Pyrenees, Bay Root.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has visited Pope Leo at the Vatican today. This comes after President Trump has attacked the Pontive verbally several times,
“calling him weak and terrible on foreign policy.”
Leo has strongly criticized the war on Iran. Miguel Diaz is the former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See during the Obama administration. He hopes Rubio can return to the U.S. with a message of peace.
We are too polarized, both as a nation and as a world. And it would be a great success. If out of that meeting, the Secretary of State leaves in some ways, with some wisdom to bring back to the states into the president that the human family
does not need any more harm flick but that the human family needs to get on the road
to healing and reconciliation.
He spoke to NPR's morning addition. Economist warned the financial fallout from the conflict with Iran is already spreading beyond the gas pump. There are disruptions to shipping, freight and oil markets
that drive up the cost of some everyday household products. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports experts say those costs
“could keep rising even if tensions ease soon.”
As energy costs rise, so do the prices of many products people use every day. Supply chain expert Jason Miller says items made with plastic chemicals or industrial materials are especially vulnerable.
Think about a Canada WD40. Your paints, any type of chemicals, soaps, and things of that sort will be more expensive. Now, any type of plastic product. So if you look around your house,
you may have some plastic storage, things of that sort. Miller says the impact is showing up far beyond fuel prices because many global household goods depend on petroleum-based materials and global shipping networks that remain under strain.
Windsor Johnston and PR News, Washington. - You're listening to NPR News. A federal judge in Georgia says the Justice Department can hold on to the 2020 election ballots and records seized by the FBI
that's happened to January during a raid at a warehouse in Fulton County. From member station WABE in Atlanta, rural Bali reports President Trump has long made unfounded claims about voting fraud in the election.
- Lawyers for Fulton County had argued the ballots and records should be returned because they were taken improperly and unconstitutionally. While the judge said the federal seizure was quote, "Certainly not perfect, he ruled the lawyers for the county
"ad not proven the county's rights "recalously disregarded." Fulton County Commission Chair Rob Pitt says he's not surprised by the ruling. - The decision is going against us.
I will say in continued to say that we have a target on our back, the president is allies are coming for Georgia and Fulton County in particular." - Separately, the federal government is seeking the names and personal information of thousands
of 2020 Fulton County election workers and volunteers. For NPR News, I'm Ronald Bali in Atlanta. - About a thousand structures are damaged after a tornado tore through southern Mississippi overnight. The authorities say rescuers are searching,
wreckage to find any trapped people. There are no reports of deaths or serious injuries. Residents in Colorado are clearing snow after a late winters storm. Some parts of Denver got several inches of snow this week.
Mountainous areas to the west got a couple of feet. Next week, temperatures in the region are forecast to reach nearly 90 degrees. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News. - Each story you hear on planet money starts with a question.
What happens if we refund tariffs? Why are grocery so expensive? - NPR, we stand for your right to be curious because the forces shaping our world can be hard to see. Follow NPR's planet money wherever you get your podcasts
