"Live from NPR news, I'm Dale Wilman.
The US military says it hit Iranian radar, as well as command and control sites for drones
“this weekend in a statement on social media Sunday night, the US Central Command says the”
attacks were in response to aggressive Iranian actions, including the shoot down of a US drone over international waters. Congress returns to Washington this week after Memorial Daybreak, but the problems they left behind haven't gotten any easier, NPR's Eric McDaniel has more." In order to pass a party-line bill to fund immigration enforcement operations for the rest
of Trump's term, the rules say Senate Republicans have to allow Democrats the chance to put amendments up for a vote. That's become a problem. Democrats are planning an amendment to ban President Trump's new fund, up tax payer dollars for those claiming to be victims of politically motivated prosecutions and GOP leaders think
the amendment has more than enough Republican support to pass.
It's an awkward situation for the party in power and money that could provoke the higher of the president.
“Some hope to the president would walk away from what he describes as an anti-weaponization”
fund while lawmakers were back home meeting with constituents that didn't happen. Eric McDaniel and Pierre-news Washington. Ukraine launched strikes on Russian energy facilities overnight on Sunday. Russian reports say drone set fire to a fuel storage facility in the Rostoff region, speaking on face the nation's Sunday, Ukrainian President Zelensky asked the West for more military
aid because he said Ukraine's supplies are being depleted. It was 90 missiles and more than 600 uranium drops, so it was very difficult to destroy it. We use all the weapon, what we have, what we produce, and of course we use anti-balistic missiles. This isn't because deficits for us.
The head of the World Health Organization is called on communities and areas affected by the Ebola outbreak and the Democratic Republic of Congo. To ensure that they carry out burials in a safe manner, as Michael Kuloki reports this
“comes as the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a total of 263 Ebola cases”
have been identified in Congo and neighboring Uganda with 43 confirmed cases while 1100 suspected infection cases are being investigated. Public Joe directed general Tedros Gabriesus warned that the bodies of Ebola victims are highly contagious and called for safe burial practices to be adhered to. His comments coming the wake of recent attacks on Ebola treatment facilities in eastern
Congo by crowds seeking to reclaim bodies for traditional burials. The WHO's safe burial protocol calls for a trained team to assist in burials while honoring religious and cultural practices. Procedures include ensuring the body is handled only by those wearing personal protective equipment and ensuring disinfection is undertaken.
Traditional burial rights often involve direct contact with the victim's body, which the WHO warns creates a high risk of exposure to the disease for NPR news on Michael Kuloki in Nairobi. And you're listening to NPR news. Columbia's presidential election is heading to Iran off with many of the votes already
counted.
Abelardo Dela Esprella is in the lead with 44 percent of the votes.
He's known as the tiger and is a tough on crime supporter, President Trump. If on Sipeta has almost 41 percent of the tele the runoff in the South American nation will take place in June. With a Tony Award set to be handed out on June 7th, the theater trade organization says ticket sales are up, but the number of audience members is slightly down, Jeff London reports.
From the perspective of box office grosses, it appears that Broadway has recovered from the pandemic. The 2025-26 season brought in $1.91 billion in ticket sales, the most ever, and 90.8 percent of available seats were filled with over 14.5 million people. But that represented slightly fewer audience members than the previous season.
In all, 35 productions opened over the year. These statistics don't address profitability, however, with production costs rising only one out of 10 commercial Broadway shows breaks even or makes a profit. For NPR News, I'm Jeff London, in New York. Finland won the Icehockey World Championships Sunday with the 101 over Switzerland and over
time. Consta Hellenius of the Buffalo Saber scored the only gold ten minutes and 42 seconds into over time. Since the fifth win for Finland, early in the day, Norway's stun Canada 3-2 and over time to win the bronze medal game.
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