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Bahrain says it was targeted by Iranian drones, and the UK military says a tanker has
“reported being struck by an unidentified projectile in the state of Hormuz.”
Today's attacks come a day after U.S. forces struck targets in Iran in response to an Iranian drone strike on Thursday. Trump says Iran's attacks on ships in the waterway crossed the line. "I don't like the fact that they took a shot yesterday, actually, four, we knocked down three at a ship, not an ally at ship, but a ship, a very expensive ship, and it was
fine, and it took a little bit, they shouldn't be doing that." U.S. Central Command says the strikes targeted Iranian missile and drone storage sites along with coastal radar installations. Searching rescue teams continue to dig through the rubble of collapsed buildings in Venezuela
three days after a powerful earthquake struck the region, killing more than 900 people.
Reporter Manuel Ruida says emergency teams from around the world have arrived to provide assistance. Rescue teams from the United States, El Salvador, and Spain arrived in Venezuela Friday
“morning as crews race against the clock to pull survivors from collapsed buildings.”
Recovery efforts have been slow, with many residents complaining about the lack of equipment or specialized teams to get people out. In La Guida, the city hit hardest by the quake, dozens of buildings are rubble, including public housing projects, and the military has now been sent to the coastal city to support rescue efforts and prevent looting.
La Guida's airport was damaged by the earthquakes, so 18-year flying in two airports about a three-hour drive from this city. For MPR News on Manuel Ruida, in Boota, believes in China, say, a small aircraft crashed into the tallest building in Beijing on Friday, according to authorities the pilot was killed and 13 others on the ground were injured, and PR's Jennifer Pack reports from Beijing.
A few blocks from the skyscraper, the damage is still visible. I'm on the east side of the building, and even from this distance, I can see a big rectangle of windows are missing. Video showing debris falling from the tower after impact have been scrubbed from Chinese social media.
Police barricades still surround the building. The small aircraft is believed to have flown in from the outskirts of Beijing. To private flying clubs from that area tell NPR, they've received official notice. All planes in the area are grounded until further notice. Beijing has some of the most heavily guarded airspace, yet the incident took place just
six miles from President Xi Jinping's compound at Zhongnanhai. Jennifer Pack and PR News Beijing. This is NPR. The worst of Europe's record-breaking heat wave is beginning to ease in parts of France and Britain, but dangerous temperatures are starting to spread east.
Germany and Poland are expected to see temperatures top 100 degrees this weekend, while parts of Italy could reach 102.
“A key suspect in a major fraud investigation in Minnesota has been arrested in his native”
Somalia. Matt Sepak of Minnesota Public Radio Reports Federal Authorities say the man fled the United States early in the investigation. Opticurm-Edla is among 79 people charged in the conspiracy to steal hundreds of millions of dollars from federal-child nutrition programs during COVID.
Sixty-six have been convicted since 2022. Ringleader Amy Bach, who ran the nonprofit feeding our future, is serving a 42-year sentence. Former lead prosecutor Joe Thompson says "Edlait was Bach's right-hand man." "It was a pay-to-play system and Edlait was the one who was responsible for receiving those kickbacks and bringing them back to Amy Bach and feeding our future."
The U.S. does not have an extradition treaty with Somalia, but the FBI says it worked with Somalia authorities to locate and arrest Edlait. For NPR News, I'm Matt Sepak in St. Paul. The Texas State Board of Education is adding Bible stories as required reading. Critics argue the titles lack diversity and blur the separation of church and state, starting
in 2030, 5 million Texas Public School students must read passages from the New Testament of the Book of Job. This is NPR News in Washington. This is our glass. On this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery.
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