"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skivone.
leader delivered a defiant message days after his father, Ayatollah Ali Hamini was buried.
“The Ayatollah was killed in U.S. Israeli-airstrikes in February. His son, Machtaba, Khamani,”
has not been publicly seen since he took power in March, and Piyar's Hadil al-Shalshi reports."
In his second audio address, Iran's current leader Ayatollah, Machtaba Hamini, called his
father's killers, "criminals" and promised to uphold the late Supreme Leader's legacy. We pledged to take revenge for your pure blood and all the martyrs of these two wars, Machtaba Hamini said, referring to Iran's war with Israel in June 2025, and the current war with the U.S. and Israel. Like his first address in March, Machtaba Hamini's speech was read by a news anchor on Iranian state media, and the leader did not appear on camera. Three
of Ayatollah Ali Hamini's sons attended his funeral this week, but his fourth son and successor Machtaba Hamini was not seen publicly during the day's long procession. Hadil al-Shalshi and Piyar news, Istanbul. "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that an American in the Democratic
“Republic of Congo has tested positive for Ebola. Michael Kaloki has more."”
In his statement, the agency said that the individual "I U.S. citizen who works for
a humanitarian organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo has tested positive for the Bundesliga strain of Ebola, which has been identified in the current outbreak in Congo." The CDC added that it is working with the patient's employer, other U.S. federal agencies, and partner organizations in Congo, to help prevent further transmission of the disease by performing risk assessments that would identify people that the patient had been in contact
with. With this week, the U.N. said that Ebola is continuing to spread in Congo, warning that the true skill of the outbreak has not yet been fully established. For NPR News, a Michael Kaloki in Nairobi. "President Trump's borders are Tom Homan is not commenting on the fatal shooting of a man
“by ICE agents in Houston this week, except to say that the investigation should proceed”
in if there was wrongdoing, those responsible will be held to account. The Department of Homeland Security charged that the man killed in Houston Lorenzo Salgado Araho had rammed an ICE vehicle. A attorney Hugo Balderis at Barra says he represents three witnesses to the shooting who contest the government's initial charge." "All three of my clients reiterated that at no point was there ever an agent standing
in front of the vehicle, nor was an agent ever placed in the line of danger." He says the men told him, "An officer shot and killed Salgado Araho through the passenger side window Tuesday during an attempted traffic stop. A sweeping housing affordability bill became law overnight without a presidential veto or signature the president protesting in action on a voter ID bill. This is NPR News."
One of the strongest storms in the Pacific this year, Typhoon Bavvy, is bearing down on the Philippines, Taiwan, China. She's Valentine reports it's called 17 deaths in the Philippines already. "Typhoon Bavvy is only skirting by, but heavy rain still caused deadly flooding and landslides in the Philippines. At least 11,000 people in the country have evacuated their homes so far, along with almost 15,000 evacuated in Taiwan, from flood and landslide
pronarious. Work in school are cancelled across northern Taiwan for a second day in a row, and over 1,000 flights are cancelled out of the international airport. In China, evacuations have been ordered in parts of the eastern to Jiang province, where the storms expected
to make landfall later this weekend. It will be the second powerful storm to hit China
this month. After a 39 died amid heavy flooding caused by Typhoon Mesaq. For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine in Taipei." The National Weather Service says a dangerous heat wave will settle in this weekend over parts of Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, and the Dakotas. They say there's a good chance records will be broken. In the south, eastern Missouri town of Lesterville, severe flooding
yesterday led to helicopter evacuations from a summer camp. More than 200 children and staff were lifted by Army National Guard Black Hawk helicopters from Camp Tom's sock. Heavy rains had washed away roads in the surrounding area, even as the forecast called for continued rainfall. Rescues were also underway, just south of St. Louis, at the bare cagged, getaway campground near the Black River. I'm Louis Skivoni and PR News Washington.
For three weeks in 2020, part of my Seattle neighborhood was taken over by a protest occupation. We were here to protest police brutality, but it ended in tragedy. The whole space felt darker and angrier. Join me as I investigate the unsolved killing of 16-year-old Antonio Mace Jr. Listen to We Keep Us Safe on the Embedded Podcast from NPR.
