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U.S. Central Command says the U.S. military has launched new strikes against Iran tonight for the ninth night in a row.
“This has come announced a third U.S. service member has been killed from Iranian attacks”
in the Middle East, raising fears of a wider war, as Kuwait Jordan and Bahrain activated defenses against Iranian drones and missiles. NPR School Lawrence reports, since Friday, three U.S. troops have been killed, another remains unaccounted for." Senkham said a U.S. service member in northern Iraq died on Saturday during an attempt
to safely destroy unexploded ordnance from an Iranian drone that had been shot down. A second service member sustained minor injuries. Iran has been targeting U.S. troops on bases around the region, including Kurdish-controlled areas in northern Iraq and bases in Jordan, where Iranian drones and missiles breached U.S. air defenses on Friday.
The U.S. has been bombarding Iran for over a week, hitting bridges and infrastructure, as well as purely military targets.
“After a shaky ceasefire, mostly held since April, the war appears to be escalating.”
Iran is threatening tanker traffic in the state of Hormuz, and the U.S. continues a maritime blockade on Iran. Quilorance and PR News. And as the war in Iran continues, crude oil prices have once again crossed $90 a barrel. Brent Crude, the global benchmark for oil, is more than $90 a barrel while the U.S.
benchmark West Texas Crude is around $84 a barrel. Residents of the Texas Hill Country are cleaning up and assessing the damage after the second heavy flood in just over a year that left at least two people dead. Texas Public Radio's Camille Phillips has more. "The quarter of my son's baseball card, they got all wet."
Two days after floodwaters rose at least four feet into the home. She's lived in all her life.
“Rosalina Torres collects her wet belongings and trash bags, hoping they can somehow be salvaged.”
The 65-year-old just remodeled her house six years ago and says, "It's never been flooded
before." "It hurts to me a lot, but my stuff that I had that I worked so hard for to have and bring my mom's house up and this happens, but I'm alive." Torres says last July, the creek her home overlooks reached the fence line, but no further than that.
"I'm Camille Phillips and Curvelle." Spain has won the 2026 men's soccer World Cup, beating defending champs Argentina won Nill in extra time to win its second World Cup title in East Rutherford, New Jersey today in a nail-biting finish. That had fans celebrating in Madrid.
President Trump presented the winning trophy to Spain, which takes a $51 million purse,
Argentina the runner-up gets $34 million. You're listening to NPR news. New reports as the most developing countries spend more money repaying foreign debt and less on education in the last year. Many of those countries are already facing shortfalls in education funds due to the aid
cuts by the U.S. and other wealthy nations. Empires for Montana's has more." The U.N.'s culture and education agency says low investment in education is keeping countries trapped, stalling their economic growth. For the seventh year in a row, the out-of-school population in 113 low-in-middle income countries
has risen, reaching 273 million in 2024. Some countries like Afghanistan, Mali and Niger have lost more than 40% of education assistance over the past three years due to global aid cuts. It's not all bad news. In Qatar, the report says school dropouts have declined significantly after the government
made schooling free and compulsory. The U.N. says more countries need to make policy changes to prioritize education, fought on the U.N. and P.R. News. With trial today, Alec Neil Vance, who joins three siblings who are nine, six, and four. As they board Air Force 2 for the overnight flights.
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