Dale Willman

Economists had been expecting a 60,000 increase.

The unemployment rate rose to 4.4 percent.

The surprisingly weak unemployment numbers adds to the economic uncertainty over the war with Iran, which has caused oil prices to surge.

Netflix says it's acquired Ben Affleck's AI-powered filmmaking tool company.

As NPR's Chloe Veltman reports, this comes just over a week since the streamer pulled out of its deal to acquire Warner Brothers.

Dr. Vinay Prasad is leaving the Food and Drug Administration.

Prasad was the agency's top vaccine regulator.

His tenure was criticized for his approach to vaccines, as well as his rejection of treatments for rare disorders.

The FDA says he'll be leaving by the end of April.

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Arab Gulf states are facing waves of missile and drone attacks from Iran.

It comes after the U.S.

and Israel launched deadly attacks across Iran that killed its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

And top military and political leaders and peers Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has more from Dubai.

Several U.S.

warplanes crashed Monday in Kuwait, that country's defense ministry said, with all the pilots safely bailing out.

The ministry did not elaborate on what caused the crashes, but it came during an intense period of Iranian fire targeting that country.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the UK will allow the US to use some of its bases in the Gulf to attack Iran's missile capabilities.

In a video message posted to social media Sunday, Starmer says Iranian missile attacks threaten British allies, civilians and military.