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Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, his daughter and his grandchild, have been killed in the U.S.-Israeli strikes underway in that country.
That's according to Iran's state media.
As NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports, President Trump says on social media that the U.S.
will continue to bomb Iran indefinitely.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries says he will not shed any tears about the deaths of Iran's leader, saying he brutalized his own people.
But he says he's troubled by what seems to be a lack of U.S.
leadership for what happens after the bombing stops.
Key members of both parties of Congress, meanwhile, are demanding a quick vote on a war powers resolution that could restrain Trump's attack on Iran.
However, most Republicans disagree with that motion.
Following the strikes, Iran says it's closing the Strait of Hormuz.
That waterway is crucial to the world oil trade.
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China has called for the military strikes against Iran to stop immediately.
NPR's Jennifer Pak reports from Beijing.
Hundreds of thousands of travelers are stranded following the start of the fighting on Saturday.
Israel, Qatar, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain have all closed their airspace to commercial flights.
And that has led to the closure of key hub airports in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha.
More than 1,800 flights have also been canceled by major Middle Eastern airlines.