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President Trump says U.S.

and Israeli airstrikes against Iran are nearing completion, little more than a month after they began.

Speaking from the White House last night, Trump said Iran will be hit extremely hard over the next two to three weeks as the U.S.

completes its military objectives.

Trump added more strikes could be necessary in the future to deal with Iran's nuclear capabilities.

Regarding Iran having largely blocked commercial ship traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, Trump called on other countries to take action.

Trump spoke for about 20 minutes in his first formal address to the American public since Operation Epic Fury began.

Bahrain has taken over the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council and is pushing for a resolution that calls on Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz.

NPR's Michelle Kellerman says Bahrain watered down the language in the draft to try to get it through.

NASA says the Artemis II moon mission is proceeding as scheduled following yesterday's launch of four astronauts from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce was there for liftoff.

That's NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce.

The astronauts will travel around the moon and back on a mission lasting about 10 days.

This is NPR News from Washington.

A medical examiner in New York State says the February death of a 56-year-old visually impaired Rohingya refugee in Buffalo was a homicide.

The man had been dropped off at a donut shop by U.S.

Border Patrol agents in sub-freezing temperatures.

Ryan Zunner with Buffalo Toronto Public Media reports on Narul Amin Shah Alam.