What recent military actions are taking place in Israel and Iran?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Air raid sirens are sounding across Israel this morning. This comes after the United States and Israel launched joint strikes on Iran. The Israeli military is warning of retaliatory attacks following today's operation.
NPR's Daniel Estrin reports Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the goal is to help the Iranian people topple their regime.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the goal of the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes is to quote, remove the existential threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran. Netanyahu said in a video, our joint action will create the conditions for the brave Iranian people to take their destiny into their own hands. President Trump addressed Iranians in a video saying, bombs will be dropping everywhere.
When we are finished, take over your government. A person briefed on the operation told NPR it was expected to last a few days, with Israel's military focusing on targeting Iran's missile program. Sirens are wailing in Israel, warning people to stay in shelters. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Iran's foreign ministry calls the airstrikes a gross violation of Iran's national sovereignty and that it will respond decisively. Former President Bill Clinton testified before a House panel in New York on Friday about his past relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In a closed-door deposition, Clinton told the committee he did nothing wrong and had long-ended contact with Epstein before his 2008 guilty plea.
But even with 20-20 hindsight, I saw nothing that ever gave me a real pause. We're only here today because Epstein hid it from everyone so well for so long. And by the time it came to light with his 2008 guilty plea, I had long stopped associating with it.
Republicans on the House Oversight Committee did not immediately announce any accusations following Clinton's testimony. AI company Anthropic says it plans to challenge the Trump administration in court after the Pentagon moved to label the firm a supply chain risk to national security.
NPR's Shannon Bond reports the dispute marks a sharp escalation in a growing fight over the military's use of artificial intelligence.
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