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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theschmidt.org. Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump is addressing reporters this hour. He predicts the U.S.
and Israel will, quote, He has projected combat operations may last four or five weeks. Moments ago, Trump also paid tribute to four U.S. service members who died in Kuwait as a result of the war. NPR's Greg Myrie reports on the reasons Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and others have given for military action. He said this was based on U.S. intelligence and an Israeli strike.
And what he was referring to was that the Americans found out these senior Iranian leaders were meeting on Saturday morning, which is the first day of the work week there. And so that's why the Israelis struck on this ā on a Saturday morning. You'd expect a nighttime attack, but it was a daytime attack.
And they knocked out all of these leaders, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader. Israel says they killed about 40 top Iranian leaders. NPR's Greg Myrie, the U.S. and Israeli airstrikes are hitting key military targets. And as NPR's Jackie Northam reports, Iran is retaliating with strikes against Israel and some Gulf states.
Chapter 2: What recent military actions are being reported by President Trump?
A new front opened in the war in Lebanon after Iran-backed Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel. It responded with airstrikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon, further widening the three-day-old war. Three U.S. service members have been killed and President Trump says more may die before the conflict is over.
The White House says Iran wants to restart negotiations and that Trump will eventually talk with whoever is in charge. But a top Iranian security official said on social media that Iran will not negotiate. Meanwhile, U.S. Central Command says several U.S. warplanes crashed in Kuwait due to friendly fire. The crews managed to eject.
And an Iranian drone forced the shutdown of one of Saudi Arabia's largest oil facilities. Jackie Northam, NPR News. The United Kingdom agreed to let the U.S. use its bases to attack Iran. Reporter Duri Buskaran says Cyprus then reported an Iranian drone crashed into a British air base in Cyprus overnight. No one was hurt.
The president of Cyprus, Nikos Christodoulides, said the region is facing an unprecedented crisis, but Cyprus is not involved in any way and does not intend to be part of any military operation. On Sunday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK had accepted a US request to use British bases for specific limited defensive strikes on Iran.
Hours later, a Shahed-type drone crashed into a Royal Air Force base near the village of Akrotiri in Cyprus. The British Ministry of Defence says the base sustained minimal damage and base authorities advised residents to shelter in place. For NPR News, I'm Derry Bouskaran. The Dow is down nearly 60 points. You're listening to NPR News.
Sinners won Best Ensemble last night at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, signaling what may come at the Oscars in two weeks. Ryan Coogler's Vampire Saga is a strong contender for the coveted prize of Best Picture against One Battle After Another, the Paul Thomas Anderson picture. That has swept other top prizes this awards season. But last night was one for the history books.
Seven years after seeing his film Black Panther win the Guild's Ensemble Award, Gugler is now the first director to do it again with Sinners. With a boom in the number of Americans 50 and older, more older adults are staying active. But this also means more overuse injuries, including conditions that cause elbow and heel pain.
NPR's Allison Aubrey reports on a treatment known as shockwave therapy. There's good evidence to show that extracorporeal shockwave therapy, or ESWT, can help tissues heal and reduce pain. A doctor uses a wand-like device that releases high-energy sound waves. creating pressure and boosting blood flow to the area.
Jonathan Siegel got the treatment at Stanford University Medical Center for pain in his heel caused by plantar fasciitis. Actually, within a week or two of the first treatment, it had started to improve. And after three treatments, he felt much better. Not everyone gets complete relief. The research shows many patients experience substantial reductions in pain and lasting relief.
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