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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
Chapter 2: What are the latest updates on the Iran war from President Trump?
President Trump says the war with Iran could last four to five weeks or longer. And moments ago, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters the U.S. is targeting the missile capabilities of a country that has been a nuclear threat.
There would come a point where they have so many conventional missiles, so many drones, and it can inflict so much damage that no one can do anything about their nuclear program.
That is what they were trying to do, is put themselves in a place of immunity where the damage they could inflict on the region would be so high that no one can do anything about their nuclear program or their nuclear ambitions. They are producing, by some estimates, over 100 of these missiles a month. Secretary Rubio was due to brief congressional leaders on the Iran war.
NPR's Abba Trawi is in Dubai with a reaction from Gulf states that have been hit in Iranian retaliatory strikes against U.S. partners in the region. The real thing to look out for is how long this goes on for. If, according as we've heard from some of some leaks from Israel or as we've heard Trump say that this could go on for weeks.
If this goes on for weeks, there's no expectation that the Gulf countries are going to sit by idly and continue to have vital installations attacked and targeted and their economies brought to a standstill without taking some kind of action in response. And until now, we have not seen the Gulf countries go and respond militarily to Iran. They've just been defending their airspace.
But that could change. And if that changes, we're talking about a much bigger war. NPR's Aya Batrawi. In the wake of the Russia-Ukraine war, France is offering to station its nuclear weapons across Europe for the first time in what President Emmanuel Macron calls a nuclear doctrine of forward deterrence. Here's NPR's Eleanor Beardsley.
At a nuclear submarine base off the coast of Brittany, Macron pledged a new doctrine of forward deterrence that would involve deeper cooperation with seven other European countries, including Germany and Poland. Macron offered to temporarily move nuclear warheads to allied European countries and pledged to increase the size of his country's arsenal. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reporting.
Voters in North Carolina will head to the polls tomorrow for primary in one congressional race. There could indicate whether Democrats are unhappy with their party's approach in Congress. Colin Campbell of WNC reports. Incumbent Congresswoman Valerie Foushee is facing a strong primary challenge in a deep blue district from Nida Alam.
Alam is a Durham County commissioner who's backed by Senator Bernie Sanders, and she's calling for stronger opposition to Trump's immigration enforcement and Middle East policy. While Foushee wants to strip funding from ICE and reform the agency, Alam wants to abolish it entirely. Both candidates have condemned the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.
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Chapter 3: How are Gulf states reacting to Iranian missile threats?
There was, however, no sign that former leader Aung San Suu Kyi would be released from confinement. Milano Cortina is now preparing to hold the Paralympic Winter Games, which opens March 6. Tomorrow, Cortina D'Ampezzo will host the symbolic moment when the Paralympic flames from various routes converge to create a single flame ahead of the official opening.
The Paralympic Games will draw more than 650 athletes competing in 79 medal events. I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News.