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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. During a White House event Thursday, President Trump touted the U.S. military's actions against Iranian military targets.
Their Navy is gone. 24 ships in three days. That's a lot of ships. Their anti-aircraft weapons are gone. So they have no air force. They have no air defense. All of their airplanes are gone. The communications are gone. Missiles are gone. Launches are gone. About 60 percent and 64 percent, respectively.
Other than that, they're doing quite well. Trump also urged leaders of the Iranian government to surrender in exchange for immunity.
Chapter 2: What recent military actions did President Trump discuss regarding Iran?
And he told several media outlets that he wants to have a hand in choosing Iran's next leader. U.S. and Israeli planes continue to hit cities across Iran, the attacks displacing many civilians from their homes. But at the Turkish border with Iran, as NPR's Ruth Sherlock reports, many Iranians are also choosing to cross back into their country.
A regular stream of minibuses arrives at the Turkish side of this remote northern border with Iran. They're full of Iranians who are crossing back into their country at this time of war. It's exactly at hard times, at difficult times, that people need to go back to their country, says Shahram Mirzai. and be next to their loved ones.
He's been working on a construction site in Turkey, but now he's on his way to Urmia, south of the border, to be with his wife and four children. He wants to be with them, but he's also worried about leaving his job and how the family will manage without an income. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News in Turkey, on the border with Iran.
President Trump has tapped Oklahoma Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullen to head the Department of Homeland Security. Pending Senate confirmation, Mullen would replace fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem after mounting criticism over her leadership. NPR's Jasmine Garst reports.
Noem's term has been filled with controversy, including some of the tactics used in the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, where two American citizens were shot by federal agents. Noem has referred to both victims as domestic terrorists, despite no evidence to support those allegations.
At hearings earlier this week, Noem was grilled on Capitol Hill, both by Republican and Democratic lawmakers. She was asked about a $220 million immigration ad campaign that featured her. She told lawmakers the president was aware of it in advance. President Trump denies this. The president isn't cutting ties with Nome.
She'll become, quote, special envoy for a new security initiative he's calling the Shield of the Americas. Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York.
This is NPR News. Treasury Department has authorized the sale of Russian oil to India for 30 days. The move is intended to boost global supply and bring down prices amid the Iran war. In a statement on Next, Secretary Scott Besson said the waiver only applies to transactions involving oil already stranded at sea.
The turnaround comes after the Trump administration leaned on India to stop buying Russian oil amid the war in Ukraine. A new study suggests that certain drugs for diabetes and weight loss can lower the risk of addiction. NPR's John Hamilton reports on research in the medical journal BMJ.
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