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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. For the first time in the war in Iran, Israel has attacked a civilian oil facility in Iran, firing missiles at oil depots in and around the capital, Tehran. Residents report fires spread to shops and homes nearby. Israeli President Isaac Herzog says Israel has a right to defend itself.
Chapter 2: What recent events have occurred in the Iran-Israel conflict?
For a generation plus, Iran has been spreading terror and havoc all over the world. And I think now there's a coalition of nations in the region who says to Iran, it's over. He was interviewed on the BBC. Attacks by Iran and its paramilitary proxies have intensified in Iraq. and the country's Kurdistan region. A missile strike on the U.S.
base at Erbil's International Airport killed a Kurdish security member while rockets hit the U.S. embassy in Baghdad yesterday. NPR's Jane Raff has more on the story. Iran and the Iraqi militias at Bax hit a hotel used by the U.N. in the city of Sulaymaniyah, as well as a brigade of Kurdish fighters and an Iranian opposition base near the Kurdistan region's second city.
Kamala, an Iranian armed opposition group, said its base near Soleimaniya was hit by a missile Saturday, killing one of its fighters and wounding another. In the regional capital, Erbil, drone attacks at the airport compound where U.S. forces are based killed a member of the region's internal security forces, the provincial governor told NPR.
The Iraqi government pledged to arrest militia members at Blaine for rocket attacks on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad Saturday. Jane Araf, NPR News, Erbil. President Trump says he won't sign any bills until Congress passes the Save America Act, which requires proof of citizenship for voter registration. NPR's Luke Garrett reports.
In a social media post Sunday, Trump pushed the GOP-controlled Senate to skirt its 60-vote threshold to move most legislation. It's a requirement that necessitates some Democratic buy-in. He wants Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota to sidestep Democratic opposition to pass the Save America Act by simple majority.
The bill would require voter identification and proof of citizenship for voting. Most states already require some form of ID. But Thune has said setting aside this 60-vote threshold doesn't have support in the GOP conference. Trump has long railed baselessly against corrupt U.S. elections. Voter fraud in the U.S. is extremely rare, and states run elections.
In 2020, Trump attempted to overturn his election loss. Courts rejected every effort to challenge the results. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington. Selma, Alabama marks Bloody Sunday today when civil rights activists were beaten by state troopers in 1965. Today's activists will walk across the same bridge in support of voting rights. This is NPR News.
Norwegian police are investigating an explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Oslo early this morning. No injuries were reported. Officials believe the embassy was the target. Police are searching for those responsible. It doesn't grab the headlines like the Olympics, the Paralympics or Soccer's World Cup, but Britain's annual wife-carrying race was run today before an enthusiastic crowd.
Vicki Barker reports from London. On your marks. One, two, three. Last year's wife-carrying race brought a second straight victory to homegrown competitors Stuart Johnson and Hattie Cronin.
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Chapter 3: How are attacks by Iran affecting security in Iraq?
But they faced strong competition in a couple from Finland, where the sport is said to have originated. It's a grueling event. The often-costumed competitors have to sling their wife, husband, partner or friend over their shoulder, leap over straw bales and be pelted with water by spectators, who are encouraged to bring their own water pistols. Though the U.K.
practice reportedly dates back to Viking times, the first world championships took place in Finland 30 years ago. For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London. It is International Women's Day, observed every March 8th by the U.N. to celebrate women for their achievements. This year's theme is Rights, Justice, Action for All Women and Girls.
To emphasize the urgent need to address intense inequalities around the world, the U.N. estimates that women still enjoy only 64 percent of the legal rights that men enjoy worldwide. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.