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On the web at theschmidt.org. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The attacks on Iran are continuing this weekend. In Tehran, a fuel oil storage facility was set on fire by a strike by Israel's military. NPR's Carrie Khan is in Tel Aviv.
Israel's military says it has dealt serious blows to Iran's air missile and drone system. They say they've been hitting targets throughout the country, and particularly in the capital, Tehran. We have seen a decrease in the number of air raid sirens in Israel, signaling... incoming missiles or drones from Iran. But I have to tell you, overnight and throughout the day, there was still more than a handful of sirens sending residents into the bomb shelter. And that's where I am right now.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Saturday promised what he called many surprises for the next phase of the war, which has now been underway for a week. Officials in Lebanon say dozens of people were killed and dozens of others injured during an Israeli commando raid this weekend. News reports from Lebanon say the commandos fought with Hezbollah troops and Lebanese soldiers.
What recent events are unfolding in Iran?
China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran should not have happened and that it does no one any good. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an annual political meeting, and PR's Jennifer Pak was there and reports from Beijing.
Foreign Minister Wang says armed conflict in the Middle East will only breed hatred. Might does not make right, he says. The law of the jungle must not return and rule the world. He called for a ceasefire. China has offered to mediate in the conflict, but it is not impartial. The Chinese are more closely aligned with Iran than with either the U.S. or Israel. That has raised questions over whether President Donald Trump will still meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in a few weeks. The Chinese foreign minister did not confirm the dates, but says China is open to dialogue. Jennifer Pak, NPR News, Beijing.
Tens of thousands of TSA employees are still working without pay as the Department of Homeland Security remains shut down over a funding dispute in Congress. So, as NPR's Windsor Johnston reports, a number of communities across the nation are stepping up to help.
In Boise, Idaho, people are collecting food donations to help struggling workers and their families. Cameron Kochums, a TSA employee and union leader, says morale is plummeting among his co-workers right now.
People are struggling because they're worried about when their next paycheck is going to be. They know during the last shutdown that we were kind of forefront to everything, but now there's so many more different things going on in the world. So people are having to drive Uber after work.
Airport screeners have already received a partial paycheck and are preparing to miss their next one entirely. Democrats and the White House remain divided on DHS funding and how to reform its immigration enforcement practices. Windsor Johnston, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News. The story of Gentleman Jack, the 19th century English countrywoman whose lifestyle and posthumously published secret diaries made her an early gay icon, has been turned into a ballet. Vicki Barker reports from London.
Annie Lister, nicknamed Gentleman Jack, wore masculine attire and wooed a series of women in her lifetime. Seductions she described in coded diaries, which she hid behind a wooden panel in her Yorkshire home. Choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa says it was a challenge training female ballerinas to dance like the masculine Annie.
You know, walk on your heels instead of walking on your toes. take the space instead of always be worried that you're going to hit someone. So that was really interesting for me as a choreographer, but also to guide the dancers.
After its world premiere in Leeds, the Northern Ballet production of Gentleman Jack will tour the UK.
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