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What happened in the recent airstrike on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. An airstrike has been carried out on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The attack overnight hit a radar installation. According to Iraqi security sources, no casualties have been reported. As NPR's Jane Araf reports.
Witnesses heard the explosion and saw smoke rising from the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone. An Iraqi security official told NPR the airstrike hit a radar installation on the embassy compound. He asked for anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly. The U.S. military had no immediate comment. Jane Araf and Peer News, Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
To Amsterdam now, where a Jewish school has been hit with an explosion. Terry Schultz reports the attack came a day after a fire at a synagogue in nearby Rotterdam.
The explosion caused minor damage to the exterior of the school. Security had already been scaled up at Jewish institutions around the Netherlands due to the fire at a synagogue Friday in Rotterdam and an explosion at a synagogue in Liege, Belgium on Monday. Halsema says she'll add further protection now. Videos are circulating on social media with the Islamic movement Harakara Shab Al-Yameen Al-Islamiyah claiming responsibility for all three incidents. Dutch Prime Minister Rob Yetten says in a social media post, the safety of Jewish institutions has our full attention. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz.
The attack is in Amsterdam. Follow the Thursday attack on a synagogue in Michigan. At a Friday evening press conference, the FBI said the man who rammed his vehicle into the synagogue in the Detroit area killed himself. None of the children and staff inside were hurt, but a security officer was hit by the vehicle and knocked unconscious. TSA officers have now gone without their first full paycheck. The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down for a month now as lawmakers struggle to break a stalemate over the agency's controversial immigration policies. NPR's Windsor Johnson reports that some airports are now stepping up to help the workers.
Airports are coming up with ways to support TSA officers as the shutdown stretches on. At Denver International Airport, officials have placed donation boxes around the terminal, collecting grocery store and gas gift cards for workers. Denver Airport Public Information Officer Kaylin Villagrana says travelers and people in the area are dropping off dozens of cards.
Those were the specific types of support we identified. Helps them with their basic needs, getting to the airport, getting to their job, and also making sure that they have food on the table.
Other airports are stepping in as well. Seattle Tacoma International Airport has set up a food pantry for TSA workers as the shutdown continues. Windsor Johnston, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News. President Trump is calling on allies to send warships to the Middle East to help secure the strategic Strait of Hormuz, saying in a social media post today that he expects the strait will be open soon one way or another. Iran, meanwhile, is threatening to attack civilian infrastructure in a neighboring country, urging people to evacuate three major ports in the United Arab Emirates. Iran claims the U.S. military is using them to launch attacks on Iran. North Korea launched about 10 ballistic missiles today and its third such test this year.
What security measures are being taken after the explosion at the Jewish school in Amsterdam?
NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports a launch comes as the U.S. and South Korea are conducting annual military drills.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles were fired from near the capital Pyongyang and flew eastward into the sea. Japan also detected the test and filed a protest pointing out that the launch violates UN Security Council resolutions. This week, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister Kim Yo-jong condemned the U.S.-South Korean joint drills and warned of unspecified consequences. The launch comes amid concern in South Korea that the U.S. will divert or has already diverted missile defense batteries from South Korea to the Middle East.
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