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Chapter 1: What are the latest developments in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. NPR has confirmed more than 2,000 U.S. Marines are on their way to the Middle East as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran reaches the three-week mark. Israel launched new strikes in and around Tehran today. Overnight, Iran hit a key oil refinery in Kuwait. The war is causing friction between the U.S. and Israel.
Rachel Brandenburg from the Israel Policy Forum says she thinks the White House underestimated what was ahead when Israel launched airstrikes.
I think the U.S. realized that it won't be as easy as it was in Venezuela to change the regime. I think President Trump may have been high on his experience of sort of plucking Maduro out of the country and that being the end of the game there.
The war is causing turmoil in the global oil markets. The cost of Brent crude, the international benchmark, has risen over the past few hours to $112 a barrel. Regular gasoline in the U.S. is averaging $3.91 a gallon. Israel says it's killed more top officials in Iran, including the spokesman for Iran's Revolutionary Guard.
Iran's supreme leader has not been seen publicly, but a statement attributed to him vows revenge. NPR's Carrie Khan reports.
The spokesman for the Revolutionary Guard Corps, Ali Mohamed Noeni, was killed in an overnight Israeli strike on Friday, according to Israel's military. Israeli officials say he was the IRGC's main propagandist. Just before his killing, Noemi issued a statement denying Israel's prime minister's claim that Iran's missile production had been decimated.
Noemi said even during war, Iran was having no problems producing and stockpiling missiles. It appears he was killed after the statement was issued by state media. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
In reviewing statements from lawsuits against the Trump administration, NPR has found people in Illinois, Oregon, and Minnesota who said immigration officers took what appeared to be DNA samples after arresting them. NPR's Meg Anderson reports.
The federal government is allowed to take the DNA of people it arrests. In fact, a Homeland Security spokesperson told NPR that federal law enforcement is required to collect samples from anyone they arrest.
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Chapter 2: How is the ongoing conflict affecting global oil markets?
This was back in January when Trump, after capturing Venezuela's president, said the U.S. needed Greenland very badly and that he wanted to buy or just take it. His threats caused a row within NATO because Denmark and the U.S. are both members. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
Martial artist and actor Chuck Norris has died. Norris got attention for his iconic fight scene with Bruce Lee in The Way of the Dragon in 1972. He starred in the Missing in Action trilogy. The Delta Force and Code of Silence in the 80s. Norris gained a TV following on Walker, Texas Ranger.
I ask you a question. Well, what if we don't tell you? You're going to die either way.
Norris was hospitalized in Hawaii for an undisclosed health emergency. Announcing his death, his family said they'd like to keep the circumstances private. Chuck Norris was 86. I'm Kristen Wright, NPR News from Washington. Support for NPR. Water is abundant. We take showers, fill our glasses, and flush our toilets with it. But what if one morning you try to turn on the tap and nothing comes out?
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