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What recent accusations did Iran make against the U.S.?
An Iranian official today accused the U.S. of planning for a ground invasion, and Iran's military says that would be met with force. NPR's Emily Fang reports.
Writing on Telegram, Iran's parliament speaker struck an aggressive stance, writing, quote, "...the enemy publicly signals negotiations while secretly planning a ground invasion." He's referring to news that the U.S. 's Tripoli, carrying 3,500 U.S. Marines and sailors, has arrived in the Middle East, though the U.S. military has not said where the Marines will be deployed and how. Earlier, Iran rejected a 15-point plan the U.S. had proposed to end the war and put forth its own proposal that would give Iran official control over the Strait of Hormuz and have the U.S. pay for war damages. Israel said it had started a new wave of strikes on Iran over the weekend as well, targeting weapons sites.
What are the implications of Iran's military response to U.S. actions?
Iranian officials said they hit universities in Tehran and Isfahan. Emily Fang, NPR News, Van, Turkey.
As the war against Iran passes the one-month mark, the U.S. Central Command did announce this weekend the additional 3,500 sailors and Marines arriving in the Persian Gulf. They're on board the USS Tripoli, but even as the buildup continues, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise of Louisiana says... President Trump has almost put an end to the threat Iran has posed to the U.S.
and to the world. You're seeing him do it with the naval fleet, with their facilities that actually manufacture those missiles, those drones, and so many other things that he's decimating. But we're not there yet, but we're getting close.
Scalise made his comments today on ABC News. Police in Israel turned away the Vatican's top official in Jerusalem from praying in one of Christianity's holiest sites today. The Latin patriarch had already canceled public Palm Sunday events in keeping with wartime restrictions, but was also barred from holding smaller private prayers. M.P.R. 's Kerry Kahn has our report from Jerusalem.
The bells of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ring out in the Old City. But you can't get close to the site where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified and resurrected. Israeli officials are limiting public gatherings in Jerusalem's holy sites to under 50 people. The Holy Al-Aqsa Mosque has been closed to just staff during the entire war. Judaism's Holy Western Wall allows 50 worshippers at a time. This year's Palm Sunday procession had been canceled in accordance to the rules, but Police Sunday even prevented Latin patriarch Cardinal Pierre-Baptiste Pizzabala and another official from entering the site. in what church officials say is, quote, a manifestly unreasonable and grossly disproportionate measure.
Israel's president apologized. Carrie Conn, NPR News, Jerusalem.
World leaders, including U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, all criticized the move. You're listening to NPR News. Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Raphael are considered the three great masters of the High Renaissance. And now, for the first time, a retrospective of Raphael's work is in the U.S. NPR's Jennifer Vanesco reports.
Raphael has been called the Prince of Painters. His portraits of Madonnas and other religious figures are known for their harmony and balance. He became an extraordinary narrative painter, a storyteller who instantly knew how to capture the plot of a story or a scene at the moment of its greatest drama. That's Carmen Baumbach. She's the curator of the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. She's collected more than 170 of his drawings, paintings, prints, and tapestries from museums and private collections around the world, many of them here for the first time. The show will run until the end of June. Jennifer Vanasco, NPR News, New York.
The men's NCAA basketball Final Four is now set after UConn beat Duke Sunday 73-72 with a last-second three-pointer. Freshman Braylon Mullins hit the last shot. UConn will now play Illinois. Michigan dominated Tennessee, winning 95-62. The Wolverines will play Arizona in the other semifinal match.
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