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What happened when U.S. forces resumed strikes in Iran after the Jordan base attack?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. U.S. Central Command says the U.S. resumed striking Iran tonight, and retaliation for Tehran striking a base in Jordan yesterday, killing two U.S. troops. Another one is missing. NPR's Carrie Conn has more.
According to Central Command, the two service members were defending alongside partner forces during Iranian air assaults when they were killed. U.S. troops operate multiple Jordanian military installations that have come under fire from Iran in recent days. Four other U.S. service members were injured. They were sent to Jordanian hospitals and later discharged. For the seventh straight night, the U.S. has struck dozens of what it says are military, logistic and infrastructure sites in Iran. Iran says the U.S.
Who were the U.S. service members killed or injured in the Iranian air assaults?
has targeted civilian sites, including bridges and civilian utility structures. Citing the ongoing U.S. strikes, Iran says the preliminary peace plan signed nearly one month ago is now no longer being implemented. Carrie Conn, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Canadians are pushing back after criticism from President Trump and other American politicians blaming Canada for wildfire smoke drifting south of the border. More than 900 fires are burning across Canada. Dan Karpenchuk reports.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford urges critics to send support rather than complain, just as Canada has done for efforts to fight fires in California. In a post on social media, Trump says he's holding Canada responsible for the fires and is threatening more tariffs, claiming Canada is not maintaining its forests. resulting in dangerous polluted air. Other Republican lawmakers accuse Canada of not acting with urgency. A former aide in the Harper government, Dimitris Soudis, says wildfires do not recognize international borders and noted Canada has 9% of the world's forests, much of it in remote areas. Prime Minister Mark Carney took a swipe at Washington's climate change policies, saying climate change is everyone's responsibility.
For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpenchuk in Toronto.
Authorities in France blocked access to the popular prediction market site PolyMarket, saying it violates the country's gambling rules and can be susceptible to market manipulation. And here's Bobby Allen has more.
France already restricted access to PolyMarket, but hundreds of thousands of people were still accessing it through a virtual private network, which can disguise someone's location. Now, Paris authorities ordered the country's Internet service providers to block anyone from going to the site. Switzerland, Belgium, Spain and other European countries have also blocked PolyMarket. In the U.S., meanwhile, Polymarket.com is also banned under a Biden-era settlement. But the Trump administration has taken a hands-off approach to the billions of dollars of bets on the site for things like sports, elections, and war. Paris police suspect one trader made money on a market on the city's highest temperature by manipulating an official weather-reading device at the Charles de Gaulle airport.
Bobby Allen, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Britain's Josh Kerr broke the men's mile world record at the Diamond League meet in London today. The Olympian and world champ middle distance runner ran the mile in three minutes and 42.66 seconds to break the 27-year-old record for that distance.
How has Iran responded to U.S. strikes and what does it mean for the peace plan?
The 28-year-old from Edinburgh celebrated with a lap of honor at London Stadium. He will collect a $50,000 prize for his achievement. Kerr says the crowd's support as he got near the finish line was incredible. The Odyssey, Christopher Nolan's film based on Homer's epic poem, has set sail to bigger office numbers than expected. Empire's Bob Mondello has more.
Tell me, oh muse of that many-sided hero who traveled far and wide. Help me go home. The Greek poet Homer gets a co-screenwriting credit for The Odyssey, appropriate as his epic tale has been captivating audiences for centuries. But in exit polls, moviegoers say they're lining up for the director and the spectacle.
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