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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua Halisa Kautau. U.S.
What happened in the U.S.-Iran strikes and who was affected?
Central Command confirms renewed strikes on Iran in retaliation for Tehran striking a base in Jordan on Friday, killing two U.S. troops. One American serviceman is missing. NPR's Carrie Khan reports.
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.
How have U.S. forces and Jordanian bases been targeted in recent Iranian assaults?
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. 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. Keri Khan, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
The Northeast was hit by fast-moving thunderstorms and heavy downpours that triggered flash flooding warnings across New York and New Jersey on Saturday. Meanwhile, down in Texas, Governor Greg Abbott said record-breaking flooding this week hit the city of Uvalde, west of San Antonio, harder than other parts of the state. The National Weather Service said some local areas received more than two feet of rain. Just north of Vivaldi in Kerr County, Megan Booth and her family run a boutique that was previously damaged by last year's deadly floods.
We just never thought that this area would receive the type of flooding that it did. I mean, it's truly, I think I'm still in a little bit of shock.
Texas meteorologist Bob Fogarty told member station KERA in Dallas that the record flooding isn't the new normal. Not only was it unusual last year, he adds, it was unusual this year, and he said he would not expect this to be something we see more often. Authorities in France have blocked access to the popular prediction market site Polymarket, saying it violates the country's gambling rules and can be susceptible to market manipulation. NPR's Bobby Allen reports.
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.
You're listening to NPR from New York City. Police in India have forcibly hospitalized an activist who's been on a 21-day hunger strike for political reforms. The protests by Sonam Wangchuk, a prominent education and environmental activist, has drawn support across India with millions of views and shares on social media. In Paris, Omkar Kandikar reports.
For more than a month, hundreds of youths in the capital New Delhi have been protesting, demanding India's Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resign. They blame him for failing to stop a series of exam paper leaks in recent years, which have affected millions of students.
What is Iran's response to U.S. strikes and how did it affect a peace plan?
Activist Sonam Vangchuk began a hunger strike to support them three weeks ago and said he would lead their march to the parliament on Monday. But on Saturday morning, dozens of plainclothes policemen entered the protest site and dragged Wang Chuk into an ambulance. Protesters say they will continue with next week's Parliament march and have invited more people to join. Omkar Khandekar, NPR News, New Delhi.
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Chapters
4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:06
2
What happened in the U.S.-Iran strikes and who was affected?
0:06–0:37
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How have U.S. forces and Jordanian bases been targeted in recent Iranian assaults?
0:37–3:40
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What is Iran's response to U.S. strikes and how did it affect a peace plan?
3:40–5:02