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Iran's new supreme leader is vowing to fight on and to keep the strategic, straight-of-horimous

shutdown.

A message attributed to Mustafa Hamina was read Thursday by a television presenter as

the Iran War Royals oil markets.

Iran has said the world should prepare for oil prices of $200 a barrel.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright told CNN Thursday that short-term pain may be needed to

solve a long-term problem.

The disruption of oil, temporary disruption of oil through the Straits of Hormuz, that's

what the strategic petroleum reserve is for.

So as we have a shortage of market coming through that avenue, we're going to bring oil

to market through other avenues to get through a few weeks of a short-term dislocation to

get to a much better place on the other side.

Another avenue seems to be Russian oil Treasury Secretary Scott Besen says the U.S. is

lifting sanctions for 30 days on Russian oil and petroleum products stranded at sea.

U.S. says it hit around 6,000 targets in Iran since the conflict began.

Israel has also launched multiple ways of attacks and says it's now concentrating on

the infrastructure of the Iranian regime across the capital.

The BBC's were on board reports.

U.S. Central Command says its targets in Operation Epic Fury include nearly 100 Iranian

ships, among the mind-laying vessels.

Other focuses of the aerial bombardment it says are command centres, weapons factories

and their defence systems.

Meanwhile, Israel says it's carrying out a new wave of air strikes on Tehran.

Late on Thursday, Israeli forces said they'd hit a site link to developing nuclear weapons.

Iran insists it's nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes only.

The latest strikes came as Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country

was inflicting what he called heavy blows on Iran's revolutionary guard.

Authorities have identified the suspect in Thursday's attack on a Detroit area synagogue.

The Homeland Security Department says he was born in Lebanon and became a U.S. citizen

in 2016.

He was found dead in his vehicle after ramming it into the building.

You know, Shahmed with Michigan Public Radio reports that the attack has rattled those

who live nearby.

Holly Roy lives so close to Temple Israel that she heard the sound of a car crashing into

the building followed by gunshots.

She struggled to explain what happened to her 11 year old son.

I just basically told him they're not good people out there.

I didn't tell him why because I don't know why.

The large synagogue is in Muhammad Hamad's backyard.

We owe our different but we can't really make it like that's the only thing we have

in life is that we're different.

He says he fears the aggressive language from the U.S., Israel and Iran amidst the current

war, played a role and will only stoke more hate.

Muhammad worries as much for other synagogues in the area as he does for the mosque.

He attends.

Benish Ahmed, West Bloomfield, Michigan.

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Authorities in Virginia have identified the man who opened fire at Old Dominion University

Thursday killing one person and wounding two others.

They say he was a former Virginia Army National Guard member who was convicted in 2016

in providing material support to the Islamic State Group, serving eight years of an 11-year

prison sentence before he was released in 2024.

The FBI says ROTC students killed the attacker but did not go into specifics.

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner says his agency has provided sufficient

funding for home repairs in North Carolina.

Tens of thousands were damaged by Hurricane Helene in 2024.

From Blue Ridge Public Radio Gerard Albert reports.

The HUD has already given North Carolina more than a billion dollars to repair and rebuild

homes damaged by Hurricane Helene.

But state leaders say more is needed.

HUD Secretary Scott Turner disagrees.

It's not a funding problem.

The money is there.

It just has not been used and it's totally.

Stephanie McGara runs the state's home repair program which is funded by HUD.

She says high construction costs and inflation are making home repairs more expensive.

What we're finding across the state is that we do not have enough money.

North Carolina's governor is asking Congress for another $8 billion for home repairs.

For NPR News, I'm Gerard Albert III in Asheville.

Asian stocks slumped in Friday training at our poise for a second consecutive weekly decline

as the Iran War Royals energy and stock markets to pan-spinchmark knee-cake lows down

1.1%.

I'm Giles Snyder, NPR News.

This week on Consider this, Warren Ron and a new front in Lebanon.

What is the cost in lives and to Americans at home?

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