NPR News: 06-08-2026 12AM EDT

Doualy Xaykaothao· Host0:01

Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Doualy Xaykaothao. Israel has struck new targets in Iran Monday morning local time. The fresh attacks come hours after Israeli forces bombed Beirut's southern suburbs in what it calls a message to Iran-backed Hezbollah. NPR's Jane Arraf reports Israel also hit the city, the southern city of Tyre in southern Lebanon.

Jane Arraf0:25

The sun is setting on the city of Tyre, and I'm looking out at the Mediterranean, the waves rolling in, and people camped on the beach, but not the fun kind of camping. It's the kind of camping you do when you've fled your home and you've run out of land that provides any sort of safety. This tip of Tyre is the old historic ancient district, mostly Christian, and it's the one part of the city that Israel has not threatened or issued warnings for. So people are continuing to stream here from other parts. They're safe for now, but they don't know for how long. Jane Arraf, NPR News in Tyre, southern Lebanon.

Doualy Xaykaothao· Host1:08

Now to the Philippines, where officials report a 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck off the southern coast of the country's southern island of Mindanao. Tsunami advisories have been issued in the Philippines as well as in Indonesia. From Taipei, Jan Camenzind Brumby reports.

Jan Camenzind Brumby1:26

The Philippine President Bongbong Marcos says, quote, "The national government