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Dale Willman· Host0:15

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Iran launched missile and drone strikes on US military targets in Bahrain and Kuwait s- Saturday. US officials have acknowledged the strikes, but there have so far been no reported casualties. The strikes were in response to US attacks on Iran earlier Saturday. The US Central Command says ten targets, including missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar facilities were hit. Paul Salem is with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He says the attacks will not undo the memorandum of understanding signed by the US and Iran earlier this month.

Paul Salem· Soundbite0:51

The MOU itself, I think in broad strokes, uh, I believe is going to move forward, and the broad strokes really are opening the Straits of Hormuz, albeit under some Iranian control. The US already largely lifting its blockade on Iran, easing global energy and trade markets, and entering into nuclear negotiations between the US and Iran, entering those talks. I think those, those things are achievable.

Dale Willman· Host1:19

The death toll from the pair of earthquakes that struck Venezuela Wednesday has now risen to at least fourteen hundred and thirty people. Rescue efforts remain underway to find