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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Fighting between the US and Iran is escalating again after another night of American airstrikes. The latest attacks hit tunnels, a bridge, and other targets leading toward the Strait of Hormuz. NPR's Shondelice Duster reports the strikes came a day after two American service members were killed in Jordan.

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The US military says it has launched new strikes against Iran at President Trump's direction. The strikes, which the US military said began around six o'clock PM Eastern Time, are retaliation for a deadly Iranian attack in Jordan on Friday. Two American service members were killed and one is missing from the attack. US Central Command said four other American service members were medically evacuated to Jordanian hospitals and have since been discharged. The US military says new strikes are also designed to, quote, "further degrade Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz." Iran has closed the strait, and the US military said it has reinstated a naval blockade. Shondelice Duster, NPR News.

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