NPR News: 07-20-2026 5PM EDT

Ryland Barton· Host0:00

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. The US began a new round of strikes against Iran today. US Central Command says the strikes are designed to degrade Iran's ability to attack commercial shipping. Meanwhile, President Trump is expected to attend the dignified transfer of service members recently killed in the Iran war, twenty-five-year-old First Lieutenant Tyler James Feehan of Ewa Beach, Hawaii, and nineteen-year-old Private Isabella Gonzalez of Carrollton, Texas. Fighting escalated over the weekend to levels not seen since the beginning of the war, as NPR's Hadiel Al-Shalchi reports.

Hadil Al-Shalchi0:35

The US military said another US service member was killed in action in northern Iraq on Saturday. The member was killed during a controlled detonation of unexploded ordnance from a downed Iranian drone. Another member was wounded in that incident. It also said that it found unidentified remains at the same location in Jordan, where two service members were killed in action and another went missing. It was unclear whether this person was a US service member or not. This brings the total number of US service members killed in this war to seventeen. More than four hundred have been injured. Iranian officials said over three thousand people have been killed in this war, with at least fifty in these latest rounds of strikes. Hadiel Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Istanbul.

Ryland Barton· Host1:18

The United Kingdom has a new prime minister. Andy Burnham replaces Keir Starmer, who was ousted by his own party. NPR's Lauren Frayer reports.

Lauren Frayer1:26

In his first speech as prime minister, Andy Burnham acknowledged that he is