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Jeanine Hurst (0:17)
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Hurst. Israel and the US Continue their war in Iran. The World Health Organization says an estimated 100,000 people have fled Iran's capital, Tehran. Some have made their way overland to Turkey. NPR's Ruth Sherlock is Sherlock is at the border crossing.
Ruth Sherlock (0:38)
The people coming out of Iran look gray faced and pallid from the terror they've experienced this past week. They bring with them stories of airstrikes hitting close to their cars as they journeyed out of the country, of intense bombardments in the cities that they've come from, many with stories of civilian casualties saying these airstrikes are landing in dense residential neighborhoods. There are also many people going back into Iran, scared, of course. They say to go back into a country at war, but with communications largely down, they need to know if their loved ones are safe and going back is the only way to reach them. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News. On the Turkish Iranian border, the State
Jeanine Hurst (1:26)
Department says it's been in touch with more than 13,000Americans in the Middle east to provide help or advice on getting home. US Funded evacuation flights have begun, but most Americans are leaving on commercial flights, as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.
Dylan Johnson (1:42)
The assistant secretary of state for Global Public Affairs, Dylan Johnson, says several flights have safely returned hundreds of Americans to the United States. He says there will be additional flights in the coming days as security conditions allow. Johnson posted one picture on social media media of Americans boarding a Patriots plane, but a State Department official noted that the US Government, not the football team, covered the cost of that flight. Another official says that about 30 to 40% of the Americans who are offered seats on chartered flights have declined taking their own commercial options or changing their plans. Michele Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
Jeanine Hurst (2:20)
Hungary's authoritarian prime minister Viktor Orban is blocking a more than $100 billion EU aid package seen as vital to meeting a fund shortfall in April. NPR's Rob Schmitz has more.
Rob Schmitz (2:33)
Orban, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has repeatedly opposed EU funding for Ukraine, arguing that it prolongs the war. The Hungarian prime minister, who is trailing the opposition in the polls leading up to a national election on April 12, has focused much of his reelection campaign on his anti Ukraine message. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has criticized Orban for blocking aid, threatening to not restore A Russian oil pipeline that runs through Ukraine supplies energy to Hungary and which has been damaged in the war. Orban has accused Ukraine of deliberately halting oil through this pipeline. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Berlin.