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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. As the U. S. Israel war rages in the Middle east, more American troops have died in the conflict against Iran. U.S. central Command says a military refueling plane carrying six crew members crash in western Iraq. All six died. General Dan Kaine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said this morning it happened in friendly airspace but was not the result of hostile or friendly fire.
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We're still treating this as an active rescue and recovery operation. As CENTCOM announced this morning, four airmen have been recovered.
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U.S. centcom says a second plane involved in the encounter landed safely. Since the start of the war, at least seven other American troops have been killed in action. With oil and gas shipments blocked from getting through the Strait of Hormuz because of the war, Brent crude oil again topped $100 a barrel today. Yesterday, Iran's new supreme leader said in his first public statement that his country will continue to block the globally vital shipping waterway. Meanwhile, Ukraine's President Volodymy Zelensky says the Trump administration's decision to temporarily lift sanctions on Russian oil will only empower the Kremlin. NPR's Joanne Kakis has more from Kyiv.
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The Trump administration says the temporary relief will last until April 11 and is supposed to cool oil prices which have shot up since the US And Israel began their war on Iran. The US Says it applies only to Russian oil already in transit and will not help Russia much financially. Speaking to reporters in Paris, Zelensky said that's not the case. This single concession by the United States could provide Russia with approximately $10 billion to fund the war, zelenskyy said. This certainly does not bring us any closer to peace. Zelenskyy spoke alongside French President Emmanuel Macron, who said there is no justification for lifting these sanctions. Joanna Kakissis, NPR News Cave the Department
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of Homeland Security is identifying the person who attacked a synagogue in Michigan yesterday as 41 year old Ayman Mohammed Ghazali. They say the man rammed his truck into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield outside Detroit. Alex McLennan of member station WDET reports Ghazali was a naturalized citizen from Lebanon, where the mayor of Mashkara tells an NPR producer some of the suspects relatives were killed in Israeli strikes last week.
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NPR has confirmed that two of Ghazali's brothers and two of his brother's children were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon last week. His parents were wounded. Authorities are still investigating the act at Temple Israel in Michigan as an act of terrorism and have not yet shared a motive. Thirty first responders were treated for smoke inhalation, and a security guard who was struck by Ghazali's vehicle was checked at a local hospital. Nobody inside the building was killed.
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That's Alex McLennan reporting from Washington. This is NPR News. New research suggests that when an animal virus jumps to humans and leads to disease outbreaks, that usually happens by chance without unusual evolution from the virus. NPR's Jonathan Lambert explains scientists have two
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ideas for how viruses jump. Animal viruses might have to change a lot in specific ways to adapt to human hosts, or some viruses spreading among animals might already have the ability to infect humans and simply need to be given the chance. A study in the journal Cell suggests the latter is true for recent outbreaks, including Ebola, Ampox and Covid. These viruses underwent substantial genetic changes only after the viruses started spreading in humans, the researchers found. Ultimately, the technique could help distinguish natural outbreaks from lab leaks. For example, the virus that caused a 1977 flu pandemic bore genetic changes that suggested it underwent evolution jumping likely in a Russian lab. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
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The U.S. economy did not expand as much as initially thought in the final months of 2025 during a historically long government shutdown. In that period, new government data revised down the pace of growth in gross domestic product, the nation's output of goods and services, to 7/10 of a percent, sharp decline from the 4.4% in the third quarter. Today's fourth quarter GDP estimate is the second of three. The final one is expected April 9th. The Dow's up slightly, S and P and Nasdaq down. You're listening to NPR News.
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This week on Consider this, war on Iran and a new front in Lebanon. What is the cost in lives and to Americans at home and in Ukraine? After four years, the war there grinds on. Is that what Russians want? Our reporters are on the ground with firsthand reporting from Beirut to Moscow. Listen for their stories on Consider this on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.