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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. NATO says it shot down another Iranian missile that flew into Turkish airspace today. This is the third time a missile has been intercepted in or near Turkish airspace in two weeks. Dari Biskaren reports from Istanbul. Turkey has remained neutral in the conflict.
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Sirens rang out early in the morning at Turkey's Injirlik Air Base near Adana. What appeared to be an explosion overhead was captured in social media videos on Although a wing of the US Air Force is stationed there, Turkish officials have insisted that it is not an American base and that Ankara will not allow Turkish airspace to be used to attack Iran. Responding to the missile interception, NATO spokesperson Alison Hart said NATO remains vigilant and stands firm in its defense of all allies. For NPR News, I'm Geri Buskaren.
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ISTANBUL the Pentagon says four of six US Crew members aboard a US Military refueling plane died when when the plane went down in western Iraq. A second plane with the refueling plane landed safely. The Pentagon says the refueling plane was not brought down by either hostile or friendly fire. The first French soldier has been killed in the conflict in Iran. French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron says others are wounded. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.
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Macron said the soldier died for France during an attack in the Erbil region of Iraq. A A pro Iranian group also warned that French interests in Iraq and the region would be targeted after the arrival of a French aircraft carrier. Macron sent the aircraft carrier to the eastern Mediterranean to protect France's Gulf allies and European interests after Cyprus was targeted by Iran. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
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NPR has learned the man who drove his truck into a suburban Detroit synagogue yesterday and relatives who died in Lebanon last week. They were killed in an Israeli airstrike. According to a mayor in the family's town. The attacker of the synagogue was found dead in his vehicle. The FBI is investigating this as terrorism. From Michigan Public Radio, Binish Ahmed reports the attack has rattled those who live nearby.
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Holly Roy lived so close to Temple Israel that she heard the sound of a car crashing into the building, followed by gunshots. She struggled to explain what happened to her 11 year old.
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So I just basically told him there are not good people out there. I didn't tell him why because I
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don't know why the large synagogue is in Mohamed Hamad's backyard. He says he fears the aggressive language from the us, Israel and Iran amidst the current war played a role and will only stoke more hate.
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We all are different, but we can't really make it like that's the only thing we have in life is that we're different.
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Hamad worries as much for other synagogues in the area as he does for the mosque he attends. Binash Ahmed, West Bloomfield, Michigan.
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On Wall street in premarket trading, Dow futures are higher. This is npr. The FBI is investigating another terrorism incident at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. A gunman shot and killed an ROTC instructor. The gunman was found dead after other ROTC students subdued him. FBI Special Agent Dominique Evans says shooter Muhammad Bella Jala had been had served time in prison for prior efforts to help terrorism.
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In 2016, Jalo was arrested and pled guilty for attempting to provide material support to isil, now known as isis.
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Two other people were wounded in the shooting incident. Levels of physical inactivity worldwide have essentially stayed the same for the last 20 years. NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports on new research showing nearly 1 in 3 adults and 8 in 10 children do not get enough exercise.
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Studies show that being physically active cuts the risk of diabetes, heart disease, cancer and can boost mental health. Countries worldwide have taken note of that research and tried to coax their populations to move more, but those efforts haven't amounted to much, according to new studies published in Nature Medicine. Deborah Salvo is a researcher at UT Austin.
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Despite really good science, great interventions, good ideas for policy, the levels of physical inactivity globally haven't really improved.
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While many governmental agencies do some work to boost physical activity, the researchers say it's usually not the focus of any single one to get more people moving, they suggest that perhaps one agency in a country should take responsibility. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
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Again on Wall street and premarket trading, Dow futures are higher. You're listening to npr.
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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 first hand reporting from Beirut to Moscow. Listen for their stories on Consider this on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.