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Live from NPR in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump said on social media today that Iran's supreme [最高的] leader, Ali Khamenei, is dead. A person briefed [被做简报] on the situation tells NPR he was killed by an Israeli strike [以色列的打击]. Earlier today, the U.S. and Israel conducted joint strikes on Iran. And as NPR's Tamara Keith reports, President Trump is calling for regime change [政权更迭]. Trump cited malign [恶意的] behavior by Iran and its proxies [代理人] going back to the 1980s. He asserted [断言] that Iran is trying to rebuild its nuclear program and could develop a missile that may someday reach the U.S. He said Iran's missile industry, Navy, and proxies would all be targeted. This regime will soon learn that no one should challenge the strength and might [力量] of the United States Armed Forces. He then spoke directly to the people of Iran. Stay sheltered [此处指做好掩护]. Don't leave your home. It's very dangerous outside. Bombs [炸弹] will be dropping everywhere. When we are finished, take over your government. It will be yours to take.
And following the strikes, Iran says it's closing the Strait of Hormuz [霍尔木兹海峡], the waterway crucial to the world's oil trade following the Israeli strikes. Iran's state media said this was the announcement relayed [传达] by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps [伊斯兰革命卫队] Navy to ships in the area around the strategic waterway. All navigating through the Strait of Hormuz is forbidden [禁止]. No ship in every type is not allowed to pass from a Strait of Hormuz. Iran also warned it planned to launch drone attacks on commercial vessels [商业船只]. It said they would be part of what it called intense attacks during the night, targeting military and economic interests. The narrow waterway controlled by Iran connects the biggest Gulf oil producers with the export route [出口通道] to outside markets. Closing the Strait could lead to higher oil prices. Jaina Raff, Amman.
Europe is watching from the sidelines with a mix of alarm and caution as the U.S. and Israel attack Iran. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports France, Germany and the U.K. are calling for talks on Tehran's nuclear program to resume. The leaders of Europe's three most powerful countries say they have long urged Iran to end its nuclear program, stop destabilizing actions in the region and cease the, quote, appalling [耸人听闻的] treatment of its own citizens. Germany, France and the U.K., also known as the E3, underlined that they are not participating in the military strikes and reiterated [重申] their commitment to regional stability and to the protection of civilian [平民的] life. But the leaders also condemned [谴责] Iranian attacks on countries in the region and urged the Iranian leadership to seek a negotiated solution. Ultimately, they said, the Iranian people must be allowed to determine their future. Eleanor Beardsley, Paris.
When NASA finally does launch the Artemis II lunar mission, among its four-person crew will be the first female and first black astronauts to head to the moon. The launch was originally scheduled for February, then pushed back to March, and now the space agency says April is the earliest it could launch. Problems included hydrogen [氢气] and helium [氦气] leaks [泄漏]. It will be NASA's first moon mission in more than 50 years and will be more than just a moon mission. NASA says it will also conduct scientific research on the astronauts' health, along with the rocket's performance and, of course, the moon.
The seventh movie in the Scream horror franchise [系列] is making a lot of noise at the box office this weekend. NPR's Bob Mondello has more. Paramount Pictures has a lot to scream about this weekend. The company appears to have won its hostile [恶意的] takeover bid [收购竞价] to acquire Warner Brothers, a rival [对手] Hollywood studio, and Ghostface, Paramount's masked villain [戴面具的坏蛋] in the Scream movies, is scaring up some serious ticket dollars. I'm going to make everyone you love suffer. Industry estimates have Scream 7 bringing in nearly $60 million by Sunday night. That easily tops the opening of every previous Scream movie. It's also close to double the opening of Wuthering Heights [呼啸山庄] two weeks ago, which had been the best weekend start of 2026.
On Wall Street this week, all three major indices fell from a week earlier, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down more than 1%.
