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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. The U.S. Central Command says the military launched strikes in Iran Sunday night. The forces targeted radar sites and command and control centers for drones. In a post on social media, it says the strikes were in response to an Iranian attack on a U.S. drone over international waters, along with other incidents. Controversy continues to grow around President Trump's so-called anti-weaponization fund. The fund was set up by Trump to compensate people who believe they've been targeted by the federal government. Democratic Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey says it's this kind of behavior that's made Americans fed up with Republicans. You say it's Democrats, but I think this is election. A lot of people are seeing wars on this ballot than right or left.

It's really about right or wrong. If Congress is refusing to check the president, if Congress is surrendering its war powers to the president, the powers of the purse to the president. If this president is calling out by name judges that don't rule against them attacking the judicial branch, what are we going to do? On Sunday, former Vice President Mike Pence called for the fun to be canceled. U.S. Senator Andy Kim told CNN State of the Union Sunday that the solution to the escalating conflict at a privately owned ICE detention center in Newark, New Jersey, is to treat detainees with dignity. Kim has visited Delaney Hall where protesters have alleged inhumane conditions. And Pierce Camilla Dominovsky reports. Kim says detainees have described to him spoiled food and a lack of medical care.

Homeland Security has denied the allegations, calling them lies and smears. On CNN's State of the Union Sunday, Kim called for better medical care, an investigation and due process rights. What the detainees really focused on, it's not just about the conditions, it's about the fact that they are not getting their cases hurting courts. That's something we can fix. Homeland Security has threatened to pull Customs and Border Patrol out of area airports to provide security at Delaney Hall. Kim says the disruption to international travel would have economic repercussions nationwide. Kamala Dominovsky, NPR News. Israel has launched its deepest ground invasion in Lebanon in more than 25 years.

Its military captured a strategic mountain in the southern part of the country this weekend. MPR's JANERF as more. The last time Israeli forces were this foreign to Lebanon was in 2000, at the end of an 18-year occupation, when they withdrew amid fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah. On Sunday, the Israeli military said it captured a mountaintop crusader-era castle. near the southern city of Nabatia. Last week, Lebanon's culture minister said the castle had suffered a direct hit from an Israeli strike. Israel has sent tanks and troops into Lebanon, as well as launching hundreds of strikes a day, according to UN peacekeepers.

Hezbollah has fired back with a much smaller number of attacks on Israeli forces. It has recently deployed low-tech drones that Israel's prime minister has called a major threat. Jane Arraf, NPR News, Beirut. and you're listening to NPR News. At least 46 people have been killed by a massive explosion in northeastern Myanmar with dozens more injured. Michael Sullivan reports from neighboring Thailand. The incident occurred around noon on Sunday

in an area controlled by the Taung National Liberation Army, or TNLA, about two miles south of the border with China. The TNLA is one of the ethnic armed organizations opposed to central rule and signed its latest ceasefire with Myanmar's military in October under pressure from China. In a statement, the group said the area where the explosion took place was used to store explosives for mining and that an investigation is underway. Independent and social media reports showed smoke from the explosion and damaged buildings. Rescue workers took dozens of the injured to a nearby hospital.

For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chang Rai, Thailand. Russell Henley won his 6 PGA 2 were titled on Sunday after hitting a five-foot putt for a birdie on the first extra hole to beat Eric Cole. Henley also birdied the final three holes to force the playoff. He made a $1.78 million payoff for the win. Cole, meanwhile, pared the final seven holes. YouTube ruled North American movie theaters this weekend in the horror film backrooms was in first selling $81.4 million in tickets. The movie was made by YouTube creator Kane Parsons and cost $10 million to make. Obsession was also made by a YouTube creator in its third weekend distribution.

It brought in $26.4 million, a 10% increase over last weekend. And the latest Star Wars movie was in third with $25 million in ticket sales. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.