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Hi, it's Terri Gross, host of Fresh Air. Hey, take a break from the 24-hour news cycle with us and listen to long-form interviews with your favorite authors, actors, filmmakers, comedians and musicians, the people making the art that nourishes us and speaks to our times. So listen to the Fresh Air podcast from NPR and WHYY. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Israeli health officials say at least 34 people have been injured from Iranian missile strikes overnight. Tehran launched scores of missiles in response to Israel's attack Friday on Iran's nuclear facilities and military targets. Iran's

UN ambassador says at least 78 people were killed and 320 others injured in Israel's attack. Amperez Hadil al-Shalchi reports. Sirens blared throughout Tel Aviv and smoke billowed in the sky as people ran for shelter and ambulances screamed on the streets. The Israeli military said first responders were treating the injured wounded from shrapnel in hospitals and told people to stay close to shelters. Photos released by Israeli medics showed crushed burned cars and rubble on the streets where they were treating the wounded. The Palestinian Red Crescent said that children were among the Palestinians injured by shrapnel near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.

Today, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed a, quote, painful fate for Israel as his country launched more than 100 missiles. Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv. A man who was wrongly deported from Maryland to El Salvador is back in the U.S. and is now fighting criminal charges. Mariana Bakhiyal from Ember Station WPLN reports that Kilmar Abrego Garcia pleaded not guilty to human smuggling charges in Nashville today. Abrego Garcia arrived in the U.S. last week after spending three months in an El Salvadoran prison.

In that time, his case has galvanized critics of the Trump administration's immigration policy, and Homeland Security has begun investigating a 2022 traffic stop in which Tennessee state troopers found that Obrego Garcia was driving nine other men to Maryland. Prosecutors say he was paid thousands of dollars to move people without legal status through the country. A federal judge did not rule from the bench on whether Abrego Garcia has a right to bail. But if he is released, he'll be transferred to ICE custody, where officials say he will be held until his trial or deportation. For NPR News, I'm Mariana Bacallao in Nashville. While the Trump administration has rushed to cut staffing at the Department of

Education, it's also recently added several new top administration officials. As NPR's Corey Turner reports, one of them stands out. Lindsay Burke will be in charge of policy and programs as a deputy chief of staff. Burke wrote the education section of Project 2025, the far right action plan President Trump tried to disavow on the campaign trail. In it, Burke called for the department's elimination and to turn funding for students with disabilities into no-strings-attached block grants. She also called for a gradual end to federal funding for schools in low-income neighborhoods. Burke spent 17 years at the conservative Heritage Foundation. In an email to supporters, Heritage wrote that Burke quote, created the playbook for

dismantling the Department of Education. Now she's ready to put that playbook into action. Corey Turner, NPR News. Stocks closed down across the board today. This is NPR News. US Capitol Police arrested 60 protesters tonight. Police say the protesters pushed down some barriers and ran toward the steps of the building. All 60 are expected to be charged with unlawful demonstration and crossing a police line. A new report on child labor around the globe shows there's been progress in reducing the number of children who had to work in 2024, but more needs to be done to eliminate the problem. NPR's Fatma Tanis has more.

When children are working, it means they're not able to go to school or play, as other children do. According to the report by UNICEF and the International Labor Organization, 138 million children were involved in child labor last year. 54 million of them were in hazardous work. That means mines or working at dangerous heights and being exposed to chemicals.

Data shows there has been progress, a total reduction of 20 million children since 2020. Much of that has been in Asia, where social protections and education mandates have helped kids stay in school. In Sub-Saharan Africa, however, progress has been slow. Emerging conflicts have contributed to extreme poverty, pushing families to keep relying on their children's labor for survival. Fatma Tanis, NPR News. Mexico's president is urging US officials not to target

people who will be attending a soccer match in Los Angeles on Saturday. It's a gold cup match between Mexico and the Dominican Republic. More than 100 workers have been detained in recent days by immigration officials there. And there are concerns that ICE officers could disrupt the match or keep fans away. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. Here on The Indicator from Planet Money,

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