WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 2-10-26 (2/3)

Episode Date: February 10, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. Israel is willing to do whatever it takes to stop Iran's ballistic missile program. That reportedly includes military strikes against Iran even if they have to go it alone. That is, according to a report from the Jerusalem Post, citing unnamed defense officials, who call Iran's missile program a threat to Israel's very existence. And Israeli foreign minister Gideon Tsar says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will press President Trump about that tomorrow in a meeting in Washington. The huge amounts of long-range ballistic missiles that the Iranian regime seeks to produce.

This comes as the United States and Iran have been holding talks in Oman over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, President Trump has threatened military action if Iran refuses to cooperate. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday marked one year of his Make America Healthy Again initiative, speaking of the offices of the Heritage Foundation. And we need to change what we're feeding these children, or we're going to lose our country. World's Harrison Waters has more now from Washington. Kennedy told attendees that health policy has come a long way in the last year through changing FDA rules for food dies and pushing drug companies to lower their prices in the U.S.

For parents, Kennedy said raising healthy children first requires making informed decisions, with a healthy dose of skepticism. Trusting the experts is not a feature of democracy, and it's not a feature. of science. It's a feature of religion and totalitarianism. Near the top of Kennedy's agenda for this year, requiring hospitals to publish prices for medical procedures so patients can shop around before scheduling an operation. Reporting for World, I'm Harrison Waters in Washington. Democratic governments across the globe are condemning the sentencing of former Hong Kong

pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai. A court handed the 78-year-old a 20-year-old he was convicted of supposed conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and conspiring with others to publish seditious articles critical of the government. Jonathan Price, an attorney for Jimmy Lai's family, says this sends a clear message. The political dissent, even moderate and peaceful campaigning for greater democracy in Hong Kong will not be tolerated. He was charged under a so-called national security law which Beijing imposed on Hong Kong, which has been used to silence dissent.

The United States called Lies, sentence unjust and tragic, and the United Nations in EU have called it a monumental injustice. Authorities in Beijing and Hong Kong have brushed off criticism, saying other governments should stay out of China's internal affairs. For World Radio, I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts in biblical truth, visit worldradiot News. Additional support comes from Medashear, where today the $100 application fee will be waived for a limited time. Metashare.com slash world.