WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 3-13-26 (2/3)

Episode Date: March 13, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. The Energy Department says the U.S. will begin releasing 172 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. That comes as the ongoing conflict with Iran is causing fuel prices to spike. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says they are looking to reverse, quote, 47 years of uncertainty within the region, and he adds that ultimately the payoff will be more than worth the temporary price hikes. The benefit at the other side of a much better Middle East, ultimately in the last, long-term, a much more secure supply of energy for the world. It's worth the short-term disruption for this simply enormous long-term gain we will get. The Energy Department's announcement

follows word this week that 32 nations planned a coordinated record release of 400 million barrels of oil. The United Nations has released findings of an investigation into Russia's deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children. The lead investigator says the findings are clear. The scale and the scope of these crimes have led the commission to conclude that Russian authorities have reported and forced to be transferred children as a crime against humanity. Ukraine says close to 20,000 children have been illegally sent to Russia and close Russian ally Belarus. Many face military training and are sent back to fight against their countrymen. U.S. senators headed home for the weekend without agreeing on a path forward for funding the Department of Homeland Security. World's Harrison Waters has more from the Capitol.

Senate Democrats on Thursday floated a proposal to pay airport security agents while debate over changes to immigration enforcement policy continues. Nevada Senator Jackie Rosen. Let's not have TSA officers in the middle of this fight. They don't deserve it. We all agree their salaries should be funded, so let's fund it. But Republicans objected to bailing TSA out while other departments continue operating without funds. Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno.

Let's fund the whole department. over with. In fact, I would even offer, let's fund it until Monday. Several proposals to pass short-term funding bills failed to pass, while the full DHS appropriations bill again failed to clear the 60-vote threshold needed to end debate and move to a final vote. Many Homeland Security employees are set to miss their first full paycheck this weekend as a partial government shutdown heads into week five. Reporting for World, I'm Harrison Waters in Washington. An official in Ethiopia says at least 50 people were killed and 125 others are missing after landslides following a week of heavy rain. Authority said one person was pulled out of the mud alive during a rescue operation.

The president of the South Ethiopia regional state, Tilaun-Cobeda, expressed his sorrow over the disaster and urged residents to move to higher ground as rains continue. For World Radio, I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth, visit world radio.news. Additional support comes from Waters Edge, competitive rates and supporting churches,

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