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

Episode Date: March 2, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Mark Millinger. International reaction to the operation in Iran has been mixed. UN leader Antonio Guterres condemned both the strikes from the U.S. and Israel and the subsequent retaliatory strikes by Iran. We are witnessing a grave threat to international peace and security. Military action carries the risk of igniting a chain of events that no one can control in the most volatile region. of the world. The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on the strikes over the weekend,

but it ended with no resolution. U.S. Allies like Canada and Australia have expressed explicit support for the operation, while leaders of several European nations urged caution and restraint going forward. The FBI is looking into whether a fatal mass shooting early Sunday morning in Austin, Texas, might have been an act of terror motivated by the U.S. military strikes in Iran. a gunman wearing one shirt that said property of Allah, along with another bearing an Iranian flag design, drove by a bar in an SUV and opened fire, killing two people and wounding 14 more. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis. At one point, he put his flashers on, rolled down his window, and began using a pistol shooting out of his car windows,

striking patrons of the bar that were on the patio and that were in front of the bar. Police returned fire and killed the shooter, a 53-year-old legal immigrant from Senegal. Leaders in the U.S. House are planning a vote this week to end the funding freeze for the Department of Homeland Security. The debate over DHS funding has led to a partial government shutdown that's lasted more than two weeks. Republican Iowa Senator Joni Ernst says it's crucial to fund DHS now. These are the very people that will keep us safe right here in the United States from any sort of domestic. terrorists or foreign entities and the types of proxies that Iran funds. Ernst on Fox's The Faulkner Focus.

While there have been protests and gatherings of mourners across the world in response to the U.S. and Israeli airstrikes, there's also been a lot of celebrating. That's the sound of people holding Israeli, Iranian, and U.S. flags near the U.N. building in New York, celebrating the collapse of Iran's government. Hundreds of Iranians and Iranian Americans join them for a March to Times Square Sunday, where they danced and celebrated some more while also demanding democracy and an end to oppression in Tehran. For World Radio, I'm Mark Bellinger. For more sound journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth, visit worldradio.com.

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