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

Episode Date: March 3, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. President Trump met with German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz at the White House today as fighting continues in the Middle East following U.S. and Israeli airstrikes on Iran, and the president told reporters, they have no Navy, it's been knocked out, they have no air force that's been knocked out, they have no air detection that's been knocked out, their radar has been knocked out. It's still unclear exactly what remains of Iran's military, but the country continues to retaliate by launching drones and missiles

at targets across the Middle East. U.S. and Israeli air strikes have killed dozens of top Iranian leaders, including dictator Ayatollah Khamenei. At least six U.S. service members have been killed so far. Meanwhile, some Democrats are taking shots at President Trump's decision to launch Operation Epic Fury in Iran. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told lawmakers yesterday that he's not shedding any tears over the death of Iran's supreme leader, but at the same time he accused the president of breaking a core promise to his constituents. Donald Trump ran for office on the promise to wind down America's endless wars. What he's doing is exactly, exactly the opposite.

But Schumer's GOP counterpart, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, said Iran's leadership left the president with no choice but to attack. President Trump and his administration relentlessly pursued a diplomatic solution to the threat posed by Iran. But the Iranian regime refused diplomatic off-ramps. and so now the president is taking action. Soon added that Iran fuels terrorism throughout the Middle East and that the current regime had to be stopped. With some expressing growing fears of terror attacks amid the conflict in Iran,

the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security rolls into its third week. World's Harrison Waters has more. Lawmakers are still negotiating a deal to fund DHS after Democrats derailed funding last month, demanding changes to immigration and customs enforcement or ICE. Neither side has budged since last week, even with heightened fears of threats to the homeland. On Friday, many DHS employees received partial paychecks, but Border Patrol and ICE officers received full paychecks, thanks to funding passed last year.

Reporting for World, I'm Harrison Waters. A Georgia man has been convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter, even though he himself never wielded the weapon. A jury found Colin Gray guilty after he gave his teenage, son a gun, which Colt Gray later used in a school shooting. Prosecutors say he gave his son access to a gun and ammunition despite, quote, sufficient warning that Colt Gray would harm and endanger other people. Two teachers and two students were killed in a 2024 shooting in Appalachie High School in Winder northeast of Atlanta. For World Radio, I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in

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