AP News, I'm Arsena Sanchez, AP correspondent Ben Thomas reports Gulf allies have been
encouraging President Trump to keep hitting Iran.
U.S. Gulf and Israeli officials tell AP Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait
and Bahrain, have been urging President Trump to keep prosecuting the war against Iran,
saying that Iran has not been weakened enough. They're looking for changes in Iran's leadership
or a dramatic shift in its behavior, including ending its nuclear and missile programs.
The sources who are not authorized to comment publicly about sensitive diplomatic conversations
and spoke on condition of anonymity say the Saudis and the UAE are pushing the hardest
with the UAE favoring a ground invasion. Oman and Qatar prefer diplomacy. I'm Ben Thomas.
Three UN peacekeepers have been killed in southern Lebanon.
AP correspondent Isabel Dubraing has more on this.
Three members of the United Nations peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon have been killed just
in the last 24 hours as the war continues to rage and escalates between Israel and the Iran-backed
Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. Now, we heard from United Nations that all three of these
peacekeepers were from Indonesia, and this is because different countries from around the world
contribute troops from their armies to this peacekeeping force that basically monitors the border,
the demarcation line between Israel and Lebanon since long acted as a buffer between the
countries and implements the ceasefire that have resulted after decades of conflict between
Israel and Hezbollah. Oil studied and Asian stocks were mostly lower today as signs of a
de-escalation of the Iran war remain mixed. A man who crashed his pickup truck into a major
Detroit area synagogue earlier in March was inspired by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
According to the FBI, Aiman Ghazal also recorded videos saying he wanted to kill many Jewish people.
He made the video just minutes before the attack at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township.
AP correspondent Jennifer King reports the Artemis to Mission to the Moon is a go for launch.
The countdown clock is ticking for the first man moon mission since Apollo 1753 years ago.
It's an exciting time for this team and our crew and really our nation and the world.
NASA launch director Charlie Blackwell Thompson says the massive Artemis II rocket is ready to blast
off from Florida Wednesday after repairs for a few leaks and clogged pressure lines.
All indications are right now. We are in excellent, excellent shape.
The Iran capsule will carry four astronauts on a 10-date no stop. You turn around the moon.
The vehicle is ready, the system is ready, the crew is ready, and behind this flight stands a campaign.
NASA Associate Administrator Amit Shah-Theria noted this is just the beginning.
Landings, a lunar base, a nuclear propulsion into deep space, that begins not ends with what happens on Wednesday evening.
I'm Jennifer King and I'm Marcela Sanchez, AP News.
