NPR News: 03-14-2026 2PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The Palestinian militant group Hamas is urging Iran to stop attacking its Gulf neighbors. It's a rare plea by Iran's key ally. And the first time Hamas has weighed in on Iran's actions during the war, in Pierskiri con reports. Hamas, which is backed by Iran, said it affirms Tehran's right to defend itself against the U.S. and Israeli attacks. But in a statement the group called on its Iranian brothers to quote, avoid targeting neighboring countries and urged all regional nations to cooperate in order to quote, preserve the bonds of brotherhood. Iran has fired missiles and drones into multiple Gulf countries. Iran says it is targeting U.S. installations there, but many attacks have hit civilian infrastructure. In the UAE, Iran hit the Dubai airport and near iconic tourist landmarks. Saudi Arabia said Friday it intercepted nearly a dozen drones from Iran. Hamas is strongly condemned, Israel's killing of Iran's supreme leader, calling it a quote,

1:03heinous crime. Karykhan and Pierskiri news Tel Aviv. The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad is urging Americans to leave Iraq immediately, posting a statement on social media, citing threats by militias backed by Iran. The embassy posted the security alert after it came under a missile attack overnight. There have been three separate attacks in the U.S. this week, the first at Gracie Mansion, the historic residents of New York City Mayors. There was also the attack on a synagogue in the Detroit area and a classroom shooting at Virginia's old Dominion University in Piers, Odados. This is something that extremism researchers have been observing now for some time that people are indoctrinating into extremist ideologies faster than had ever really been the case before. In Europe, authorities are searching for two people in connection with an explosion outside a Jewish school in Amsterdam. French voters will go to the polls Sunday to elect Mayors for 36,000 cities large and small across the country, with a second round of voting later this month.

2:04And Piers Eleanor Beards reports that this two-round municipal election may be a harbinger for what's to come in next year's presidential race. French voters are more fragmented than ever. The center has shrunk and the extremes are growing, says political analyst Jean-Yves Camus. What will be looked at very clearly is the number of cities, one by those the radical left and the radical rise. Those are on the rise. Camus says Marine Le Pen's far-right national rally party is surging and could win three large cities in the south. The far left is aiming for a swath of cities in the north. Paris, which has been governed for the last 25 years by the mainstream left, could possibly swing to the right. Many Parisians are not happy about the eviction of cars from areas of the city to build hundreds of miles of bike lanes. Eleanor Beardsley in Piers News, Paris. This is NPR News. President Trump is at his golf club in Florida this weekend with events in the Middle East

3:06in the backdrop. Trump posted to social media this morning saying many countries will be sending warships to the Strait of Hormuz, which has been virtually shut down by Iran. But he did not provide details and it's not clear if there is an agreement. Multiple ships have been attacked around the straits since the war started at the end of February. The U.S. has headed to the semi-finals of the world baseball classic with a five to three win over Canada, and the Dominican Republic beats South Korea by mercy rule with a final score of 10 to nothing. In Piers, Becky Sullivan has more. The U.S. worked five runs out of eight hits in Friday's quarter-final matchup against Canada. The Americans are heavyweights in the once every few years tournament. This year they've got some of the best players in baseball on the roster, like Aaron Judge, Bobby Whit Jr., and Paul Schienz, who's expected to pitch Sunday semi-finals against the Dominican Republic. But the DR might be the favorite of the whole tournament, with MLB All Stars like Wonsoto, Hulio Rodriguez, and Fernando Tati's Jr. On the other side of the bracket are Samurai Japan, and the superstar, Shohei Otoni, who

4:08on the mound, clinched the 2023 title for Japan. In the late game, Japan faces Venezuela, who aren't pushovers. Earlier, Puerto Rico will take on the fan favorite underdog Italy, Becky Sullivan, and Piers News. Now to Germany, where Yurgen Obramos is being remembered as one of the world's most influential falafzovers and a key intellectual in his native Germany. Obramos's publisher says he died today, he was 96 years old. I'm Trial Snyder, PDR News. This is our glass of this American life. Do you know our show? Okay, moving to the way I'm going to tell you about it. We make stories that hopefully pull you into the beginning with funny moments and feelings and people in surprising situations, and then you just want to find out what is going to happen and cannot stop listening. That's right, I'm talking about stories that make you miss appointments. This American life, wherever you get your podcasts.