NPR News: 03-29-2026 3AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman, Israeli air strikes in Southern Lebanon said that they killed three journalists, along with nine paramedics. One of them was a correspondent for Hisbalah's television channel, who has been reporting from the south for almost 30 years. Israel claimed without evidence he was a Hisbalah operative, in fact, a member of one of their elite forces. But the actions that Israel described, identifying where Israeli forces were and contacts with Hisbalah, are actually normal journalistic practices. Israel didn't comment on the other two journalists killed with him. That's NPR's Janeraf reporting from Aman Jordan. Houthi rebels say they launched a missile attack against Israel on Saturday. It's the second such attack in the past 24 hours. The Houthis have the ability to disrupt shipping around the Arabian Peninsula, as well as the Red Sea. So their entry into the fighting in the Middle East is increasing tensions throughout the region. No Kings protests were held across the country for a third time on Saturday.

1:04Millions of people rallied to demonstrate against the policies of President Trump. George Hale, from Member Station WFIU, reports from one gathering in Indiana. Large crowd of protesters shut down traffic in Bloomington, as they chanted and sang against President Trump's war in Iran and immigration crackdown. Health care consultant Kate Steiger said she had lost work on USAID projects after the administration shut down that agency. I really needed to express resistance to that and to really show that we are a country that cares about other people. Steiger says it's been hard to watch the destruction of humanitarian programs that were doing good abroad, but she's still hopeful. We can turn ourselves around, I believe that. I'm George Hale in Bloomington, Indiana. As the partial government shutdown continues, extra-long security lines are still causing problems at some airports. TSA agents have not been paid for more than a month, and some are calling in sick or leaving

2:08for other jobs. At one of the world's busiest airports, travelers say these agents are long overdue to get a paycheck through my advance of Member Station WABE reports from Hartzfield Jackson International. Passenger Alina Marlow and her family were heading home to Seattle from Atlanta. She says the ongoing funding issues shouldn't be happening. I think that that's proof of the failure of our country right now, honestly. That should not even be a thing. When you have people not getting their money for 42 days, but that's completely unacceptable. This week, the Trump administration deployed ice officers to airports amid TSA staffing shortages. President Trump has now signed a memo promising to pay TSA workers, but it's unclear exactly where the money would come from. For MPR News, under my advance in Atlanta. And you're listening to MPR News. Russia's military launched more than 270 drones that Ukraine early Saturday morning. Officials in Ukraine say at least five people were killed in the attack,

3:09and more than a dozen others were injured. In Odessa, regional officials says drones hit a maternity hospital in a number of private homes. Indonesia is batting people younger than 16 years old from digital platforms that could expose them to harm. Michael Sullivan reports from neighboring Thailand that about 70 million children in Indonesia will be affected. The new government regulation bans under 16s from access to digital platforms that could expose them to cyberbullying, pornography, online scams, and addiction. Children will be banned from having accounts on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, X and Roblox. After Australia last year became the first country in the world to enact a similar social media ban, as government's attempt to give parents not tech giants the power to protect their children. Neighboring Malaysia has already announced that will implement similar restrictions and several European countries are also considering such bans.

4:10Indonesia's ban will roll out gradually until all the platforms named conform. From PR News, I'm Michael Sullivan, in Chiang Rai. Ilian Malin in landed five high-scoring quadruple jumps in a backflip in Prague on Saturday to win his third consecutive ice-dancing world championship. He finished the events with 329.40 points, well ahead of Yuma Kajiyama, who finished in second, Shun Sato finished third. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. Listen to this podcast sponsor-free on Amazon Music with a prime membership or any podcast app by subscribing to NPR News Now Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.