NPR News: 04-03-2026 1PM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. He was official, say, an F-15 fighter jet was shot down over Iran, and numerous videos show what appear to be American search and rescue efforts to find the crew of the plane. One video shows two helicopters and a refueling aircraft flying low over Iran. NPR was able to geolocate the video to a bridge in Kusastan province. Numerous other videos posted online appear to show what looked like similar aircraft flying in the region. Iranian state media posted photos of wreckage from what appears to be an American F-15 fighter aircraft, the F-15 carries a crew of two. In March, another American fighter jet was struck by an Iranian missile, the pilot in that incident sustained trappinal injuries but was able to return safely to base. Jeff Bromfield and NPR News. The U.S.-Israeli war in Iran is putting President Trump at odds with European leaders who

1:02have refused to intervene. Some won't let the U.S. use their airspace or military bases. That has Trump again threatening to pull the U.S. out of NATO. Dan Bair is a former ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe during the Obama administration and is now with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He says Trump's comments undermine the core of NATO trust. What NATO needs in order to work in order to be effective to defend U.S. interests is for allies to know and to be able to believe that an attack on one is an attack on all. And they need to know that and adversaries need to know that. So when President Trump undermines that trust, he weakens NATO and makes it less able to defend U.S. interests as well as the interests of all other allies. That's Dan Bair speaking on NPR's morning edition. UPS says it will continue offering drivers thousands of dollars to resign across the rest of the country. This comes after the delivery giant pulled the program offer in 13 central region states,

2:05including Michigan, Illinois, and Kentucky. Our Member Station, W-A-B-E, Marlon Hyde, has more. UPS says its latest bio program where eligible drivers can accept $150,000 to resign was well received by its employees. Over 30 teams to local unions in its central region filed grievances against the Atlanta based company claiming the offer violates their contract. In a statement, UPS denies these claims and continues to engage with the local unions in the central region. In February, a federal judge rejected the team's Thursday's request to block the workforce reduction program. UPS says it will continue to offer buyouts to drivers in the remaining states as it moves to slash 30,000 positions this year. Friend PR News, Marlon Hyde, and Atlanta. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Commit rising fuel prices, Amazon says it will impose a temporary 3.5% fuel and logistics

3:08surcharge on third-party sellers starting later this month. The online retail giant blames the rise in fuel prices for elevated operating costs around the country and says it's been absorbing those costs. The company has around 2 million sellers on its marketplace, Amazon joins a number of other carriers in implementing the surcharge, including UPS, FedEx, and the U.S. Postal Service. Pakistan announced a hike in fuel prices yesterday. It's second so far since the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran started, as Betsy Joel reports from Islamabad. The price of petrol in Pakistan is now around $1.65 per liter, or more than $6 per gallon. Pakistan imports most of its oil and petroleum products and its agricultural industry in particular relies heavily on diesel. Much of the country's imported fuel transits through the Strait of Hormuz, which has been tightly restricted by Iran since soon after the war started more than a month ago. Pakistan announced last weekend that it got permission for 20 ships under its flag to

4:11pass through the strait amid its diplomatic efforts to bring Iran and the U.S. together for peace talks. The government says it plans to give targeted fuel subsidies, including for some motorbikes, the country's most common form of transport. For NPR News, I'm Betsy Joel's in Islamabad. Wall Street is closed today in observance of the Good Friday holiday. I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.