President&nbsp;Donald Trump kept silent Thursday about the Juneteenth Holiday.&nbsp; Late Thursday, the President finally wrote on social media to complain about too many non-working holidays..

During the Thursday press briefing,&nbsp; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt thanked reporters for showing up to work on the Juneteenth Federal Holiday. "We are certainly here. We’re working 24/7 right now.”

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 </figure>President&nbsp;Donald Trump kept silent Thursday about the Juneteenth Holiday.&nbsp; Late Thursday, the President finally wrote on social media to complain about too many non-working holidays..<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><a href="https://t.co/5DPtr8EtwQ">pic.twitter.com/5DPtr8EtwQ</a>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapidResponse47/status/1935836246133080540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>During the Thursday press briefing,&nbsp; White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt thanked reporters for showing up to work on the Juneteenth Federal Holiday. "We are certainly here. We’re working 24/7 right now.”

President Trump complains about too many 'non-working holidays'

SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating an officer involved shooting.

WICHITA, Kan.&nbsp;— Just before 4:30a.m. Friday, Sedgwick County emergency communications received an open-line disturbance call in the area of MacArthur and West Street in Wichita, according to Officer Rick Pena.

&nbsp;Dispatchers could hear a disturbance on the line and a woman crying for help. Using technology, the dispatch center call takers were able to identify a potential location in the area of 4600 W 37th Street S, according to Pena.&nbsp;

Police responded to the area and found a vehicle with front end damage. Inside the car, officers saw a man physically assaulting a woman.&nbsp;

&nbsp;The man saw officers, entered the driver's seat of the vehicle, and attempted to flee the scene. One Wichita officer fired two rounds from a handgun. The suspect was struck twice but continued to flee the scene.

&nbsp;Officers located the vehicle at a business in the area of K42 and West Street and the 31-year old suspect with two gunshot wounds. He was transported to an area hospital in critical condition.&nbsp;

&nbsp;The woman in the vehicle had a minor injury and refused medical treatment.&nbsp;

&nbsp;The Wichita Police Department has activated the ALERT protocol, and the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office will lead this investigation.&nbsp; No officers were injured in this incident.&nbsp;

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 </figure>SEDGWICK COUNTY —Law enforcement are investigating an officer involved shooting.WICHITA, Kan.&nbsp;— Just before 4:30a.m. Friday, Sedgwick County emergency communications received an open-line disturbance call in the area of MacArthur and West Street in Wichita, according to Officer Rick Pena.&nbsp;Dispatchers could hear a disturbance on the line and a woman crying for help. Using technology, the dispatch center call takers were able to identify a potential location in the area of 4600 W 37th Street S, according to Pena.&nbsp;Police responded to the area and found a vehicle with front end damage. Inside the car, officers saw a man physically assaulting a woman.&nbsp;&nbsp;The man saw officers, entered the driver's seat of the vehicle, and attempted to flee the scene. One Wichita officer fired two rounds from a handgun. The suspect was struck twice but continued to flee the scene.&nbsp;Officers located the vehicle at a business in the area of K42 and West Street and the 31-year old suspect with two gunshot wounds. He was transported to an area hospital in critical condition.&nbsp;&nbsp;The woman in the vehicle had a minor injury and refused medical treatment.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Wichita Police Department has activated the ALERT protocol, and the Sedgwick County Sheriff’s Office will lead this investigation.&nbsp; No officers were injured in this incident.&nbsp;

Assault suspect wounded in Kansas officer-shooting

ISLAMABAD (AP) —&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-israel-evacuations-foreign-nationals-846ee06a70f855b02a2d66818fd2d93e">Countries are evacuating their nationals</a>&nbsp;from Israel and Iran by air, land and sea as&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-iran-war-latest-06-19-2025-14b868f4514a7c337d5b9859de130bf0">conflict</a>&nbsp;rages between the bitter rivals.

Days of attacks and reprisals by&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-timeline-tensions-conflict-66764c2843d62757d83e4a486946bcb8">the two enemies</a>&nbsp;have&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-mideast-iraq-airports-airspace-closures-ebd0d9ea8362f2ecd06ceabc0cc40e7c">shuttered airspace</a>&nbsp;across the Middle East, severely disrupting commercial flights and leaving people unable to get in or out of the region easily.

Some governments are using land borders to get their citizens out by road to countries where airports remain open.

Thousands of foreigners have already left since the conflict started last Friday when&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-explosions-israel-tehran-00234a06e5128a8aceb406b140297299">Israel launched surprise missile strikes</a>&nbsp;on Iran.

The State Department is planning to evacuate Americans from Israel by air and on cruise ships, according to the U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. Huckabee said Americans interested in leaving Israel should enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program for updates.

There are some 700,000 Americans, many of them dual U.S.-Israeli citizens, in Israel and thousands more in other Mideast countries, including Iran.

<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>&nbsp;has moved all its diplomats from Tehran to the capital of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, Baku, the Balkan country’s prime minister said Thursday.

“We are not closing the embassy, but moving it to Baku until the danger passes,” said Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov.

A group of 89 Bulgarians was evacuated from Israel by plane to Sofia, along with 59 nationals from Slovenia, the U.S., Belgium, Albania, Kosovo and Romania.

They left from the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, where they had been transferred by bus across the border from Israel.

He said the government had urged all Bulgarians willing to join the convoy to do so. They set off in 11 vehicles on Wednesday morning.

“There were alternatives. They could travel via Turkey, but eventually we decided that they should go via Azerbaijan,” Zhelyazkov added.

<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/china">China</a>&nbsp;said it has evacuated more than 1,600 nationals from Iran and “several hundred others” from Israel.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said Beijing would continue to do its “utmost to assist in the safe transfer and evacuation of Chinese citizens.”

Aell Huang, who was in the Iranian city of Isfahan, said he didn’t feel safe during the conflict. “I heard explosions from time to time. Civilians got hurt too. I got more prepared mentally once I saw the embassy’s warning.”

He and some friends hired a car and headed to Azerbaijan, waiting at border control for almost 12 hours, where he saw as many as 60 other Chinese nationals.

The Chinese Embassy said it would organize group evacuations by bus from Israel starting Friday.

A notice posted on the embassy’s WeChat social media account said citizens would be taken out through the Taba border crossing to Egypt. It asked them to register online and said they would be notified of the evacuation time.

People carrying Chinese, Hong Kong, and Macao passports were eligible, the notice said.

The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/european-union">European Union</a>&nbsp;has helped evacuate some 400 people from Israel via Jordan and Egypt as part of its efforts to coordinate an emergency response within the 27-nation bloc.

“Member states coordinate the list and we co-finance these flights up to 75% of the transport costs,” European Commission spokesperson Eva Hrncirova told a regular press conference in Brussels on Wednesday.

Hrncirova said the E.U. was fielding requests by Slovakia, Lithuania, Greece, and Poland for assistance with Middle East evacuations.

<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/france">French</a>&nbsp;Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Thursday it was helping nationals who want to leave Iran and Israel to do so through neighboring countries where commercial flights were still available.

Barrot said people in Iran could travel to Armenia and Turkey without a visa. Those unable to reach the border on their own would be “transported by convoy by the end of the week” so they could take commercial flights to France.

French nationals wanting to leave Israel can go via Jordan and Egypt. From Friday morning, some buses will carry passengers from the Israeli border to Amman and Sharm el-Sheikh airports.

<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/germany">Germany</a>&nbsp;flew 171 people out of Amman on a special flight on Wednesday. A further 174 people returned on Thursday and another flight is planned this weekend.

Passenger Daniel Halav, who was stuck in Tel Aviv, said he had “never been so glad to be home” after landing in Frankfurt, the German news agency dpa reported.

But, he said, “we had to take care of ourselves of how we got to Amman. From my point of view, we were left a bit alone there.”

The German Foreign Ministry said officials had decided against organizing convoys to get people to Amman, arguing this move could have created a security risk and that those wishing to leave were scattered across Israel.

<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/greece">Greece’s</a>&nbsp;Foreign Ministry said 141 Greeks and other nationals have been evacuated from Israel via Egypt.

The group included citizens from Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.

They were flown to Athens early Wednesday from Sharm el-Sheikh aboard two military transport planes.

<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/india">India</a>&nbsp;said it evacuated 110 students by road from northern Iran to the Armenian capital, Yerevan. They left on a special flight on June 18.

The Indian Embassy in Iran has been helping nationals to move from areas experiencing increased hostilities to relatively safer areas within the country, subsequently evacuating them, according to the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.

As of Thursday, some 22,000 holidaymakers had asked the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/israel">Israeli</a>&nbsp;Tourism Ministry to help them leave the country. There are around 38,000 tourists in Israel.

The Transport Ministry said thousands of Israelis have returned daily in the past few days, with 21 planes bringing back nationals stranded abroad since the start of the aerial campaign against Iran.

The Population, Immigration, and Border Authority said 38,250 Israelis entered the country between June 13 and 19, and 21,456 left during the same period.

The majority of arrivals and departures were by land.

<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/oman">Oman</a>&nbsp;said Thursday it had evacuated 245 of its citizens and nationals from other countries via the Iranian coastal city of Bandar Abbas.

Ten buses transported Omani citizens from Iran’s north into Turkey. A further three buses crossed into Iraq.

The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/indonesia">Indonesian</a>&nbsp;government on Thursday decided to evacuate its nationals from Iran.

“Our citizens are at risk,” Indonesia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sugiono said. “Over the past two days, Israel’s attacks have grown more intense, not only targeting the military, but also civilians.”

He said about 386 Indonesians, mostly students, were in Iran, primarily in the city of Qom. The ministry earlier said some 194 Indonesians were in Israel, mostly student interns in the southern city of Rafah.

Sugiono did not give a timeframe for evacuations, but said Iran has promised to help with the process.

<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/japan">Japan</a>&nbsp;is sending two military aircraft to Djibouti to stand by for the possible airlifting of Japanese nationals from Iran.

Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told reporters he had issued an order to send two C-2 transport aircraft, along with 120 armed forces personnel, to the Horn of Africa nation, where Japan has a military base. An advance team of servicemembers left Japan earlier Thursday.

Chief of the Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida said the C-2 dispatch was to secure multiple options for evacuation when necessary.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the embassy in Iran was preparing to evacuate an unspecified number of Japanese nationals by bus.

Some 280 Japanese are in Iran, and 1,000 are in Israel.

Deputy Foreign Minister Henryka Moscicka-Dendys said a group would depart from Amman by military aircraft on Thursday, following road transportation from Israel to the Jordanian border.

Some 160&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/poland">Poles</a>&nbsp;arrived in Warsaw on Wednesday morning from Israel via Egypt, the Polish news agency PAP reported.

The deputy minister said while there were no plans to evacuate citizens from Iran, Warsaw was helping with the departure of non-essential personnel from the embassy in Tehran.

The staff, along with seven Polish citizens, left the Iranian capital on Wednesday morning for the Azerbaijan border.

<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/south-korea">South Korea’s</a>&nbsp;Foreign Ministry says 18 South Korean nationals and two Iranian family members were evacuated from Iran and arrived in Turkmenistan late Wednesday by land.

The ministry described the evacuation as a preemptive move to protect citizens as the closure of airspace would have otherwise made it difficult for them to leave.

It urged South Koreans in Iran and Israel to promptly depart in line with embassy instructions and advised travelers to cancel or postpone trips to the region.

Twenty-five nationals and one Israeli family member were escorted out of Israel by embassy staff and arrived in Jordan on Thursday morning.

<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/thailand">Thai</a>&nbsp;nationals have been advised to leave Tehran at the earliest opportunity and avoid traveling to affected areas, although there is no immediate plan for an evacuation from Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nikorndej Balankura said Wednesday.

He said there are about 350 Thais in Iran and only five had expressed a wish to return to Thailand.

The embassy in Tehran has set up a temporary shelter for Thais in Amol and has temporarily relocated its office to Kordan to ensure the safety of those needing to travel for the services.

The embassy has also prepared the land routes for Thais to travel to Iran’s neighbors, Nikorndej said.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/6/1750382533772.png" alt="Image&nbsp; U.S. Embassy Jerusalem" />
 <figcaption>Image&nbsp; U.S. Embassy Jerusalem</figcaption>
 </figure>ISLAMABAD (AP) —&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-israel-evacuations-foreign-nationals-846ee06a70f855b02a2d66818fd2d93e">Countries are evacuating their nationals</a>&nbsp;from Israel and Iran by air, land and sea as&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-palestinians-iran-war-latest-06-19-2025-14b868f4514a7c337d5b9859de130bf0">conflict</a>&nbsp;rages between the bitter rivals.Days of attacks and reprisals by&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-timeline-tensions-conflict-66764c2843d62757d83e4a486946bcb8">the two enemies</a>&nbsp;have&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/israel-iran-mideast-iraq-airports-airspace-closures-ebd0d9ea8362f2ecd06ceabc0cc40e7c">shuttered airspace</a>&nbsp;across the Middle East, severely disrupting commercial flights and leaving people unable to get in or out of the region easily.Some governments are using land borders to get their citizens out by road to countries where airports remain open.Thousands of foreigners have already left since the conflict started last Friday when&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/iran-explosions-israel-tehran-00234a06e5128a8aceb406b140297299">Israel launched surprise missile strikes</a>&nbsp;on Iran.<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FUSEmbassyJlm%2Fposts%2Fpfbid08JfQ2iengyRJEzh81x7hEw1KHcsqD4FVyiwcC4X3Stw7EwMQ4Fg92iYrvKQY9rCql&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="648" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe></div><h2>United States</h2>The State Department is planning to evacuate Americans from Israel by air and on cruise ships, according to the U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. Huckabee said Americans interested in leaving Israel should enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program for updates.There are some 700,000 Americans, many of them dual U.S.-Israeli citizens, in Israel and thousands more in other Mideast countries, including Iran.<h2>Bulgaria</h2><a href="https://apnews.com/hub/bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>&nbsp;has moved all its diplomats from Tehran to the capital of&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, Baku, the Balkan country’s prime minister said Thursday.“We are not closing the embassy, but moving it to Baku until the danger passes,” said Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov.A group of 89 Bulgarians was evacuated from Israel by plane to Sofia, along with 59 nationals from Slovenia, the U.S., Belgium, Albania, Kosovo and Romania.They left from the Egyptian city of Sharm el-Sheikh, where they had been transferred by bus across the border from Israel.He said the government had urged all Bulgarians willing to join the convoy to do so. They set off in 11 vehicles on Wednesday morning.“There were alternatives. They could travel via Turkey, but eventually we decided that they should go via Azerbaijan,” Zhelyazkov added.<h2>China</h2><a href="https://apnews.com/hub/china">China</a>&nbsp;said it has evacuated more than 1,600 nationals from Iran and “several hundred others” from Israel.Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said Beijing would continue to do its “utmost to assist in the safe transfer and evacuation of Chinese citizens.”Aell Huang, who was in the Iranian city of Isfahan, said he didn’t feel safe during the conflict. “I heard explosions from time to time. Civilians got hurt too. I got more prepared mentally once I saw the embassy’s warning.”He and some friends hired a car and headed to Azerbaijan, waiting at border control for almost 12 hours, where he saw as many as 60 other Chinese nationals.The Chinese Embassy said it would organize group evacuations by bus from Israel starting Friday.A notice posted on the embassy’s WeChat social media account said citizens would be taken out through the Taba border crossing to Egypt. It asked them to register online and said they would be notified of the evacuation time.People carrying Chinese, Hong Kong, and Macao passports were eligible, the notice said.<h2>European Union</h2>The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/european-union">European Union</a>&nbsp;has helped evacuate some 400 people from Israel via Jordan and Egypt as part of its efforts to coordinate an emergency response within the 27-nation bloc.“Member states coordinate the list and we co-finance these flights up to 75% of the transport costs,” European Commission spokesperson Eva Hrncirova told a regular press conference in Brussels on Wednesday.Hrncirova said the E.U. was fielding requests by Slovakia, Lithuania, Greece, and Poland for assistance with Middle East evacuations.<h2>France</h2><a href="https://apnews.com/hub/france">French</a>&nbsp;Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said Thursday it was helping nationals who want to leave Iran and Israel to do so through neighboring countries where commercial flights were still available.Barrot said people in Iran could travel to Armenia and Turkey without a visa. Those unable to reach the border on their own would be “transported by convoy by the end of the week” so they could take commercial flights to France.French nationals wanting to leave Israel can go via Jordan and Egypt. From Friday morning, some buses will carry passengers from the Israeli border to Amman and Sharm el-Sheikh airports.<h2>Germany</h2><a href="https://apnews.com/hub/germany">Germany</a>&nbsp;flew 171 people out of Amman on a special flight on Wednesday. A further 174 people returned on Thursday and another flight is planned this weekend.Passenger Daniel Halav, who was stuck in Tel Aviv, said he had “never been so glad to be home” after landing in Frankfurt, the German news agency dpa reported.But, he said, “we had to take care of ourselves of how we got to Amman. From my point of view, we were left a bit alone there.”The German Foreign Ministry said officials had decided against organizing convoys to get people to Amman, arguing this move could have created a security risk and that those wishing to leave were scattered across Israel.<h2>Greece</h2><a href="https://apnews.com/hub/greece">Greece’s</a>&nbsp;Foreign Ministry said 141 Greeks and other nationals have been evacuated from Israel via Egypt.The group included citizens from Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.They were flown to Athens early Wednesday from Sharm el-Sheikh aboard two military transport planes.<h2>India</h2><a href="https://apnews.com/hub/india">India</a>&nbsp;said it evacuated 110 students by road from northern Iran to the Armenian capital, Yerevan. They left on a special flight on June 18.The Indian Embassy in Iran has been helping nationals to move from areas experiencing increased hostilities to relatively safer areas within the country, subsequently evacuating them, according to the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.<h2>Israel</h2>As of Thursday, some 22,000 holidaymakers had asked the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/israel">Israeli</a>&nbsp;Tourism Ministry to help them leave the country. There are around 38,000 tourists in Israel.The Transport Ministry said thousands of Israelis have returned daily in the past few days, with 21 planes bringing back nationals stranded abroad since the start of the aerial campaign against Iran.The Population, Immigration, and Border Authority said 38,250 Israelis entered the country between June 13 and 19, and 21,456 left during the same period.The majority of arrivals and departures were by land.<h2>Middle East &amp; North Africa</h2><a href="https://apnews.com/hub/oman">Oman</a>&nbsp;said Thursday it had evacuated 245 of its citizens and nationals from other countries via the Iranian coastal city of Bandar Abbas.Ten buses transported Omani citizens from Iran’s north into Turkey. A further three buses crossed into Iraq.<h2>Indonesia</h2>The&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/indonesia">Indonesian</a>&nbsp;government on Thursday decided to evacuate its nationals from Iran.“Our citizens are at risk,” Indonesia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sugiono said. “Over the past two days, Israel’s attacks have grown more intense, not only targeting the military, but also civilians.”He said about 386 Indonesians, mostly students, were in Iran, primarily in the city of Qom. The ministry earlier said some 194 Indonesians were in Israel, mostly student interns in the southern city of Rafah.Sugiono did not give a timeframe for evacuations, but said Iran has promised to help with the process.<h2>Japan</h2><a href="https://apnews.com/hub/japan">Japan</a>&nbsp;is sending two military aircraft to Djibouti to stand by for the possible airlifting of Japanese nationals from Iran.Defense Minister Gen Nakatani told reporters he had issued an order to send two C-2 transport aircraft, along with 120 armed forces personnel, to the Horn of Africa nation, where Japan has a military base. An advance team of servicemembers left Japan earlier Thursday.Chief of the Self-Defense Forces Joint Staff Gen. Yoshihide Yoshida said the C-2 dispatch was to secure multiple options for evacuation when necessary.Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi said the embassy in Iran was preparing to evacuate an unspecified number of Japanese nationals by bus.Some 280 Japanese are in Iran, and 1,000 are in Israel.<h2>Poland</h2>Deputy Foreign Minister Henryka Moscicka-Dendys said a group would depart from Amman by military aircraft on Thursday, following road transportation from Israel to the Jordanian border.Some 160&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/hub/poland">Poles</a>&nbsp;arrived in Warsaw on Wednesday morning from Israel via Egypt, the Polish news agency PAP reported.The deputy minister said while there were no plans to evacuate citizens from Iran, Warsaw was helping with the departure of non-essential personnel from the embassy in Tehran.The staff, along with seven Polish citizens, left the Iranian capital on Wednesday morning for the Azerbaijan border.<h2>South Korea</h2><a href="https://apnews.com/hub/south-korea">South Korea’s</a>&nbsp;Foreign Ministry says 18 South Korean nationals and two Iranian family members were evacuated from Iran and arrived in Turkmenistan late Wednesday by land.The ministry described the evacuation as a preemptive move to protect citizens as the closure of airspace would have otherwise made it difficult for them to leave.It urged South Koreans in Iran and Israel to promptly depart in line with embassy instructions and advised travelers to cancel or postpone trips to the region.Twenty-five nationals and one Israeli family member were escorted out of Israel by embassy staff and arrived in Jordan on Thursday morning.<h2>Thailand</h2><a href="https://apnews.com/hub/thailand">Thai</a>&nbsp;nationals have been advised to leave Tehran at the earliest opportunity and avoid traveling to affected areas, although there is no immediate plan for an evacuation from Iran, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Nikorndej Balankura said Wednesday.He said there are about 350 Thais in Iran and only five had expressed a wish to return to Thailand.The embassy in Tehran has set up a temporary shelter for Thais in Amol and has temporarily relocated its office to Kordan to ensure the safety of those needing to travel for the services.The embassy has also prepared the land routes for Thais to travel to Iran’s neighbors, Nikorndej said.

Foreigners evacuated by air, land and sea as Israel-Iran conflict worsens

KANSAS CITY —One person died in an accident just after 6:30p.m. Thursday in Kansas City.

A Toyota RAV4 was traveling eastbound on Interstate 435 at Cookingham Drive, according to KCPD Sergeant Phil DiMartino.

The Toyota traveled off the roadway to the left through the grassy center median and struck a westbound Peterbilt semi. The impact ruptured the fuel tanks of the truck, causing the truck and trailer to become fully engulfed in flames. 

The unrestrained driver and sole occupant of the Toyota was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the Peterbilt was not injured.

This is fatality #36 compared to #48 at this time last year, according to DiMartino. The accident remains under investigation. Police have not released the name of the driver who died.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/6/1750413470035.png" alt="Photo KC Scout camera just after 6:30p.m. Thursday" />
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 </figure>KANSAS CITY —One person died in an accident just after 6:30p.m. Thursday in Kansas City.A Toyota RAV4 was traveling eastbound on Interstate 435 at Cookingham Drive, according to KCPD Sergeant Phil DiMartino.The Toyota traveled off the roadway to the left through the grassy center median and struck a westbound Peterbilt semi. The impact ruptured the fuel tanks of the truck, causing the truck and trailer to become fully engulfed in flames. The unrestrained driver and sole occupant of the Toyota was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the Peterbilt was not injured.This is fatality #36 compared to #48 at this time last year, according to DiMartino. The accident remains under investigation. Police have not released the name of the driver who died.

KCPD: Driver dies after SUV semi crash and fire

NEOSHO COUNTY —Anderson County provided mutual aid resources to support response efforts following a tragic incident south of Erie, where two boys were struck by a train on a railroad bridge.

The search continues for the body of 12-year-old  Kollin Showwalter of Erie, according to Anderson County Emergency Management.

Anderson County deployed water rescue-trained personnel along with a utility truck, rescue boat, rescue truck, and a transport-capable UTV to assist in search operations along the rising, debris-filled Neosho River.

Just after 12:30p.m. Wednesday the Neosho County 911 Center received a report from the Union Pacific Railroad that two individuals had been struck on the Railroad Bridge south of Erie near 115th Road, according to Neosho County Sheriff Greg Taylor.

First responders found 16-year-old Arthur  Pollries of Walnut, Kansas, deceased, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.

&nbsp;Kansas Deparatment of Wildlife and Parks responded with personnel, a drone and boat. KHP sent numerous personnel, helicopter, and search dogs in an attempt to find the body of the 12-year-old.

After reviewing the Engine Camera footage and physical evidence, the two children were on the bridge and unable to outrun the train. Unfortunately after reviewing the footage and physical evidence at the scene, the search went from hopeful rescue effort to a recovery effort.

The Neosho River is currently rising, nearly bank full, with a very swift current, and full of debris.&nbsp;

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/6/1750415806128.png" alt="Photos Anderson Countyi Emergency Management" />
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 </figure>NEOSHO COUNTY —Anderson County provided mutual aid resources to support response efforts following a tragic incident south of Erie, where two boys were struck by a train on a railroad bridge.The search continues for the body of 12-year-old Kollin Showwalter of Erie, according to Anderson County Emergency Management.<figure>
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 </figure>Anderson County deployed water rescue-trained personnel along with a utility truck, rescue boat, rescue truck, and a transport-capable UTV to assist in search operations along the rising, debris-filled Neosho River.Just after 12:30p.m. Wednesday the Neosho County 911 Center received a report from the Union Pacific Railroad that two individuals had been struck on the Railroad Bridge south of Erie near 115th Road, according to Neosho County Sheriff Greg Taylor.First responders found 16-year-old Arthur Pollries of Walnut, Kansas, deceased, according to the Kansas Highway Patrol.&nbsp;Kansas Deparatment of Wildlife and Parks responded with personnel, a drone and boat. KHP sent numerous personnel, helicopter, and search dogs in an attempt to find the body of the 12-year-old.After reviewing the Engine Camera footage and physical evidence, the two children were on the bridge and unable to outrun the train. Unfortunately after reviewing the footage and physical evidence at the scene, the search went from hopeful rescue effort to a recovery effort.The Neosho River is currently rising, nearly bank full, with a very swift current, and full of debris.&nbsp;

Recovery efforts continue: 2 Kan. boys tried to outrun train on river bridge

LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids.

The decision halts a ruling from a lower court judge who found Trump acted illegally when he activated the soldiers over opposition from California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The deployment was the first by a president of a state National Guard without the governor's permission since 1965.

In its decision, a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously concluded it was likely Trump lawfully exercised his authority in federalizing control of the guard.

It said that while presidents don't have unfettered power to seize control of a state's guard, the Trump administration had presented enough evidence to show it had a defensible rationale for doing so, citing violent acts by protesters.

"The undisputed facts demonstrate that before the deployment of the National Guard, protesters 'pinned down' several federal officers and threw 'concrete chunks, bottles of liquid, and other objects' at the officers. Protesters also damaged federal buildings and caused the closure of at least one federal building. And a federal van was attacked by protesters who smashed in the van's windows," the court wrote. "The federal government's interest in preventing incidents like these is significant."

It also found that even if the federal government failed to notify the governor of California before federalizing the National Guard as required by law, Newsom had no power to veto the president's order.

Trump celebrated the decision on his Truth Social platform, calling it a "BIG WIN."

He wrote that "all over the United States, if our Cities, and our people, need protection, we are the ones to give it to them should State and Local Police be unable, for whatever reason, to get the job done."

Newsom issued a statement that expressed disappointment that the court is allowing Trump to retain control of the Guard. But he also welcomed one aspect of the decision.

"The court rightly rejected Trump's claim that he can do whatever he wants with the National Guard and not have to explain himself to a court," Newsom said. "The President is not a king and is not above the law. We will press forward with our challenge to President Trump's authoritarian use of U.S. military soldiers against citizens."

The court case could have wider implications on the president's power to deploy soldiers within the United States after Trump directed immigration officials to prioritize deportations from other Democratic-run cities.

Trump, a Republican, argued that the troops were necessary to restore order. Newsom, a Democrat, said the move inflamed tensions, usurped local authority and wasted resources. The protests have since appeared to be winding down.

Two judges on the appeals panel were appointed by Trump during his first term. During oral arguments Tuesday, all three judges suggested that presidents have wide latitude under the federal law at issue and that courts should be reluctant to step in.

The case started when Newsom sued to block Trump's command, and he won an early victory from U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco.

Breyer found that Trump had overstepped his legal authority, which he said only allows presidents can take control during times of "rebellion or danger of a rebellion."

"The protests in Los Angeles fall far short of 'rebellion,'" wrote Breyer, who was appointed by former President Bill Clinton and is brother to retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.

The Trump administration, though, argued that courts can't second guess the president's decisions and quickly secured a temporary halt from the appeals court.

The ruling means control of the California National Guard will stay in federal hands as the lawsuit continues to unfold.

<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/6/1750413132016.jpeg" alt="California National Guard stand in formation guarding the federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)" />
 <figcaption>California National Guard stand in formation guarding the federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)</figcaption>
 </figure>LOS ANGELES (AP) — An appeals court on Thursday allowed President Donald Trump to keep control of National Guard troops he deployed to Los Angeles following protests over immigration raids.The decision halts a ruling from a lower court judge who found Trump acted illegally when he activated the soldiers over opposition from California Gov. Gavin Newsom.The deployment was the first by a president of a state National Guard without the governor's permission since 1965.<figure>
 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/6/1750423057135.png" alt="Trump" />
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 </figure>In its decision, a three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously concluded it was likely Trump lawfully exercised his authority in federalizing control of the guard.It said that while presidents don't have unfettered power to seize control of a state's guard, the Trump administration had presented enough evidence to show it had a defensible rationale for doing so, citing violent acts by protesters."The undisputed facts demonstrate that before the deployment of the National Guard, protesters 'pinned down' several federal officers and threw 'concrete chunks, bottles of liquid, and other objects' at the officers. Protesters also damaged federal buildings and caused the closure of at least one federal building. And a federal van was attacked by protesters who smashed in the van's windows," the court wrote. "The federal government's interest in preventing incidents like these is significant."It also found that even if the federal government failed to notify the governor of California before federalizing the National Guard as required by law, Newsom had no power to veto the president's order.Trump celebrated the decision on his Truth Social platform, calling it a "BIG WIN."He wrote that "all over the United States, if our Cities, and our people, need protection, we are the ones to give it to them should State and Local Police be unable, for whatever reason, to get the job done."Newsom issued a statement that expressed disappointment that the court is allowing Trump to retain control of the Guard. But he also welcomed one aspect of the decision."The court rightly rejected Trump's claim that he can do whatever he wants with the National Guard and not have to explain himself to a court," Newsom said. "The President is not a king and is not above the law. We will press forward with our challenge to President Trump's authoritarian use of U.S. military soldiers against citizens."The court case could have wider implications on the president's power to deploy soldiers within the United States after Trump directed immigration officials to prioritize deportations from other Democratic-run cities.Trump, a Republican, argued that the troops were necessary to restore order. Newsom, a Democrat, said the move inflamed tensions, usurped local authority and wasted resources. The protests have since appeared to be winding down.Two judges on the appeals panel were appointed by Trump during his first term. During oral arguments Tuesday, all three judges suggested that presidents have wide latitude under the federal law at issue and that courts should be reluctant to step in.The case started when Newsom sued to block Trump's command, and he won an early victory from U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco.Breyer found that Trump had overstepped his legal authority, which he said only allows presidents can take control during times of "rebellion or danger of a rebellion.""The protests in Los Angeles fall far short of 'rebellion,'" wrote Breyer, who was appointed by former President Bill Clinton and is brother to retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer.The Trump administration, though, argued that courts can't second guess the president's decisions and quickly secured a temporary halt from the appeals court.The ruling means control of the California National Guard will stay in federal hands as the lawsuit continues to unfold.

Appeals court rules Trump can keep control of Calif. National Guard 

JOHNSON COUNTY—Law enforcement investigating a theft involving electronics and asked the public for help. On Thursday police reported they have identified the suspects.

The suspected are accused of committing felony theft from a retail establishment in Overland Park, according to Officer John Lacy.

Just after 4p.m. May 17,&nbsp; &nbsp;two suspects entered a retail establishment located near the intersection of W. 115th and Metcalf Avenue, The two individuals selected nine laptop computers and left without paying.

One suspect was described as a Black male, estimated to be in his late 20s, and was observed wearing a gray hat, a dark sweatshirt, and gray sweatpants and had a tattoo on his neck.

The second is described as a white male, approximately 30 years of age, and was observed wearing a black hat, a black jacket, black pants, and black and white Nike brand shoes. The suspects were observed departing the business in a gold-colored Chevrolet Equinox. The vehicle’s license plate was obscured by a white plastic shopping bag.

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 </figure>JOHNSON COUNTY—Law enforcement investigating a theft involving electronics and asked the public for help. On Thursday police reported they have identified the suspects.The suspected are accused of committing felony theft from a retail establishment in Overland Park, according to Officer John Lacy.<figure>
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 </figure>Just after 4p.m. May 17,&nbsp; &nbsp;two suspects entered a retail establishment located near the intersection of W. 115th and Metcalf Avenue, The two individuals selected nine laptop computers and left without paying.One suspect was described as a Black male, estimated to be in his late 20s, and was observed wearing a gray hat, a dark sweatshirt, and gray sweatpants and had a tattoo on his neck.<figure>
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 </figure>The second is described as a white male, approximately 30 years of age, and was observed wearing a black hat, a black jacket, black pants, and black and white Nike brand shoes. The suspects were observed departing the business in a gold-colored Chevrolet Equinox. The vehicle’s license plate was obscured by a white plastic shopping bag.Police have not reported an arrest.

Police  ID Kansas computer theft suspects

KANSAS CITY—A teen who Kansas City police reported as missing is dead following an accident on Interstate 70 Thursday.

Early Thursday, police issued an alert asking for help to locate 14-year-old&nbsp; Mario Myers, according to KCPD Sergeant Phil DiMartino.&nbsp; Myers was seen&nbsp; at 3a.m., walking in the area of 39th and Bales in Kansas City. 

Police reported the boy "needs immediate medical treatment"

Approximately 90 minutes later, police and EMS responded to a confirmed fatal pedestrian accident. The&nbsp;pedestrian, later identified as Myers was walking or standing in the #2 travel lane of eastbound Interstate 70 just west of Manchester, according to DiMartino.

An eastbound white Chevrolet Malibu struck the boy. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the Chevrolet was uninjured, stopped immediately, remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation.

All lanes of Eastbound Interstate 70 were closed to traffic for approximately two and a half hours during the investigation.&nbsp;

This is fatality #35 compared to #48 at this time last year, according to DiMartino.

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 </figure>KANSAS CITY—A teen who Kansas City police reported as missing is dead following an accident on Interstate 70 Thursday.Early Thursday, police issued an alert asking for help to locate 14-year-old&nbsp; Mario Myers, according to KCPD Sergeant Phil DiMartino.&nbsp; Myers was seen&nbsp; at 3a.m., walking in the area of 39th and Bales in Kansas City. Police reported the boy "needs immediate medical treatment"Approximately 90 minutes later, police and EMS responded to a confirmed fatal pedestrian accident. The&nbsp;pedestrian, later identified as Myers was walking or standing in the #2 travel lane of eastbound Interstate 70 just west of Manchester, according to DiMartino.An eastbound white Chevrolet Malibu struck the boy. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the Chevrolet was uninjured, stopped immediately, remained at the scene and cooperated with the investigation.All lanes of Eastbound Interstate 70 were closed to traffic for approximately two and a half hours during the investigation.&nbsp;This is fatality #35 compared to #48 at this time last year, according to DiMartino.

Police: Missing 14-year-old struck, killed on Interstate 70 

KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas resident was sentenced to 30 years in prison for charges related to child sexual abuse materials, according to the United State's Attorney.

According to court documents, Chloe Wade Gullotto, 25, of Leavenworth pled guilty to one count of production of child pornography and one count of receipt of child pornography.

From September 2023 to November 2023, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children&nbsp;received a series of CyberTips about images and videos connected to a cloud account belonging to Gullotto. During an interview with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the

defendant admitted to using a cellphone to download CSAM and to create CSAM images.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated the case.

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/6/1750278318686.png" alt="Gullotto from an earlier arrest in Wyandotte County" />
 <figcaption>Gullotto from an earlier arrest in Wyandotte County</figcaption>
 </figure>KANSAS CITY, KAN. – A Kansas resident was sentenced to 30 years in prison for charges related to child sexual abuse materials, according to the United State's Attorney.According to court documents, Chloe Wade Gullotto, 25, of Leavenworth pled guilty to one count of production of child pornography and one count of receipt of child pornography.From September 2023 to November 2023, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children&nbsp;received a series of CyberTips about images and videos connected to a cloud account belonging to Gullotto. During an interview with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), thedefendant admitted to using a cellphone to download CSAM and to create CSAM images.The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated the case.

Kansas man admits making child abuse materials

OSAGE COUNTY – Law enforcement are investigating a suspect on drug allegations.&nbsp;

Just after 2a.m.&nbsp;&nbsp;June 17, a Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit conducted a traffic stop in the 100 block of East Fremont Avenue in Burlingame for a traffic violation, according to Sheriff Chris Wells. During the stop, a K-9 was deployed, and illegal narcotics were located.

Ricky G. Whitmore, 71 of Osage City was taken into custody and transported to the Osage County Jail Facility on requested charges of&nbsp;Possession of methamphetamine and Possession of drug paraphernalia

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 <img src="https://media.eaglewebservices.com/public/2025/6/1750290991733.png" alt="Whitmore photo Osage Co." />
 <figcaption>Whitmore photo Osage Co.</figcaption>
 </figure>OSAGE COUNTY – Law enforcement are investigating a suspect on drug allegations.&nbsp;Just after 2a.m.&nbsp;&nbsp;June 17, a Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit conducted a traffic stop in the 100 block of East Fremont Avenue in Burlingame for a traffic violation, according to Sheriff Chris Wells. During the stop, a K-9 was deployed, and illegal narcotics were located.Ricky G. Whitmore, 71 of Osage City was taken into custody and transported to the Osage County Jail Facility on requested charges of&nbsp;Possession of methamphetamine and Possession of drug paraphernalia

Sheriff: 71-year-old Kansas man was transporting meth

By SAM MEDNICK, NATALIE MELZER and JON GAMBRELL&nbsp;

BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — As Israel and Iran exchanged more attacks on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump sought to keep open the door to diplomacy on Tehran's nuclear program, saying he would make up his mind within two weeks on whether the U.S. military will get directly involved in the conflict.

"Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks," Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, told reporters, reading out Trump's statement.

Trump has been weighing whether to attack Iran by striking its well-defended Fordo uranium enrichment facility, which is buried under a mountain and widely considered to be out of reach of all but America's "bunker-buster" bombs.

Earlier in the day, Israel's defense minister threatened Iran's supreme leader after Iranian missiles crashed into a major hospital in southern Israel and hit residential buildings near Tel Aviv, wounding at least 240 people. As rescuers wheeled patients out of the smoldering hospital, Israeli warplanes launched their latest attack on Iran's nuclear program.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz blamed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for Thursday's barrage and said the military "has been instructed and knows that in order to achieve all of its goals, this man absolutely should not continue to exist."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he trusted that Trump would "do what's best for America."

"I can tell you that they're already helping a lot," Netanyahu said from the rubble and shattered glass around the Soroka Medical Center in Israel's southern city of Beersheba.

The open conflict between Israel and Iran erupted last Friday with a surprise wave of Israeli airstrikes targeting nuclear and military sites, top generals and nuclear scientists. At least 639 people, including 263 civilians, have been killed in Iran and more than 1,300 wounded, according to a Washington-based Iranian human rights group.

Iran has retaliated by firing hundreds of missiles and drones, killing at least 24 people in Israel and wounding hundreds.

More than 200 wounded, including dozens in the hospital strike

At least 240 people were wounded by the latest Iranian attack on Israel, including 80 patients and medical workers wounded in the strike on the Soroka Medical Center. The vast majority were lightly wounded, as much of the hospital building had been evacuated in recent days.

Israel's Home Front Command said that one of the Iranian ballistic missiles fired Thursday morning had been rigged with fragmenting cluster munitions. Rather than a conventional warhead, a cluster munition warhead carries dozens of submunitions that can explode on impact, showering small bomblets around a large area and posing major safety risks on the ground. The Israeli military did not say where that missile had been fired.

Iranian officials insisted that they had not sought to strike the hospital and claimed the attack hit a facility belonging to the Israeli military's elite technological unit, called C4i. The website for the Gav-Yam Negev advanced technologies park, some three kilometers (2 miles) from the hospital, said C4i had a branch campus in the area.

The Israeli army did not respond to a request for comment. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, acknowledged that there was no specific intelligence that Iran had planned to target the hospital.

Many hospitals in Israel, including Soroka, had activated emergency plans in the past week. They converted parking garages to wards and transferred vulnerable patients underground.

Israel also has a fortified, subterranean blood bank that kicked into action after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack ignited the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.

Doctors at Soroka said that the Iranian missile struck almost immediately after air raid sirens went off, causing a loud explosion that could be heard from a safe room. The strike inflicted the greatest damage on an old surgery building and affected key infrastructure, including gas, water and air-conditioning systems, the medical center said.

The hospital, which provides services to around 1 million residents of Israel's south, had been caring for 700 patients at the time of the attack. After the strike, the hospital closed to all patients except for life-threatening cases.

Iran has fired 450 missiles and 1,000 drones at Israel since the conflict began, according to Israeli army estimates, though most have been shot down by Israel's multitiered air defenses.

Iran rejects calls to surrender or end its nuclear program

Iran has long maintained its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. But it is the only non-nuclear-weapon state to enrich uranium up to 60%, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.

Israel is widely believed to be the only country with a nuclear weapons program in the Middle East, but has never acknowledged the existence of its arsenal.

In the last few days the Israeli air campaign has targeted Iran's enrichment site at Natanz, centrifuge workshops around Tehran, a nuclear site in Isfahan and what the army assesses to be most of Iran's ballistic missile launchers. The destruction of those launchers has contributed to the steady decline in Iranian attacks since the start of the conflict.

On Thursday, anti-aircraft artillery was clearly audible across Tehran and witnesses in the central city of Isfahan reported seeing anti-aircraft fire after nightfall.

In announcing that he would take up to two more weeks to decide whether to strike Iran, President Trump opened up diplomatic options with the apparent hope Iran would make concessions after suffering major military losses.

Already, a new diplomatic initiative seemed to be underway as Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi prepared to travel Friday to Geneva for meetings with the European Union's top diplomat, and with his counterparts from the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

But at least publicly, Iran has struck a hard line.

Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender and warned that any American military involvement by the Americans would cause "irreparable damage to them."

Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf on Thursday criticized Trump for using military pressure to gain an advantage in nuclear negotiations.

"The delusional American president knows that he cannot impose peace on us by imposing war and threatening us," he said.

Iran agreed to redesign Arak to address nuclear concerns

Israel's military said Thursday its fighter jets targeted the Arak heavy water reactor, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) southwest of Tehran, in order to prevent it from being used to produce plutonium.

Iranian state TV said there was "no radiation danger whatsoever" around the Arak site, which it said had been evacuated ahead of the strike.

Heavy water helps cool nuclear reactors, but it produces plutonium as a byproduct that can potentially be used in nuclear weapons. That would provide Iran another path to the bomb beyond enriched uranium, should it choose to pursue the weapon.

Iran had agreed under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers to redesign the facility to alleviate proliferation concerns. That work was never completed.

The reactor became a point of contention after Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2018. Ali Akbar Salehi, a high-ranking nuclear official in Iran, said in 2019 that Tehran bought extra parts to replace a portion of the reactor that it had poured concrete into under the deal.

Israel said strikes were carried out "in order to prevent the reactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development."

The International Atomic Energy Agency has said that due to restrictions imposed by Iran on inspectors, the U.N. nuclear watchdog has lost "continuity of knowledge" about Iran's heavy water production — meaning it could not absolutely verify Tehran's production and stockpile.

Melzer reported from Tel Aviv, Israel, and Gambrell from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press writer Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv and Ellen Knickmeyer in Washington, contributed.

By SAM MEDNICK, NATALIE MELZER and JON GAMBRELL&nbsp;BEERSHEBA, Israel (AP) — As Israel and Iran exchanged more attacks on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump sought to keep open the door to diplomacy on Tehran's nuclear program, saying he would make up his mind within two weeks on whether the U.S. military will get directly involved in the conflict.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">🚨 <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> shares an important message from President Donald J. Trump: &quot;Based on the fact that there&#39;s a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Xh3rNuURn0">pic.twitter.com/Xh3rNuURn0</a>&mdash; The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse/status/1935759403510104118?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>"Based on the fact that there's a substantial chance of negotiations that may or may not take place with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision whether or not to go within the next two weeks," Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, told reporters, reading out Trump's statement.Trump has been weighing whether to attack Iran by striking its well-defended Fordo uranium enrichment facility, which is buried under a mountain and widely considered to be out of reach of all but America's "bunker-buster" bombs.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">These architects of terrorism are officially done terrorizing the world. <a href="https://t.co/H19TzmsCe9">pic.twitter.com/H19TzmsCe9</a>&mdash; Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href="https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1935517962242322459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Earlier in the day, Israel's defense minister threatened Iran's supreme leader after Iranian missiles crashed into a major hospital in southern Israel and hit residential buildings near Tel Aviv, wounding at least 240 people. As rescuers wheeled patients out of the smoldering hospital, Israeli warplanes launched their latest attack on Iran's nuclear program.Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz blamed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei for Thursday's barrage and said the military "has been instructed and knows that in order to achieve all of its goals, this man absolutely should not continue to exist."Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he trusted that Trump would "do what's best for America.""I can tell you that they're already helping a lot," Netanyahu said from the rubble and shattered glass around the Soroka Medical Center in Israel's southern city of Beersheba.The open conflict between Israel and Iran erupted last Friday with a surprise wave of Israeli airstrikes targeting nuclear and military sites, top generals and nuclear scientists. At least 639 people, including 263 civilians, have been killed in Iran and more than 1,300 wounded, according to a Washington-based Iranian human rights group.Iran has retaliated by firing hundreds of missiles and drones, killing at least 24 people in Israel and wounding hundreds.More than 200 wounded, including dozens in the hospital strikeAt least 240 people were wounded by the latest Iranian attack on Israel, including 80 patients and medical workers wounded in the strike on the Soroka Medical Center. The vast majority were lightly wounded, as much of the hospital building had been evacuated in recent days.Israel's Home Front Command said that one of the Iranian ballistic missiles fired Thursday morning had been rigged with fragmenting cluster munitions. Rather than a conventional warhead, a cluster munition warhead carries dozens of submunitions that can explode on impact, showering small bomblets around a large area and posing major safety risks on the ground. The Israeli military did not say where that missile had been fired.Iranian officials insisted that they had not sought to strike the hospital and claimed the attack hit a facility belonging to the Israeli military's elite technological unit, called C4i. The website for the Gav-Yam Negev advanced technologies park, some three kilometers (2 miles) from the hospital, said C4i had a branch campus in the area.The Israeli army did not respond to a request for comment. An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, acknowledged that there was no specific intelligence that Iran had planned to target the hospital.Many hospitals in Israel, including Soroka, had activated emergency plans in the past week. They converted parking garages to wards and transferred vulnerable patients underground.Israel also has a fortified, subterranean blood bank that kicked into action after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack ignited the ongoing war in the Gaza Strip.Doctors at Soroka said that the Iranian missile struck almost immediately after air raid sirens went off, causing a loud explosion that could be heard from a safe room. The strike inflicted the greatest damage on an old surgery building and affected key infrastructure, including gas, water and air-conditioning systems, the medical center said.The hospital, which provides services to around 1 million residents of Israel's south, had been caring for 700 patients at the time of the attack. After the strike, the hospital closed to all patients except for life-threatening cases.Iran has fired 450 missiles and 1,000 drones at Israel since the conflict began, according to Israeli army estimates, though most have been shot down by Israel's multitiered air defenses.Iran rejects calls to surrender or end its nuclear programIran has long maintained its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. But it is the only non-nuclear-weapon state to enrich uranium up to 60%, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.Israel is widely believed to be the only country with a nuclear weapons program in the Middle East, but has never acknowledged the existence of its arsenal.In the last few days the Israeli air campaign has targeted Iran's enrichment site at Natanz, centrifuge workshops around Tehran, a nuclear site in Isfahan and what the army assesses to be most of Iran's ballistic missile launchers. The destruction of those launchers has contributed to the steady decline in Iranian attacks since the start of the conflict.On Thursday, anti-aircraft artillery was clearly audible across Tehran and witnesses in the central city of Isfahan reported seeing anti-aircraft fire after nightfall.In announcing that he would take up to two more weeks to decide whether to strike Iran, President Trump opened up diplomatic options with the apparent hope Iran would make concessions after suffering major military losses.Already, a new diplomatic initiative seemed to be underway as Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi prepared to travel Friday to Geneva for meetings with the European Union's top diplomat, and with his counterparts from the United Kingdom, France and Germany.But at least publicly, Iran has struck a hard line.Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender and warned that any American military involvement by the Americans would cause "irreparable damage to them."Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf on Thursday criticized Trump for using military pressure to gain an advantage in nuclear negotiations."The delusional American president knows that he cannot impose peace on us by imposing war and threatening us," he said.Iran agreed to redesign Arak to address nuclear concernsIsrael's military said Thursday its fighter jets targeted the Arak heavy water reactor, some 250 kilometers (155 miles) southwest of Tehran, in order to prevent it from being used to produce plutonium.Iranian state TV said there was "no radiation danger whatsoever" around the Arak site, which it said had been evacuated ahead of the strike.Heavy water helps cool nuclear reactors, but it produces plutonium as a byproduct that can potentially be used in nuclear weapons. That would provide Iran another path to the bomb beyond enriched uranium, should it choose to pursue the weapon.Iran had agreed under its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers to redesign the facility to alleviate proliferation concerns. That work was never completed.The reactor became a point of contention after Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal in 2018. Ali Akbar Salehi, a high-ranking nuclear official in Iran, said in 2019 that Tehran bought extra parts to replace a portion of the reactor that it had poured concrete into under the deal.Israel said strikes were carried out "in order to prevent the reactor from being restored and used for nuclear weapons development."The International Atomic Energy Agency has said that due to restrictions imposed by Iran on inspectors, the U.N. nuclear watchdog has lost "continuity of knowledge" about Iran's heavy water production — meaning it could not absolutely verify Tehran's production and stockpile.___Melzer reported from Tel Aviv, Israel, and Gambrell from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press writer Melanie Lidman in Tel Aviv and Ellen Knickmeyer in Washington, contributed.

🎥Trump gives Israel and Iran a deadline to broker peace

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers organization said Thursday that it asked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to leave the Dodger Stadium grounds after they arrived at a parking lot near one of the gates.

Dozens of federal agents with their faces covered arrived in SUVs and cargo vans to a lot near the stadium’s Gate E entrance. A group of protesters carrying signs against ICE started amassing shortly after, local media reported.

“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization,” the team said in a statement posted on X.

Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the agents were not trying to enter the stadium.

“This had nothing to do with the Dodgers. (Customs and Border Protection) vehicles were in the stadium parking lot very briefly, unrelated to any operation or enforcement," she said in an email.

The team said the game against the San Diego Padres later Thursday will be played as planned.

Television cameras showed about four agents remained at the lot Thursday afternoon while officers with the Los Angeles Police Department stood between them and dozens of protesters, some carrying signs that read “I Like My Ice Crushed” and chanting “ICE out of LA!”

Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez arrived at the stadium and said she had been in communication with Dodger officials and the mayor’s office.

“We’ve been in communication with the mayor’s office, with the Dodgers, with Dodgers security, about seeing if they can get them moved off their private property,” she told KABC-TV. “Public property is different. Private property -- businesses and corporations have the power to say, ‘Not on my property,’ And so we’re waiting to see that movement happen here.”

Protests began June 6 after federal immigration raids arrested dozens of workers in Los Angeles. Protesters blocked a major freeway and set cars on fire the following days, and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/video/australian-reporter-hit-by-nonlethal-round-while-covering-intensifying-protests-in-los-angeles-9695217ad2fa48c9a1adc4fbb0091c59">police responded</a>&nbsp;with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades.

The team has yet to make a statement regarding the arrests and raids. The Dodgers’ heavily Latino fan base have been pushing for the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/dodgers-spanish-national-anthem-nezza-3abcadca76f996612aaefe2dc579afe2">team to make a public statement</a>&nbsp;and ignited a debate online about its stance on the immigration crackdown happening in Los Angeles.

The Trump administration has activated more than 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines over the objections of city and state leaders. Dozens of troops now guard federal buildings and protect federal agents making arrests.

The demonstrations have been mostly concentrated downtown in the city of around 4 million people. Thousands of people have peacefully rallied outside City Hall and hundreds more protested outside a federal complex that includes a detention center where some immigrants are being held following workplace raids.

Despite the protests, immigration enforcement activity has continued throughout the county, with city leaders and community groups reporting ICE present at libraries, car washes and Home Depots. School graduations in Los Angeles have increased security over fears of ICE action and some have offered parents the option to watch on Zoom.

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 </figure>LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers organization said Thursday that it asked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to leave the Dodger Stadium grounds after they arrived at a parking lot near one of the gates.<div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization. Tonight’s game will be played as scheduled.&mdash; Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1935777782870819056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">False. We were never there. <a href="https://t.co/ZquYiW0miQ">https://t.co/ZquYiW0miQ</a>&mdash; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICEgov/status/1935799505678746057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 19, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>Dozens of federal agents with their faces covered arrived in SUVs and cargo vans to a lot near the stadium’s Gate E entrance. A group of protesters carrying signs against ICE started amassing shortly after, local media reported.“This morning, ICE agents came to Dodger Stadium and requested permission to access the parking lots. They were denied entry to the grounds by the organization,” the team said in a statement posted on X.Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the agents were not trying to enter the stadium.“This had nothing to do with the Dodgers. (Customs and Border Protection) vehicles were in the stadium parking lot very briefly, unrelated to any operation or enforcement," she said in an email.The team said the game against the San Diego Padres later Thursday will be played as planned.Television cameras showed about four agents remained at the lot Thursday afternoon while officers with the Los Angeles Police Department stood between them and dozens of protesters, some carrying signs that read “I Like My Ice Crushed” and chanting “ICE out of LA!”Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez arrived at the stadium and said she had been in communication with Dodger officials and the mayor’s office.“We’ve been in communication with the mayor’s office, with the Dodgers, with Dodgers security, about seeing if they can get them moved off their private property,” she told KABC-TV. “Public property is different. Private property -- businesses and corporations have the power to say, ‘Not on my property,’ And so we’re waiting to see that movement happen here.”Protests began June 6 after federal immigration raids arrested dozens of workers in Los Angeles. Protesters blocked a major freeway and set cars on fire the following days, and&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/video/australian-reporter-hit-by-nonlethal-round-while-covering-intensifying-protests-in-los-angeles-9695217ad2fa48c9a1adc4fbb0091c59">police responded</a>&nbsp;with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades.The team has yet to make a statement regarding the arrests and raids. The Dodgers’ heavily Latino fan base have been pushing for the&nbsp;<a href="https://apnews.com/article/dodgers-spanish-national-anthem-nezza-3abcadca76f996612aaefe2dc579afe2">team to make a public statement</a>&nbsp;and ignited a debate online about its stance on the immigration crackdown happening in Los Angeles.The Trump administration has activated more than 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines over the objections of city and state leaders. Dozens of troops now guard federal buildings and protect federal agents making arrests.The demonstrations have been mostly concentrated downtown in the city of around 4 million people. Thousands of people have peacefully rallied outside City Hall and hundreds more protested outside a federal complex that includes a detention center where some immigrants are being held following workplace raids.Despite the protests, immigration enforcement activity has continued throughout the county, with city leaders and community groups reporting ICE present at libraries, car washes and Home Depots. School graduations in Los Angeles have increased security over fears of ICE action and some have offered parents the option to watch on Zoom.