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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. President Trump has not announced a

decision on whether to order U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities. But as NPR's

Franco Ordonez reports, Trump once again

convened his national security team in the situation room today. Speaking from the Oval Office,

President Trump says he has some ideas about what to do about Iran's nuclear sites that are

hidden deep inside a mountain, but that he likes to make decisions just before they're due because

things change, especially with war.

We're the only ones that have the capability to do it, but that doesn't mean I'm going to do it.

Trump says ultimately the decision boils down to not allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

I'm not looking to fight, but if it's a choice between fighting and them having a nuclear

weapon, you have to do what you have to do. Trump says the Iranians want to meet and even offer

to come to the White House, but he says it may be too late. Franco, Ordoñez, NPR News, the White House.

The UN World Food Program says it's only been able to bring in about 400

trucks of food to Gaza in the past month as compared to as many as 600 trucks per day during a

short-lived ceasefire earlier this year. The UN warns of the risk of famine. More from Mepir's

Ibrowice. Gaza's health ministry says 140 people were killed in Israeli attacks over the past 24 hours,

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