Three American service members have been killed in the Middle East since Friday.

The U.S. retaliated with more attacks on Iranian targets and the war shows no signs of winding down.

I'm Leila Faudil. That's Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.

House Republicans have one week left before they head home for the August recess.

Speaker Mike Johnson wants more defense money, a stock trading ban for lawmakers, and President Trump's election bill.

But none of these goals address the rising cost of living voters care about most.

And Andy Burnham is Britain's new prime minister.

I am ready. He takes over for Kier-Stormer after he was pushed out of office. They're both from the same party, so are there

policies any different? Stay with us. We'll give you news you need to start your day.

Three U.S. personnel have now been killed in military operations in the Iran war since Friday, the latest during a controlled detonation in Iraq.

The U.S. has continued its waves of attacks against Iran, bombing it for nine street nights.

NPSJANRF is with us now from Amman. Jordan. Good morning, Jane.

Good morning, Michelle. So what has U.S. Central Command said about this most recent death?

Well, Sincom says that a service member was killed in a controlled detonation of an Iranian drone in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.

That's when explosive experts try to disable

explosives by deliberately detonating them. Obviously, something seems to have gone wrong there.

The Kurdistan region has come under heavy attack by both Iran and Iraqi Iran-backed militias,

both because of the U.S. presence and because of the presence of the Iranian-Kurdish-armed

opposition there. Sentcom also says it found remains, human remains, at a base in Jordan that it is

working to identify. Two other military personnel were killed at the same base Friday, and

Sentcom isn't saying yet

whether those remains are believed to be a service member. It reported missing in that strike.

...