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News Wrap: Russian strikes on southern Ukraine kill at least 4

In our news wrap Monday, a new round of Russian strikes killed at least four people in southern Ukraine, a combination of storms, floods and landslides has claimed at least 110 lives in Afghanistan and "Today" host Savannah Guthrie returned…

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WATCH: Trump recounts Iran rescue mission, says U.S. has plan to 'decimate' infrastructure

By Associated Press

Declaring that “this was one of our better Easters,” President Donald Trump started his news conference Monday by speaking about the dramatic rescue of two U.S. airmen in Iran over the weekend.

Russian attacks kill 4 people overnight as Ukraine drones target oil infrastructure

By Derek Gatopoulos, Volodymyr Yurchuk, Associated Press

Eleven people were hospitalized, including a pregnant woman and two children — the youngest less than a year old, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on X.

Iran rejects latest ceasefire proposal as Trump deadline approaches

By Jon Gambrell, Samy Magdy, Bassem Mroue, Will Weissert, Associated Press

Iran has rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and instead wants a permanent end to the war, even as President Donald Trump’s ultimatum looms.

Congo says it will receive third-country deportees from the U.S. under new deal

By Associated Press

Congo will receive some migrants as part of a new deal under the Trump administration’s third-country program, its government said Sunday.

Lebanese Christians displaced by war mark Easter far from their homes and churches

By Kareem Chehayeb, Isabel DeBre, Associated Press

Christians are estimated to make up around a third of Lebanon's population of roughly 5.5 million people.

Pressure grows to remove Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, as the headliner of London summer music festival

By Pan Pylas, Associated Press

Pressure was mounting Sunday on American rapper Ye to be pulled from his headline role at a London music festival this summer, after criticism from U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Pope Leo XIV calls for peace in first Easter Mass as pontiff as Christians celebrate worldwide

By Colleen Barry, Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff with a call Sunday to lay down arms and seek peace to global conflicts through dialogue.

What to know about the daring rescue of two U.S. aviators shot down in Iran

By Seung Min Kim, Matthew Lee, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

The U.S. pulled off a daring rescue of two aviators whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, plucking the pilot from behind enemy lines before setting off a complicated extraction of the second service member.

Trump issues expletive-filled threat against Iran as details of U.S. aviator's rescue emerge

By Matthew Lee, Konstantin Toropin, Sam Metz, Samy Magdy, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

President Trump on Sunday made expletive-filled threats against Iran and its infrastructure if it doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline, following the rescue of a U.S. aviator who was shot down in Iran.