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continues to spread, the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan is blaming Iran for an apparent
“drone attack today near their shared border, two civilians have been injured, Iran denies”
the drone strikes, and Piers' Charles Mains has details from Moscow."
According to Azerbaijan's foreign ministry, one Iranian drone struck the main airport, while a second
just missed a school in the exclave region of Nakhchivan near the Iranian border. He Azerbaijani government issued a formal note of protest and said it reserves the right to respond. And they run up to the U.S. is really a tax on Iran. Azerbaijan had staked out a neutral position, even insisting it would not allow its territory
to be used as a staging ground for military operations against its neighbor. And Azerbaijan and Israel share major contracts in the areas of energy and defense. And Azerbaijan has pursued closer relations with the Trump administration, even signing a strategic partnership charter with the U.S. last month. Charles Mains impure news.
Moscow.
“Iranian dissidate Mehmi Mahboodyan was released from prison last month.”
He was jailed for signing a letter with other Iranian activists.
They blamed Iran's late supreme leader for the recent killings of thousands of Iranian protesters. Mahboodyan is still in Tehran. He's heard here speaking through an interpreter. "I am in the center of Tehran.
The scale of selling here has become less intense and less night. Right now, they are attacking an east side of Tehran in the central areas. It's quieter compared to yesterday." He spoke to NPR's morning addition. Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf remains at a near standstill.
The effective closure of that vital waterway is keeping some 20% of global oil and natural
gas from reaching buyers.
“The oil prices are up about 10% from before the war, and Piers Camilla Damanansky has”
more. Oil prices are not as high as they could be. Market seemed to think a quick inch to the conflict is still possible. If it's not over soon, the disruption will be profound. Helima Croft is the head of commodity strategy at our BC capital markets.
"I mean, we're now facing what looks like the biggest energy crisis since the oil embargo in the 1970s." The Trump administration is offering tankers naval escorts and US government-backed insurance if they're willing to defy Iran's closure and risk the Strait. One shipping CEO said in a statement email to NPR that "normal flows won't resume until
companies believe the Strait is, quote, "generally safe." Camilla Damanansky. NPR news. "I mean, well, the UN's maritime organization says people at sea are affected by the conflict around the Strait of Hormuz.
The IMO estimates about 20,000 sea fairers are impacted, along with approximately 15,000 cruise ship passengers." You're listening to NPR. A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration has to refund companies that paid President Trump's tariffs last year.
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down some of the tariffs saying Trump exceeded his authority. Now Judge Richard Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade says he will hear cases from companies seeking refunds. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is expected to make an announcement today on a new initiative.
It would revamp nutrition education at the nation's medical schools. As NPR's Maria Gadoi reports experts have long lamented that doctors do not get enough instruction on this topic. The National Academies of Sciences have long recommended that medical schools provide at least 25 hours of nutrition education.
But studies have found most med schools fall short of this standard. According to senior health and human services officials, 52 medical schools have voluntarily agreed to add 40 hours of nutrition training to their curriculum starting in the fall. Medical schools will choose from 71 suggested topics such as how food contributes to inflammation and chronic disease.
Officials described the initiative as an effort to find common ground with a medical community, who strongly disagree with Kennedy's positions on other issues, like vaccines. Maria Gadoi and Pianius Los Angeles City Council has approved a recommendation to make the iconic Brady Bunch House, a historical monument. The exterior of the Southern California House was prominently featured in the Brady Bunch
TV show. It ran mostly from 1969 through 1974. I'm Core of a Coleman NPR News in Washington.
