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The war in Iran has entered its 10th day with no lead up in sight.
“Iran has been launching new attacks on regional energy infrastructure, while U.S. and”
Israeli planes are continuing their bombardment, and as NPR's Daniel Estrin tells us, Israel has been acting with a sense of urgency. This official told me Israel is fighting as if every day might be the last day of the war,
as he put it, you never know if President Trump will wake up tomorrow and say, "Mission accomplished.
Let's wrap it up." That's in PR's Daniel Estrin. Iran has named Motaba Kamayani, as the country's next ruler, he's replacing his father who is killed at the start of fighting there. Stock markets across Asia, led by Japan and South Korea, fell steeply in response to
surging oil prices and the escalating war in the Middle East, and NPR's Anthony Q. reports from Seoul that oil prices rose above $100 a barrel on Sunday, and that was alarming to investors.
“Japan's Nika Index fell by 7% in mourning trading, and South Korea's cost being”
explunged by 8%.
Both recovered slightly by afternoon.
Japan relies on the Middle East for 95% of its oil imports. Reuters reports that the government has instructed one storage facility to prepare to release some of its crude oil reserves, although the government says it hasn't made a decision on that yet. South Korean President E.J. Myeong, meanwhile, instructed authorities to prepare to
cap local oil prices. Investors appear to be concerned both by the spread of war in the Middle East, and the lack of any hint of how it might end. Anthony Q. and NPR News Seoul.
“The U.S. military has begun exercises with South Korea, called Freedom Shield, the exercises”
involve thousands of U.S. troops, along with some 18,000 troops from South Korea. The Allies, say the drills, are defensive in nature. The exercises come as speculation grows in South Korean media that Washington is preparing to relocate some assets from South Korea to the Middle East. People from around the country were in Selma, Alabama, Sunday to commemorate the 1965
bloody Sunday march for voting rights, and some of them say voting rights are again under threat today. To Sean Coutrella, Troy Public Radio Pass, I reports, "The original marchers were met by the clubs of Alabama state troopers who beat domestic reprocessing for voting rights. March participants, like Calvin Elmore, see new threats to the Voting Rights Act being pushed by Congress in the White House." "If you know the history of what happened 61 years ago, and what we have now in politics would
very try to erase African-American history, this right here is proof that it needs to stay." The marchers are calling on Congress to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, a bill that would restore some protections to the Voting Rights Act that we can buy to the Supreme Court. For NPR News, I'm Dishon Coutrella, in Selma, Alabama. "And you're listening to NPR News."
The fourth most populous country in the world is banning social media for teens, 9 arouse reports on why this measure was signed. Indonesia will bar children under 16 from using digital platforms, such as YouTube, X, Threads, Facebook, and Instagram. Indonesia's Communication and Digital Affairs Minister, Wethia Hafith, says the reason behind this is the children increasingly faced real threats.
"From exposure to pornography, cyberbullying, online fraud, and addiction, Hafith says the government is present, so parents no longer have to fight alone against the giant of algorithms. Indonesia will be the first Southeast Asian country to restrict children's access to social media. For NPR News, I'm Dina Rao, in Jakarta." "Port Veil upset Sunderland of the Premier League Sunday,
one nil to move into the quarter finals of the historic F.A. Cup competition. Port Veil sits in the bottom of League 1 and is 57 places below Sunderland. Ben Wayne scored on a header in the first half of the win, Southampton also offered an upset beating Fullham, one nil." The Disney and Pixar animated sci-fi flick hoppers had a good haul this week and bringing
in $46 million on its opening weekend. In a national ticket sales brought in another 88 million.
Warner Brothers, the bride, did not fare as well, bringing in just 7.3 million domestically and finishing in third. The horror movie screen was in second and its second weekend of distribution bringing in $17.3 million at North American movie theaters. "I'm Dile Willman, NPR News."
