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As the war on Iran widens, President Trump is calling on countries to help secure the
“straight-up horror moves, so that oil can be transported.”
Iran says it's close to U.S. and Israeli ships. "It's the place for which they get their energy, and they should come, and they should help us protect it." Speaking there on Air Force One tonight, meanwhile security forces in Iran are cracking down on civilians, in Piers Arzu Resvani reports on the repression campaign.
People all over Iran are now routinely stopped at an increasing number of checkpoints where security forces are often checking people's phones to see who they're communicating with, and what videos or photographs they're sharing.
That's according to the Norway-based Hangout Organization for Human Rights, which has a network
of independent sources inside Iran. The group says it has seen and verify text messages, civilians are regularly receiving from Iranian authorities, warning them not to share information with foreign media.
“Since the start of the war, Iran state media reports that dozens of people across the country”
have been arrested on suspicion of spying. Those detained have been accused of providing Israel with information about military and security sites that the U.S. and Israel have been striking. There is a responding in Piers News, Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq. A Florida voter ID bill that requires voters to provide proof of citizenship is on its
way to Governor Ron DeSantis. As Catherine Welch reports, the legislation passed last week, includes several provisions similar to the Federal Save Act, expected to be taken up in the U.S. Senate this week. Florida's version of the Senate bill that would set new federal voting rules requires proof of citizenship to register to vote.
That proof includes a birth certificate, a valid passport, or a driver's license that explicitly indicates that the voter is a U.S. citizen. Voters must also show proof of a name change if their legal name is different than the one on their identity documents. A photo ID would be required at the polls.
Unlike the legislation before the Senate, Florida's bill does not restrict mail-in ballots, and the bill would not take effect until after the 2026 midterm elections. Voting rights groups say the new rules could keep scores of people from the polls. For NPR News, I'm Catherine Welch, in Orlando. Economic and trade talks between China and the U.S. got underway in Paris today, according
to China's official news agency, Shenwa. The meetings which are led by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant and Chinese Vice-Premera Hall of Fame are expected to pave the way for President Trump's state visit to Beijing to meet Chinese leader Xi Jinping in about two weeks. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
The chair of the Federal Communications Commission is threatening to revoke broadcasters licenses over their coverage of the war in Iran. Brenna Carson's news outlets are running hoaxes and news distortions. The administration has accused news organizations several times of pushing "fake news" after running stories about difficulties and damage the U.S. has suffered in this war.
In the Hungarian capital of Budapest today, supporters of rival candidates to lead the country
“took to the streets ahead of a key election set for April.”
Emperor's Rob Schmitz has more. Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban faces an unprecedented challenge to his 16-year rule, as opposition candidate Peter Majara has taken over Orban in national polls leading up to the April 12 election. Speaking to tens of thousands of supporters at a national day rally in Budapest, Orban
equated the opposition to puppets of Brussels. It is impossible to know the day or the hour when the first soldier from Brussels will step onto Ukrainian soil, Orban told the supporters, "But we know one thing for sure, it will happen, and we must stay out of it, and I," he said, will preserve Hungary as an island of security and calm and a turbulent world.
Rob Schmitz and Pyrenees, brilliant. At the weekend box office, Pixar's animated hoppers held onto the top spot with an estimated
$28 million in ticket sales.
The film is about a young woman who transforms into the body of a beaver to help defend a pond from development. You're listening to NPR news. Listen to code switch in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
