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The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad has issued another warning to U.S. citizens to leave Iraq
“after Iran intensified attacks in the United Arab Emirates and in Iraq.”
And Paris, January, has the latest on what's happening in the Strait of Hormuz, where a fifth of the world oil exports are exported from. Iran is continuing to demonstrate its control of that strategic waterway, and it's allowing friendly countries' passage and attacking hostile ones, but it doesn't end there. It's not just attacks on ships in the Strait.
I spoke with the owner of the C-Safe Vishnu, a New Jersey tanker around this week, while in an Iraqi port, so far from the Strait, an Indian crew member was killed in that attack. In the owner, S.V. and Sean, told me that unmanned boats with explosives ran the side
of a vessel as it was loading with fuel.
So it really serves as a warning to ship owners not to even think about going there. And Paris, January off reporting. Three more members of Iran's National Women's Soccer team have decided to return home
“after being granted asylum in Australia.”
Christina Kukoya reports the players gave up their asylum applications after their team exited the Women's Asian World Cup tournament. The Australian Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says the trio was given repeated opportunities to discuss their options, but chose to rejoin their team and return to Iran. In a statement Burke says the government had done everything it could to make sure the
women were provided with the chance for a safe future in Australia. Their decision leaves only three members of the Iranian soccer team in Australia after one withdrew her asylum claim after the national delegation flew out to Malaysia. Iran's Taslim News Agency described the latest development as a quote "disgraceful failure of the American Australian project" and another failure for Trump after the U.S. President
urged Australia to give the players asylum for NPR news on Christina Kukoya in Melbourne, Australia. The large offshore wind project after the coast of southern New England is now officially up and running as Connecticut Public Radio's Ania Penela reports the project faced legal challenges. Revolution Wind was stopped by the Trump administration twice last year over national security
concerns. But a federal judge ruled against the administration and now the project is sending clean electricity to New England's power grid, Susan Mueller is an energy analyst with the union of concern scientists. Offshore wind adds a lot of power at times when the power grid is the most stressed.
So this is really good news. It's going to help protect everyone in New England from blackouts, especially in the winter. Revolution Wind is expected to generate enough electricity to power 350,000 homes. For NPR News, I'm Onyopnello, and Hartford, Connecticut. And this is NPR from New York.
Soundfront Sisko Bay Area activist are gearing up for a massive day of action on Mayday. UD's Lakshmi Sarah reports from a training event at a San Francisco High School Saturday. Thousands of people signed up to attend a day-long mass non-cooperation training, including workshops on neighborhood, workplace, and youth organizing. Jody Shuffles is an organizer and math teacher in San Francisco.
Shuffles says labor organizers around the Bay Area are planning different demonstrations, but she's most inspired by the potential of worker-led actions from groups like the long-shore workers at the ports and airport workers. Talking about being ready to slow down traffic and shut it down, those are really impactful leverage points.
You know, those are people who have a ton of power to disrupt the economy. She's also excited to see what comes out of the student organizing workshops. For NPR, I'm Lakshmi Sarah in San Francisco. Ahead of Sunday's Grand Prix races in China, Formula One has announced the cancellations of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabian Grand Prix weekends in April because of the latest
tour in the Middle East. The U.S. Israel War in Iran has forced the mass evacuation of an estimated 800,000 Lebanese according to government data and multiple international aid programs, including the World Food Program, the health ministry in Lebanon says about 7,700 to 800 people have died since Friday when Israel launch strikes against Hezbollah infrastructure in Lebanon.
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