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As President Trump returned to Washington from Florida, and Air Force One, he told reporters he had "demanded" that about seven nations that are heavily reliant on the Middle East
join a coalition to protect the critical, straight-of-home moves, which about 20% of the
world's oil flows. Trump did not say what nations he has spoken with, but he said they should come in and protect their own territory.
“Whether we get support or not, but I can say this and I said it to them, we will remember.”
Iran over the weekend threatened to strike the oil infrastructure of its neighbor, the United Arab Emirates saying the UAE's cooperation with the US makes it a legitimate threat. Israeli forces killed a Palestinian couple and their two young children in the occupied West Bank, NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Tel Aviv. Palestinian health officials report the couple in their mid-30s, and their 5 and 7-year-old
sons were all shot in the face and head.
The Palestinian Authority official news agency said the families' car came under fire as they
were driving home from shopping for new clothes for an upcoming Muslim holiday. In a statement, the Israeli military says troops were in the West Bank to arrest militant suspects when a car accelerated toward forces who opened fire, killing the four Palestinians, and that the circumstances were under investigation. Palestinian health officials say Israeli settlers and soldiers have killed at least 13 Palestinians
in the West Bank since the US is rarely war and Iran began. Daniel Estrin and NPR news, Tel Aviv. In the Hungarian capital of Budapest today, supporters of rival candidates to lead the country
“took to the streets ahead of the key elections in April, NPR's Rob Schmitz reports.”
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban faces a non-precidented challenge to his 16-year rule, as opposition candidate Peter Majar 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 that 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 said, "We'll preserve Hungary as an island of security and calm in a turbulent world." Rob Schmitz and Pianos, brilliant. It's not only gasoline prices that are soaring, but so is jet fuel as energy supplies
tightened because of the Iran war. The CEO of the United Airlines got courbius warning that ticket prices will increase soon. This is Airlines' Catholic Pacific Air France KLM and others have raised prices, or put on jet fuel surcharges. You're listening to NPR news from Washington.
Stock futures are up slightly as the markets reopened at 9.30 after a losing streak on Wall Street last week. One battle after another was the big winner at the 98th annual Academy Awards, but it was hardly the only winner. NPR's Bob Mandelo has the details.
All Thomas Anderson's satirical thriller with a conscience, one battle after another. One six Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Adapted Screenplay, both for Anderson, Best Supporting Actor for Sean Penn, plus Best Editing and the new Best Casting Oscar. But the motion picture Academy spread the love with six of the ten Best Picture nominees taking home at least one award, right at director Ryan Cougler, saw his blues-inflicted thriller
centers take four for Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor, Michael B. Jordan, Original Score and Cinematography. "You keep dancing with the devil one day he's going to follow you home." Frankenstein won three technical Oscars, Norway's sentimental value, won Best International feature, and the historical drama Cabinet won Best Actress for Jesse Buckley, Bob Mandelo
and PR News. The House Oversight Committee is seeking to question the former federal prison guard, who is believed to be one of the last people to see Jeffrey Epstein alive before he died in the New York Metropolitan Correctional Institute in 2019. The committee chairman James Comer of Kentucky once Tobin Noel to appear for questioning
on March 26th, Noel and another guard were required to check on Epstein every 30 minutes on the night he died. This is NPR News from Washington, I'm Dan Roman. Support for In.
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