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President Trump says he is assembling a coalition of countries to help police the state of Hormos.
“As NPR's Franco Ordonia's reports, the President argues they would be helping themselves”
more than the U.S. The Trump said he's demanding seven countries and warships and other military support
to help oil vessels travel through the critical choke point.
"I would really am demanding that these countries come in and protect their own territory because it is near territory, it's the place for which they get their energy." Oil tankers have largely stopped traveling through the state of Hormos, which accounts for about 20% of global oil since the war began. Many countries have been reluctant to get involved with the conflict, but Trump argues that
they should help because the shipping route benefits their energy needs more than it does the U.S. Franco Ordonia's NPR News. But several countries have said they will not send any ships to the state of Hormos that includes Japan, Australia, and Germany. Italy's foreign ministers cast doubt on sending any vessels to the region.
Security forces in Iran are intensifying their crackdown on civilians as the U.S.
Israel war against Iran enters its third week.
The U.S. Air Force Base report reports on the repressive 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. 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's state media reports that dozens of people across the country have been arrested on suspicion of spying.
“Are is it responding and PR News or BL in the Kurdistan region of Iraq?”
A powerful blizzard is blanketing parts of Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Remember, station WU-WM, my on-silver reports, people in Wisconsin are being urged to stay home. In a large part of the central plane through the upper Great Lakes region, there's heavy snowfall, dangerously high winds, and wide-out conditions. Some areas of Wisconsin have had more than two feet of snow, with more expected by the
time the blizzard is done. But media are all just Kevin Wagner, with the National Weather Service in Milwaukee says, "In other areas, it's not necessarily the amounts that are the big issue." It's the blowing drifting and the strong winds accompanying with these heavy snow. Radioalges are warning people about dangerous wind chills, as some areas deal with
power outages due to heavy snow, or earlier sleep and freezing rain. For NPR News, I'm Ayan Silver and Milwaukee." And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. President Trump is backing comments from the chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carp is threatening licenses of broadcasters who deliver what he terms fake news.
Car says they will lose their licenses if they don't operate in the public industry. Rather interest. The media industry group RTNDA says Car is a quote "bullied with a briefcase." It says he's describing government control of the press and the group urged journalists
“to remember the Constitution is on their side.”
The 98th Annual Academy Awards were held last night in Hollywood. They brought a few surprises, but not in the acting categories, and Piers Bob Mandelo has details. Best actress went as widely expected due to Jesse Buckley, who played Will Shakespeare's wife Ania's in the historical drama "Hammn."
Michael B. Jordan took home best actor for playing two characters, the smoke stack, rather smoke and stack in the blues inflicted thriller, "Cinners." Sean Penn, who already has two best actor Oscars, won best supporting actor for his volatile Colonel Lockjaw in one battle after another, and best supporting actress went to Amy Madigan's witchy and Gladys in the horror film Whippens, Bob Mandelo and PR News.
The best picture Oscar went to the film, won battle after another, and its director Paul Thomas Anderson won the Oscar for best director. This is NPR.
