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Live from NPR News, I'm Jail Snyder, President Trump is accusing some U.

in gratitude after several turn back his demand that they send warships to help escort

oil tankers through the straight-of-arms.

>> Numerous countries have told me there on the way. Some are very enthusiastic about it, and some are, and some are countries that we've helped for many, many years. We've protected them from horrible outside sources, and they weren't that enthusiastic. >> Trump spoke at a White House event Monday as the straight-of-war moves remains largely

shut down, and Iran continued to target oil facilities in the Gulf. A number of long-standing allies, including Germany, Spain, and Italy, have said they have no immediate plans to send ships to the straight. While Iran continues to block the U.S. and its allies from the straight-of-war moves in India appears to have secured some exemptions, and the authorities say, Tehran

has allowed three of its 22 stranded ships across the region since the weekend, and here is on Karkantikar reports.

>> Indian state media said, India welcomed its first fuel ship since the war started, and

is expecting two more this week.

When the war broke out in Iran, New Delhi appeared to side with the U.S. and Israel.

By maintaining a conspicuous silence on the assassination of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatullah Ali Kemeni for days. But once the Iran blocked ship movements in the straight-of-war moves, millions in India faced a cooking gas supply crunch. Gulf states apply more than half of the cooking gas in the Iran needs.

India's Foreign Minister has had a series of phone calls with his Iranian counterpart since. Omgakhandekar and Piyad News, Mumbai. >> President Trump says his administration is an ongoing talks with Cuba, and that he believes he will have and his words the honor of taking the country, though it's not clear if he meant diplomatically or militarily impairs deepest shiver on reports.

>> In an event in the Oval Office, Trump called Cuba a "failed nation," he said, taking the country would be a "big honor." >> Taking human, some form, taking human, whether I free it, take it, take it, take it, do anything I want with it. You want another truth.

There has been saying for weeks that Cuba needs to make a deal with the U.S. or face

consequences similar to the ouster of Venezuela leader, Nicholas Maduro. After seizing Maduro, the U.S. imposed a blockade on Cuba's oil supply from Venezuela. The island is facing a collapsed power grid and growing protests. Deepishivram and Piyad News, the White House. >> In her earthquake, his struck Cuba, the U.S. geological survey says it had a preliminary

magnitude of 5.8, a quake hit amid an island wide, black out the third over the past few

months, Cuba blames its struggles on the Trump administration's energy blockade. And you're listening to NPR News. The Trump administration is lashing out a major news outlets over their coverage of the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran. In Paris, David Folcomplic reports on a threat by the nation's chief federal broadcast regulator

to take away TV licenses. >> President Trump expressed anger over coverage of the war from the New York Times in the Wall Street Journal, Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegsef denounced CNN. None of those outlets have TV licenses, not the newspapers and not CNN, which is on cable, not broadcast.

For that matter, the Federal Communications Commission and its chair, Brendan Carr, only licensed local TV stations, so on paper, that's a whole lot of posturing. But the journal's owners, the Murdoch's own local fox stations and the elephants, the likely future owners of CNN, possess local CBS stations. On Sunday night, Trump egg-gone car, calling much of the media treasonous, all part of

an effort to quail unwelcome questions about the war from journalists and from their corporate owners. David Folcomplic and PR News. >> Mr. storms that have been sweeping across the eastern half of the country disrupting air travel, the flight tracking website, Flight Aware, says more than 4,500 U.S. flights

were canceled Monday and delays top to 11,000. The storms that already dumped have been snow across parts of the Midwest bringing strong winds and the threat of tornadoes to the east coast. Financial markets in Asia, mixed in Tuesday trading, South Korean shares up 2.8% and Japan's benchmark in the UK has gained four tenths while stocks and mainland China have slipped

a drop in oil prices Monday, led to advances on Wall Street, but oil now hovering around 98 dollars a barrel. >> I'm Giles Snyder, this is NPR News. >> As the war in Iran continues, get the latest in just a few minutes every weekday from NPR's state-of-the-world podcast.

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