"Live from NPR News and Washington, on Corva Coleman, Israel says it is launc...
air strikes in Iran. There are reports of explosions in Iran's capital, Tehran, and
“beer's carry-consess Iran has also fired on its Persian Gulf neighbors."”
"Debye reporting heavy explosions there as its air defense systems engaged in coming missiles and drones, an oil refinery in Kuwait was also hit today, and Qatarian officials has tally damaged estimates from Iran's strike to a major natural gas complex there.
They say it will top $20 billion in last revenue."
"NPR's carry-con reporting. The family of a British couple in Prismden Iran, say they are being used as human shields during U.S. and Israeli attacks. The couple were arrested in Iran more than a year ago, while on an around-the-world trip. They were accused of being spies, which they deny, and beer's law and frayer has more from London." When the U.S. and Israel began attacking Iran, Lindsey and Craig Foreman were in their
“cells in Tehran's notorious Evan Prismden, serving 10-year sentences on espionage charges”
they deny. Lindsey Foreman's son Joe Bennett says air strikes blew out windows in his
stepfather's cell and inmates do for cover. Bennett says the couple's living under the
quote "maddening buzz of drones." He says British government help has been "almost non-existent" and he traveled to Washington this month to ask the Trump administration for help. NPR has asked the British government for comment on his claims. The forums were on a global motorcycle trip when they were arrested in Iran in January 2025. Lauren Freyer and PR News London. "The White House has released a policy framework for artificial intelligence this morning.
It is supposed to be a guide to create national rules for AI. The Trump administration has been demanding a single plan from Congress and it also wants Congress to overrule
“any state regulations. Last year, two White House efforts to try to stop states from creating”
rules to regulate AI were blocked. More than three dozen Democratic-led states and local governments are challenging the Trump administration's decision to repeal climate pollution regulations. NPR's Jeff Brady reports "the filing argues the administration is required to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act." The Trump administration last month repealed the endangerment finding, a 2009 decision that greenhouse gases from burning
fossil fuels in danger public health and welfare. It's the basis for much of the federal action that's been taken to rain in climate pollution. Trump's environmental protection agency concluded the EPA doesn't have legal authority to regulate greenhouse gases, even though the Supreme Court determined in 2007 it does. This case likely will end up before the Supreme Court again with more conservative justices deciding the case this time.
Jeff Brady and PR News. "You're listening to NPR news from Washington. Long lines are still being reported at major airports in the U.S. T.S.A. officers are still not getting paid because of the partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security. Many T.S.A. agents are calling out. The airport in Philadelphia has closed some security checkpoints to deal with the shortage of security officers. A Russian oil tanker continues to drift in the Mediterranean
sea without any of its crew aboard. The crew abandoned it this month after it was reportedly hit by Ukrainian drones. Some European nations have been calling for help. Now officials and Italy say the Russian oil tanker is just a few days away from the northern African coast of Libya, Italian officials warn if the tanker runs a ground that could trigger a catastrophe. Muslims around the world are celebrating the end of Ramadan today. This
year it's been observed amid rising anti-Muslim rhetoric in the U.S. and the war in the Middle East. From religion new service, Ula Kaziz has more. Ramadan is marked by fasting, charity and gatherings, but in parts of the Middle East, or between
Iran is real in the U.S. has marred Ramadan observances. Over a million people have been
displaced in Iran and Lebanon, and Jerusalem is really authorities have shut down an oxamask for what they say are security reasons. Meanwhile, anti-Muslim rhetoric from conservatives in the United States has escalated, Alabama's Republican Senator Tommy Tubberville called Islam a quote cult. Still, Muslims around the world celebrate AIDS and filter marking the end of Ramadan with prayer, gatherings, and gifts. For NPR News, I'm Hala Kuzeez.
And I'm Kurva Coleman, and be your news in Washington.
