Live from MPR news on trial Snyder Israel has launched a new wave of attacks ...
The Israeli military says the strikes have been named at targets in the Iranian capital.
“And they come a day after President Trump said he told Israel not to repeat strikes on”
Iranian gas infrastructure. I told him don't do that and he's won't do that. We didn't discuss, you know, we can do. We're independent. We get along great. It's coordinated, but on occasion he'll do something. And if I don't like it. And so we're not doing that anymore. I'm speaking there at the White House Thursday alongside the visiting Japanese Prime Minister.
On social media, Trump said he was not informed in advance of Israel's attack on Iran's South-Parse gas field. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel acted alone.
To protect strikes on energy facilities have led to sharply escalating prices.
Iran is hanging three men who took part in demonstrations against the government back in January and PR's Emily Fang has more.
“The men hanged were methigas and me, Salah Muhammadi, and Sayyid Dawoodi.”
Muhammadi, 19 years old, had been a competitive wrestler representing Iran in international competitions. A Iranian authorities accused the men of waging war against God by participating in the protest this past winter, and they speedily convicted them and executed them in the southern Iranian city of Gome this week. A US-based human rights watchdog says regime-aligned paramilitary groups in Iran killed more than 6,000 civilians during
those protests in January. A fourth man, Karush Kivani, was also hanged this week. Iran accused him of espionage last year, and they aired a confession from him this month that rights group say was coerced for him. Emily Fang and Pyrenees. Oklahoma, Republican Senator Mark Wayne Mullin has moved a step closer to becoming president
“Trump's next home land security secretary following a contentious confirmation hearing”
Wednesday, a Senate committee narrowly advanced his nomination Thursday on an eight to seven votes sending it to the full Senate. Alex Kimprison and Claudia Shane Bomb has said that Mexico is trying to find ways to export fuel to Cuba again. This comes as the country has been brought to the brink by a US-led fuel blockade, Katie Silver, is in Mexico City. Claudia Shane Bomb says Mexico is
sovereign to have a trade agreement with any country in the world, and that it can provide humanitarian aid to Cubans who are quote "suffering so much." The long time allies stopped selling fuel to have iron and February, amid fears it would provoke greater tariffs from Donald Trump. Earlier this week, the Caribbean Islands electricity grid collapsed, shipping data suggests that it has only received two small vessels of oil imports this
year. Meanwhile, a fuel tanker carrying Russian gas is reportedly on route to Cuba, expected to arrive on Monday. For MPR News, I'm Katie Silver, in Mexico City. This is MPR News. Sexual abuse allegations are prompting a reckoning over the legacy of Saisar Chavez. Communities are canceling Chavez' day events and reconsidering how he's remembered. The Texas Newsrooms Lusco Vesquez spoke to historians who say this could
be an opportunity to refocus on the broader farm worker movement. For decades, Saisar Chavez has been revered as a central figure in the fight for farm worker rights. But new reporting that corroborates allegations of sexual assault and child rape is reshaping how that legacy is viewed. Cynthia Orozco is a historian with the League of United Latin American citizens. She says the moment calls for a shift in focus beyond Chavez
himself. "Let's celebrate the farm workers, the farm worker movement, and let's celebrate the Lotus Huerta, and let's celebrate the women who are now speaking out." Orozco says movements are built by people, not just leaders, and that this is a chance to recognize contributions that have often been overlooked. For MPR News, I'm Lusco Vesquez. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is escalating its investigation into
Tesla vehicles equipped with the automakers self-driving feature. It's said Thursday it's widening its investigation after several Tesla's crash while using the self-driving software, saying in a memo that the vehicles failed to quickly alert drivers that they should take control in poor conditions. It's a first to open their preliminary investigation in 2024. This latest
move could lead to enforcement action in a possible recall 3.2 million Tesla vehicles. This is
