Live from NPR News, signed Dale Wilmond.
President Trump says he'll obliterate Iran's power plants if that country doesn't open
“the straight of Hormuz and PR's Julius Simon reports.”
President Trump hosted the statement on social media late Saturday, demanding Iran open the straight in 48 hours or by Monday evening. The straight of Hormuz is the vital waterway that connects about a fifth of global oil and liquified natural gas supplies to world markets. As the war with Iran enters its fourth week, the straight remains effectively shut.
Iran continues to hit ships and tankers. The Trump administration asked allies to send warships to protect tankers but other countries were unwilling to participate. Iran says if its fuel and energy infrastructure is attacked, the country will target energy infrastructure belonging to US and Israel in the region.
It's really a sign-in and PR news. Iran launched missiles fraud a through the Indian Ocean Island of Diego Garcia, the island
“hosts a major military base used by the US and the UK.”
Officials say the missiles failed to hit the base, which is some 2,500 miles from Iran. The base has supported US military operations for decades, including during the Vietnam War. President Trump says he'll deploy ice agents to airports Monday unless Democrats agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security.
The lack of funding has led to a partial government shutdown that has left TSA screening officers going without pay. A number of officers have quit because of the lost income and added stress of the job. Democratic Senator Dick Blumenthal of Connecticut says the funding bill won't pass until
Trump's immigration enforcement policies are finally reformed.
Democrats have seen from ice in breaking down doors, dragging people out of cars, shooting them, killing them, denying them that it played, detaining them illegally, US citizen.
“I think it's not only a problem, but anger.”
Former FBI director and special counsel Robert Mueller has died at the age of 81. That's according to a statement from his family, and PR's Shaudali Stuster has more. Mueller let the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, and the possible obstruction of justice by President Trump. Trump, who openly despise Mueller and his investigation, celebrated his death on Saturday.
Trump wrote on social media, quote, "Good, I'm glad he's dead." Wilmer Hale, the law firm where Mueller served as a partner, remembered Mueller as a friend. A spokesperson for the law firm called Mueller, quote, "an extraordinary leader in public servant and a person of the greatest integrity." The firm also said Mueller's service as a FBI director, a Marine Corps officer in Vietnam,
and at the Department of Justice was quote, "eximplary and inspiring," Shaudali Stuster and PR news. And you're listening to NPR news. The charity saved the children is warning that clinics in Sudan could run out of medical supplies in the coming weeks, because of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, Michael Calokhi,
as more. According to the charity, dozens of health facilities in Sudan that serve hundreds of thousands of patients rely on saved the children for their health care requirements. The charity said its consignments of medical supplies are stuck in ports into buy due to a disruption in delivery as the US Israel war against Iran and its proxies continues, fighting
in Sudan between the paramilitary group, the rapid support forces, or RSF, and the Sudanese armed forces has been going on for almost three years now. The UN has warned that country's health system is at the brink of collapse, adding that the action against Iran is putting a strain on humanitarian supply chains with areas like sub-Saharan Africa among the most affected.
For NPR news, on Michael Calokhi in Nairobi. Video review technology is coming to Wimbledon this year. The All-Engling Club says the review process will be used this year during the annual tennis tournament, which begins in late June. The technology will be available on center court as well as number one court, which is
that club's second biggest stadium.
It will also be used on four other show courts. Players on those courts will be allowed to review specific calls made by the chair-umpire. New York-Mets Broadcaster, how he rose, will be retiring at the end of the upcoming baseball season. He spent nearly four decades with the organization and has served as the teams lead play
by play radio voice since 2006. He began his broadcasting career in 1987. I'm Dale Wilman and PR News.
