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The Trump administration is planning to send ICE officers to Air Force tomorrow to help
“the transportation security administration.”
The TSA agents have been working without pay for weeks because of the partial government shutdown which began last month. Democrats want restrictions on how ICE carries out immigration enforcement. Officers are Tom Homan told CNN, ICE agents will not screen baggage or people, but we'll have a limited role.
We're simply there to help TSA do their job in areas that don't need their specialized expertise such as screening through the X-ray machine. Not training that. We won't do that. But there are roles we can play to release TSA officers from the non-significant role, such
as guarding an exit, so they can get back to the scanning machine to move people quicker.
Homan said he's talking to the TSA administrator and the ICE director today to discuss
how the ICE agents will fit in and which airports need the most help. President Trump said last night Iran has 48 hours to open the straight-of-war moves or the U.S. will in his words obliterate Iran's power plans.
“Iran says if that happens, it will target U.S. and Israeli infrastructure in the region.”
Iran launched a wave of missiles on southern Israel last night, striking two cities near Israel's nuclear research center. More than 100 people were wounded, NPR's carry-con is in our odd one of the cities that was hit and spoke to some of the residents. Here's Lee Morn Malkov.
She's a 50-year-old worker in the grocery store at the mall. She lives just around the corner from the blast. Hello. Hello. Hi.
Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi.
“She said she felt like she was dreaming.”
She said she thought she was hallucinating.
Well, it was like something out of the movies. The blast was so strong. It blew out all her windows, damage her ceiling, her four kids were terrified. They did not make it to the mom shelter in time. She said NPR is carry-con.
British Prime Minister, Kier Stormer, is holding an emergency meeting this week to discuss the Iran War's economic impact. Vicky Barker reports. The Iran War has already pushed up gas prices and mortgage rates in Britain, with nearly a thousand home loan products pulled off the market.
If fuel and fertilizer prices are surging, just as farmers are planting spring crops. Tom Bradshaw, president of the National Farmers Union, warning the BBC. Things like cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, it'll be over the next month, six weeks that we see those cost increases. The war has re-agnited Britain's cost of living crisis just ahead of local elections in
early May when Kier Stormer's struggling labor party had been hoping to emphasize the improving economy. For NPR News, I'm Tiki Barker in London. This is NPR News. Voting is underway in France to fill more than 1,500 municipal positions.
The outcome may show voters' attitudes ahead of next year's presidential election. Kenya says it will grant amnesty to its citizens who enlisted to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine. This follows talks between the Russian and Kenyan foreign fairs ministers, and manual events are reports.
Kenya's foreign affairs minister Musalimudavadi says the government will not prosecute citizens who join Russia's military despite closed-burning enlistment in foreign armed forces without approval. Russia and Kenya last week signed an agreement to hold further recruitment of Kenyans. It allows those currently deployed to terminate their contacts and return home.
Officials say more than 1,000 Kenyans are known to have been recruited. Some have been repatriated while others remain on the frontlines. Some families report Russia making this honest and lucrative offers to recruit Kenyans for its depleted forces. Russia maintains their enlistment while voluntary.
For MPR News, Amimandoligunza inerubi Kenya. Much of Hawaii is under a floodwatch through this afternoon. The island chain has seen its worst flooding in 20 years, destroying homes and cars and damaging a hospital on Maui, displacing nearly 100 patients. Both authorities and some areas are advising residents to boil water before using because
of fears of contamination. In professional basketball, Abran James set another record last night for the most games played into regular season, 1,1612. He helped Los Angeles Lakers beat the Orlando Magic by one point. I'm Nora Rom, NPR News in Washington.
