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The U.S. and Israeli War in Iran is now a month old.
“The Associated Press reports that more than 300 U.S. troops have been wounded, including”
15 wounded in attack yesterday on an air basin Saudi Arabia, 13 Americans have died. Pakistan will host foreign ministers from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt for two days starting tomorrow. It's part of a broader diplomatic effort that Pakistan says it's aimed at de-escalating tensions in the region. Betsy Joel's reports. Pakistan's foreign minister Ishak Dar says foreign ministers are meeting in Islamabad.
This comes after Pakistan formally announced earlier this week that it was relaying messages between Iran and the United States in its effort to promote peace between them. Pakistan's Prime Minister Shabbat Sharif also offered to host the U.S. in Iran for talks on a settlement and said he spoke with Iran's president for more than an hour by phone today. Egypt has also offered to host meetings to de-escalate the war launched one month ago,
“and Turkey has said that it is also passing messages between Washington and Iran.”
For NPR News, I'm Betsy Joel's in Islamabad. Congress is on a two-week recess without finding a way to end the partial government shutdown. This means TSA agents are still not getting paid. Many of quit, and the lines to get through airport security are long. Darian Davis flies between Baltimore and Atlanta every weekend. He described what it's like.
There's about two or three rows outside. There's about three rows inside.
And then there's another hit in row or two further inside just to get to your first
gate. Clear and pre-check are closed. There was no notification about that, but they are closed. Congress has not approved a budget for the Department of Homeland Security because it includes money for immigration and customs enforcement.
“Democrats want restrictions on how ICE agents operate.”
Ten people have filed claims in federal court against the Department of Homeland Security, saying the agency violated their constitutional rights. The claims stem from President Trump's aggressive immigration enforcement campaign in Minnesota this year. NPR's Meg Anderson has more.
The people who filed these federal tort claims alleged their first amendment rights
were violated while protesting the ICE surge in Minnesota. At a press conference civil rights attorney John Burris detailed some of what they say they experienced. We have people who are like dragged out of the car and were being tazard. Who have been punched, who have been hit, pushed against the sidewalk, picked at various times. Those are unconstitutional use of forces. Burris, who represented Rodney King against the LAPD in
the early '90s, says he expects more people to come forward. The federal government must now respond to or deny the federal court claims. Meg Anderson and Pair News. This is NPR News in Washington. It's no King's day another day of protest against President Trump and his administration. More than 3,000 rallies are planned. Organizer Leah Greenberg says it's not just the number of people,
but where they're protesting, more from conservative leaning areas, including an Idaho, Wyoming, and Louisiana. Thousands of protesters are expected to march against the far right in London today. Vicky Barker has more. Organizations as diverse as Amnesty International at the British Medical Association are joining faith groups, union leaders, and refugee charities at the march. Joe Grady, head of the UCU Academics Union urging its 120,000 members to attend.
As educators, we know why extremism does. It distorts the truth. It replaces debates with fear, and it tells many of our students and colleagues that they don't belong here. Organizers are hoping for a record turnout in London's Trafalgar Square, six months after the far right anti-immigrant activist Tommy Robinson drew more than 100,000 supporters to the same place. For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker, in London.
A humpback whale stranded for days at a Baltic Sea resort in Germany has swam free. The whale was spotted Monday in shallow waters. Coast Guard and fire department boats tried to create waves around it. That didn't work. Rescueers brought an excavators to dig a trench in front of it. Yesterday morning, the whale was on his way out, accompanied by several boats, as well as a Coast Guard ship. I'm Noraram, NPR News, in Washington.
