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President Trump's pressing Iran to agree to a ceasefire deal soon, or risk U.S. strikes
on Iran's civilian infrastructure. In an interview with a financial time published today, President Trump says he is considering
“sending in U.S. forces to seize "Hard Island's Oil Terminal," which is key to Iran's”
oil export. President's more marines are arrived in the Middle East over the weekend, more U.S. forces are on the way. NPR's Greg Mayary reports that when all said and done, it will be roughly 50,000 troops in the region.
They could carry out specific limited operations, but it's not nearly enough for a major sustained ground invasion. And neither Trump nor the Pentagon has hinted at the mission, but clearly the most urgent
issue is the straight of Hormuz, so their speculation that the troops may be part of
an effort to try to open the straight for oil tankers. NPR's Greg Mayary reporting, "These really military is suspending a battalion that was involved in assaulting and detaining CNN journalists in the occupied West Bank. The military chief called the soldier's conduct an ethical failure," NPR's Daniel Eastern has vist from Tel Aviv.
“CNN was filming an unauthorized settler outpost in the West Bank when his rarely soldiers”
assaulted and detained the reporters as CNN journalist Jeremy Diamond reported. "One soldier told CNN after a Palestinian recently killed a settler, the soldier sought revenge. In Hebrew, Nekama." "Is it Nekama?"
The Israeli military chief called the incident "grave and unethical" and in a rare move pulled the battalion out of the West Bank for disciplinary training. Meanwhile, the Israeli Supreme Court has announced a two-month delay in a petition by foreign journalists to end Israel's ban on independent access to Gaza, Daniel Estrin NPR News Tel Aviv.
The Trump administration has delayed billions of dollars for projects to protect Americans from disasters. NPR's Rebecca Hershey reports that includes hurricanes, wildfires, and floods.
“The Trump administration canceled the federal emergency management agency or FEMA's largest”
program for funding disaster preparedness projects. Last week, the administration reinstated the program after a federal judge ordered FEMA to do so. But it's unclear how long it will take for the money to start flowing again, which means local governments across the country are waiting.
Andrew Rumbach studies federal disaster policy at the Urban Institute Think Tank and says "Time is of the essence." "I mean, we're a country full of city ducks, unfortunately." Wildfires and hurricanes are most prevalent in the United States in the summer and fall months.
Rebecca Hershey and PR News U.S. stocks are mixed this hour. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 159 points at last check at 45,325. This is NPR News. More than two dozen people are missing its seat.
Their boat sank and roughsies off Eastern Indonesia's Sunday. As it was heading from Deliabu Island to Kama, authorities say they were alerted Monday morning local time at the boat sank and that everyone on board evacuated into a longboat, whoever rescuers searching by sea and air have not yet spotted the group. NASA officials say preparations are going smoothly for a Wednesday launch attempt for the
Artemis II mission. And PR has now green field voice reports its goal is to send astronauts around the moon
for the first time since the 1970s.
The four-person crew was in quarantine at Kennedy Space Center, where a 322-foot tall rocket is being readied at the launch pad. The crew includes a few firsts for a moon mission, the first person of color, the first woman, and the first non-American, a Canadian space agency astronaut named Jeremy Hansen. At a press briefing Hansen said their flight is actually a collaboration with lots of
international partners. It's not just three Americans in a Canadian, it is people literally around the world and it's a beautiful thing. Their space journey is expected to last about 10 days, they'll test out their capsule systems close to Earth and if all looks good, they'll go on a looping trip around the
moon and back, Nell Greenfield Boys and PR News. A private museum in the heart of a northern Italy countryside is missing three extremely valuable paintings. Today, local police disclose that earlier this month, thieves, made off with works by Saisonren, War, and Matisse, they're worth millions of euros.
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