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President Trump is planning to deliver an address to the nation Wednesday night.
“The White House says he'll give an update on the Iran War.”
Trump's address comes as a straight-up or moves remains largely shut down sending oil and gas prices sharply higher in PR's Stephen Pissaha. "Nationally, a gallon of regular gas at the pump now costs un-average more than four dollars. Not really all that much higher when Americans are paying a week ago, just a few cents more.
But if you compare it to a month ago before the war the Iran began, we are paying more than a dollar per gallon extra. And this does have a huge psychological effect, I mean, think about that big sign in front of gas stations the one that you pass every day with that big four at the front. Plus, it really has been a while since gas was north of four dollars a gallon.
That was more than three years ago, and it was due to Russia's full-scale invasion of
Ukraine. The rise of a barrel of Brent crude oil remaining above $100 a barrel of agent stocks are higher in Wednesday trading.
“After President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. will be done attacking Iran within two”
to three weeks. An American journalist has been kidnapped and bagged at after threats by Iran back militias against U.S. citizens. He rocky security forces say they have arrested one of the kidnappers in PR's St. Raff has to tell us Iraq's Ministry of Interior said a foreign journalist was kidnapped
Tuesday in central Baghdad. The Al-Monitor News Organization identified the journalist as American, Shelley Kittelson, who is contributed to their publication. Iraqi security forces said they intercepted one of the kidnappers vehicles which crashed and have arrested one of the suspects.
They said they're still searching for the kidnapped journalist. Wilson is a roam-based freelance journalist who has covered Iraq, Syria, and Afghanistan for years. U.S. Embassy has advised Americans to leave Iraq, partly due to kidnapping threats by Iran back to militias.
Jane Arath and PR News, Aman. Pakistan and China's foreign ministers have issued a joint statement calling for talks to in the Iran war as part of a broader peace plant. And Piers Dia Hadid reports a statement calls for a ceasefire and into attacks on civilian infrastructure and the reopening of the Strait of Formus.
For days, Pakistani officials have said they hope to help mediate talks to end a war that
“has seized up the global economy, pushed up the price of fossil fuels, and key commodities”
like fertilizer, and that has killed thousands of people, mostly Iranians and Lebanese. The joint statement with China came after high-ranking Pakistani officials led a flurry of meetings with regional powers. China is Iran's biggest customer for oil, and it's seen as sympathetic to the country. Iran's foreign ministers are told all to zero that he has received direct messages from
the U.S. special envoy Steve Wittkov, but they do not constitute "negotiations." Dia Hadid and PR News, Mumbai. "And you're listening to NPR News." Prince Harry's privacy invasion lawsuit against British tabloids now in the hands of a high-court judge.
testimony in the suit brought by Harry and also music legend Elton John and five other high-profile figures against the daily males publisher, ended Tuesday after more than 10 weeks. Judge in the case says he will rule later the publisher denies wrongdoing. Back in Washington, a giant throne with a gold painted toilet seat appeared in front
of the Lincoln Memorial Monday. And here's Frank Langford reports on the reception, the satirical artwork by people on the national mall. Scores of people took turns posing for photos on the gold-colored toilet seat. The artwork is called Throne Fit for a King.
And critiques Trump's focus on things like White House decor versus the economy. Taipei law does a chef in northern Virginia. "This stuff like this demonstrates how gross our political system or economic system can be, where the wealthy get to keep building up at the expense of everyone else." At the same time, the administration has draped three federal buildings with giant banners
featuring the president's face, his name adorns the Kennedy Center and the U.S. Institute of Peace. The White House insists that, quote, "President Trump is focused on saving our country, not garnering recognition." Frank Langford and PR News, Washington.
President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump turned up at the Kennedy Center Tuesday
night attending the opening night of the musical Chicago, some of the crowd booed with the Trump Center, but the booze were drowned by cheers from others. I'm Jail Snyder, this is MPR News.
