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to Iran. He's demanding Iran reopen the straight-of-war moves to international oil shipping
“by 8 p.m. Eastern time. Otherwise, he says the U.S. will start bombing Iranian power plants”
and bridges. Under international law, bombing civilian sites could be considered war crimes. NPR's Deepa Shiveram reports on social media Trump posted, quote, "a whole civilization
will die tonight, never to be brought back again, adding that he doesn't want that to happen,
but it "probably will." Trump's message on the war against Iran has been mixed since the start. He previously described U.S. actions in Iran as an attempt to help Iranians from a repressive government. Third-party countries led by Pakistan continue to try to further negotiations between Iran and the United States, but no agreement has been reached. Trump said in a press conference that any deal on the table needed to include the reopening
of the straight-of-war moves to ensure the passage of oil. Deepa Shiveram and PR News. NPR's Daniel Esthern has been covering the war from Tel Aviv. He reports on how Iran is responding to the latest threats.
“Iranian officials are already calling on Iranians civilians, especially young Iranians,”
to form human chains around power stations to serve as some kind of protection. And there are already some photos circulating on social media of people surrounding power stations
in Iran. It's unclear how widespread that phenomenon is, but any Iranian revolutionary
guard official called on parents to send their children to man-checkpoints. NPR's Daniel Esthern, the U.S. struck military targets on Carke Island early this morning. A U.S. official not authorized to speak publicly told NPR there were race strikes on targets the U.S. had hit before, not oil infrastructure. President Trump has threatened to seize control of the island, which is the center of Iran's oil industry.
The Artemis II astronauts have left the lunar sphere of influence, the region of space dominated by the moon's gravity. Their capsule is moving even closer to Earth. The crew
“spoke with some fellow space travelers, NPR's NL Greenfield Voice reports.”
NASA arranged a ship to ship call between the astronaut's capsule named Integrity and the seven residents of the International Space Station. "In summary, this is the International Space Station. How are you here?" "A International Space Station in Jessica, we have you loud and clear about us." That was Artemis II commander Reed Wiseman speaking with NASA astronaut Jessica Meer on the
Space Station. They chatted as the station orbited about 250 miles above Earth. The Artemis astronauts are on track to return Friday with a splash down in the Pacific Ocean. NL Greenfield Voice NPR News. "This is NPR News." A special runoff election in Georgia today is attracting national attention. Voters are selecting
a new member of the House to fill the seat vacated by Republican Marjorie Taylor Green. The one stalwart supporter of President Trump resigned in January after a public rift with a president. Wisconsin is holding an election to fill a seat on the state's Supreme Court. Democrats are hoping to increase the liberal majority, liberals won control of the court in 2023 after 15 years of conservative control. CBS has announced that the late
show with Stephen Colbert will be replaced with Byron Allen's comics unleashed. NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports. Byron Allen made his TV stand-up debut on the tonight show starring Johnny Carson in 1979. He was still in high school.
"And history, and that's where you get all the obscure questions is like, what's the first
name of Alexander Graham Bell's wife? Who knows, right? Put Tinker." Today, his Allen media group produces and syndicates all kinds of entertainment and owns the weather channel. Allen's comics unleashed curly airs after the late show with Stephen Colbert on May 22nd. It will move to Colbert's 1135 PM time slot. Elizabeth Blair and PR News.
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