Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Vice President J.D. Vance is traveling to Pakistan ahead of high-level talks aimed at
“ending the war in Iran, boarding Air Force to this morning, Vance studies cautiously”
optimistic about the upcoming negotiations. "If they're going to try to play us, then they're going to find the negotiating team. It's not that receptive. So we're going to try to have a positive negotiation. The President has gave us some pretty clear guidelines.
And we're going to see." "Delegations from Washington and Tehran are set to meet in Islamabad on Saturday with pressure mounting for a breakthrough. There's been confusion over whether the ceasefire covers Lebanon where the militant group Hezbollah is based.
Iran says it does, while Israel says it does not. Israel launched a fresh round of air strikes across southern Lebanon on Thursday, targeting Iranian-backed Hezbollah fighters. The PR's Deep Harbez reports Tehran is outlining demands to its Middle East neighbors." In the message released on Iranian-state media, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Moshtabah Hamini,
a dress call for Arab states, promising them a gesture of goodwill and exchange for distancing
themselves from "the arrogant powers who never miss an opportunity to humiliate and exploit
you." The President's of U.S. military bases in countries like Qatar and Bahrain has made them targets for Iran in this war. In Iran's deputy foreign minister, Saith Khatib Zoday, told Al-Jazeera English that Iran will permit some ships to pass through the strainer formals, but only in coordination
with Iranian forces.
“Permanent control of the strait is among Iran's key demands in its negotiations with the”
U.S. Any restriction in the strait will prove highly problematic to oil-rich Gulf Arab nations who rely on free access to the passage for their economies. Deep Harbez and PR News won Turkey. Stocks on Wall Street opened mixed this morning as the Labor Department reported the highest
inflation rate in almost two years. And PR's God-Horsely reports the Dow Jones industrial average slipped by about 185 points and early trading. A wartime spike in energy prices triggered a big jump in the cost of living last month, consumer
prices in March were up 3.3 percent from a year ago.
That's the largest annual increase in 22 months. prices jumped almost 1 percent during the month after the U.S. launched its war with Iran, higher gasoline prices accounted for the lie and share of that increase. Triple A says the average price of gas today is $4.15 a gallon.
“It was just under $3 a gallon in late February when the war began.”
The price of airline tickets and restaurant meals was also up in March, while the price of groceries was down, stripping out volatile food and energy prices, so called core inflation was 2.6 percent. Scott Horsley and PR News was Washington. Routs continued to trade mixed on Wall Street at the sour.
The Dow was down 145 points, the Nasdaq composite trading higher up 89, the S&P 500 up 3 points. This is NPR News. Babies too young to be vaccinated are among the most vulnerable in measles outbreaks, like the one in South Carolina, the largest the U.S. has seen in decades. Both officials say intense lack protection against the disease and are more likely to
suffer severe complications or die. They rely entirely on herd immunity, which requires nearly everyone to be vaccinated. But following vaccination rates are weakening that protection in South Carolina and in other states across the country. The astronauts on the Artemis 2 mission are looking down at a much brighter planet than
ever before and PR's Nate Rott reports a new study finds light pollution has increased
16 percent over an eight year period.
Using satellite photos, researchers looked at Earth from 2014 to 2022, and found that nighttime lighting, artificial light like street lamps, is increasing globally by about 2 percent per year. The shift is not uniform. The study finds, China and India became increasingly bright during the time period while
the light pollution from other developed countries decreased as a result of LED lighting and regulations aimed at curbing light pollution, which disrupts many wild animals. A dramatic decline in lighting was also seen in Ukraine during that time period as a result of Russia's invasion. Nate Rott and PR News
Heavy rain is drenching parts of Hawaii triggering flash flooding and dangerous runoff. The officials are warning of road closures and possible landslides as the system moves through. I'm Windsor Johnston and PR News in Washington. This week on the MPR Politics podcast, in Iran, President Trump is both escalating and de-escalating, pausing strikes on energy sites claiming Iran wants to make a deal, but
also moving troops to the region. We impact what we know about where those troops are headed, and how talks are playing out behind closed doors. This week on the MPR Politics podcast, listen on the MPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
