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A wartime surge in energy prices caused as spike in inflation last month, and PR Scott
“Horsley reports on the latest figures from the Labor Department.”
Consumer prices in March were up 3.3 percent from a year ago.
That's the biggest annual increase in almost two years. Price has jumped nine tenths of a percent between February and March with a spike in gasoline prices accounting for nearly three quarters of that increase. The gas prices have jumped by more than $1 a gallon since the U.S. and Israel launched their war on Iran.
Pump prices have remained high this week, despite the tentative ceasefire. Higher prices for jet fuel also pushed up prices for airline tickets last month, while grocery prices were down. Stripping out volatile food and energy prices, so-called core inflation in March, was 2.6 percent a rate that's likely to make the Federal Reserve cautious about any further cuts and
interest rates. Scott Horsley and Pernu is Washington. High-level talks are set to begin in Pakistan this weekend as U.S. and Iranian officials meet to discuss the ceasefire plan.
“Security is tied in Islamabad, where authorities are locking down at parts of the capital”
ahead of the meetings. And PR's DEA Hadid reports a two-week ceasefire announced on Tuesday is already under strain. Suggesting the last minute nature of the talks, Pakistan's Foreign Minister posted an official letter on X, it asked authorities to ensure delegates could enter the country. With a visa on arrival, hundreds of police soldiers and paramilitary forces caught in
off a two-mile radius around Islamabad's upscale Serena Hotel, where delegates are expected to stay. Talks to the latest, medist war expected this weekend, but there's already concern that they're in peril. Israel bombarded Bay Route shortly after the ceasefire was announced on Tuesday, killing more
than 250 people. Israel and the U.S. say the fight against the Iranian proxy has bundled, isn't part of the ceasefire. Iran disputes that Tahir Hadid and Piyan use, Mumbai. Israel continues to push back on Iran's claim that Lebanon is part of the ceasefire.
“Ophir Falk is a top foreign policy advisor for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.”
He says Lebanon is willing to negotiate. The Lebanese government reached out a number of times to Israel to conduct these negotiations. Now that his billah has been degraded and after Lebanon reached out to Israel, we've agreed and we want to conduct direct negotiations. Israel launched fresh air strikes against his billah and southern Lebanon today, insisting
those operations fall outside the ceasefire framework. Nuts closed higher across Asia today with Japan's Nika average gaining more than 1,000 points on Wall Street, down futures are up two points at the sour. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
The castor at the U.S. Postal Service is seeking approval to raise the price of first-class
mail beginning in July. The agency received temporary approval to raise prices for priority mail deliveries later this month by 8% to offset the cost of fuel. The astronauts onboard the Artemis 2 are making their way back to Earth. The Orion Space capsule is scheduled to splash down off the coast of California tonight.
Central Florida Public Media's Brendan Burn reports the return ends and nearly 10-day mission that took the crew around the moon and back. Returning from space is risky. Spacecraft will reach speeds up to 25,000 miles per hour and could experience temperatures up to 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit once it hits the atmosphere.
It will take 13 minutes for the capsule to splash down under a canopy of parachutes. A lot has to go right to return them safely, as Jeff Radigan, the Artemis 2 lead flight director. Starting with their initial approach. Let's not beat around the bush.
We have to hit that angle correctly. Otherwise, we're not going to have a successful entry. During the return mission control, we'll lose contact with the spacecraft for around 6 minutes.
The mission marks the first lunar journey for humans in more than 50 years, sending the
crew farther into space than ever before. For NPR News, I'm Brendan Burn in Orlando. The thoughts of flights are facing a major disruption today after a cabin crew staged another one-day strike. Operations at Frankfurt and Munich airports have been hit especially hard with tens of thousands
of passengers affected by delays and cancellations. This is NPR News. This week on the NPR Politics Podcast. In Iran, President Trump is both escalating and de-escalating, pausing strikes on energy sights, 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 NPR Politics Podcast.
