Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor, Johnston.
Vice President, J.D. Vance, and a U.S. delegation are on their way back to Washington at the Sauer after a peace talks broke down in Islamabad overnight. Negotiating team from Tehran has also left Pakistan.
“Betsy Joel's reports, both sides, are blaming each other with deep divisions over several key”
issues.
Vance described this in a 30-second clip released by the White House as "bad news" and said
it was worse news for Iran than the United States. He said Iran was unwilling to accept his sides' terms without providing specifics beyond the fact that the U.S. had made certain red lines clear. Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson Ismail Bikai said in a post on X that the main subjects of talks were the state of Hormuz nuclear issues, sanctions, reparations, and an end to the
war against Iran and the region. Vance's departure from Islamabad casts uncertainty over if and how the peace process will move forward. For NPR News, I'm Betsy Joel's and Islamabad.
“Pakistan is urging both sides to honor a two-week ceasefire.”
Officials say they'll continue to mediate and push for renewed talks in the coming days. It's unclear when negotiations will resume. The war in Iran is driving up prices in the U.S. field in part by rising energy costs. Chad Gard, a baker in Chesterton, Indiana says he doesn't see the benefit of the ongoing conflict for Americans.
"Never seems to be good, great for the economy, it seems good for the high-ups, the billionaires,
people making more money than they should be probably, but as like a lowman on the total pole, I'll say, it's just like why we don't need this." The Labor Department says consumer prices rose 3.3% in March. The biggest increase in nearly two years. Economists say higher fuel costs are likely to keep pressure on inflation in the months ahead.
Voters in Hungary are heading to the polls today for the first time in 16 years, Prime Minister Victor Orban, a far-right populist, is facing possible defeat. Victor Orban is a prominent leader in far-right politics worldwide. He's repeatedly vetoed the European Union's efforts to provide support for Ukraine, and he's blocked sanctions on Moscow for its full-scale invasion.
Last week, Vice President J.D. Vance flew to Hungary to show White House support for Orban.
For the first time, a challenger is ahead in the polls.
Peter Majer used to be a member of Orban's fetish party, and now leads his own. Majer says he'll work to improve relations with the EU and cut off close ties with the Kremlin. Majer urges voters to give him a commanding win, saying his party TISA will need at least two-thirds of the 199-seat parliament to be able to carry out decisive changes. For MPR news, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
It's MPR. Protesters in Ireland temporarily blocked access to the country's only oil refinery on Saturday. It marks the fifth-stray day of demonstrations over soaring gas prices. John Dowland, the spokesperson for Fuel Protesters, spoke to Irish broadcaster RTE.
“"I think this protest could continue on, maybe for another week, maybe two weeks.”
If it takes a month, we are prepared to sit here. If it takes to close the country down, we'll close the country down." More than a third of gas stations in Ireland are now out of fuel and shortages are expected to get worse. People took to the streets and San Francisco on Saturday to celebrate the first Dolores who are today parade. Lakshmi Sara from Member Station KQED reports the parade was renamed
after labor leader Saisar Chavez was accused of rape last month. As tech dancers led the parade of cars, trucks, low riders, and union representatives from local iron workers, electricians, and farm workers. This year's theme was "Centering our culture and collective power." Nikki Trisbinya has been supporting the parade for years. "Changing the name and all that and taking Saisar's name off of everything is part of what
some people think we should do, but deep down we have to examine how we are really treating victims of sexual assault." She wants to see more support for victims who are afraid to speak up in the workplace. For NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Sara. I'm Windsor Johnston NPR News in Washington. Each story you hear on planet money starts with a question. What happens if we refund tariffs? Why are grocery so expensive? And NPR, we stand for your right to be curious because the forces shaping
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