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President Trump says the U.S. military is going to begin a blockade of all Iranian
“ports starting Monday at 10 am eastern standard time.”
Trump hopes to weaken Iran's strategic leverage over oil-translating through the straight-of-four moves, speaking with reporters Sunday night, Trump also spoke about us frustration over a lack of help in the war from NATO. "I'm very disappointed in NATO that didn't do this. They weren't there for us.
We paid trillions of dollars for NATO, and they weren't there for us. Remember what I said? NATO was not there. Now they want to come up, but there's no real threat anymore. But NATO was not there for us."
And Trump said NATO's relationship with the U.S. will face further scrutiny.
European Union leaders have been quick to congratulate. Peter Majar on his party's decisive win Sunday over prime minister Viktor Orban and Hungary's parliamentary elections. Terry Schultz reports that Brussels is hoping for an end to the roadblocks, the white right-wing populist Orban is thrown in the way of European Union decisions,
particularly on helping Ukraine and the sanctioning of Russia. Hungary has chosen Europe.
“That's how European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen responded on social media”
to news Prime Minister Orban has lost power after 16 years. She added the Union gross stronger with Peter Majar's win. Vonder Leyen posted just 17 minutes after Orban conceded defeat, evidence of just how closely European leaders were watching this vote. Orban has blocked many EU initiatives and is currently holding up a major loan to Ukraine
and the next package of sanctions against Russia. Modure pledges to renew Hungary's relationship with the EU. European Council President Antonio Costa noted the record turnout saying he looks forward to working closely with Peter Majar to make Europe stronger and more prosperous. For NPR news, I'm Terry Schultz and Brussels.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu crossed the border into Lebanon's Sunday to visit Israeli troops who've invaded that country. Israeli air strikes continue to target his beloved militants there.
“NPR's law and frayer reports from bay roots.”
Israeli air strikes hit the Mediterranean resort city of Tire, and border villages Israel says it's seizing from Lebanon. To create what it calls a buffer zone where his Bala campfire rockets. The Lebanese Red Cross says one of its ambulance teams was directly targeted by an Israeli drone, killing one paramedic and boonding another.
UN peacekeepers saying Israeli tank rammed their vehicles and Israeli troops fired warning shots that hit three feet from personnel. Netanyahu and his defense minister Israel cats both joined invading troops inside Lebanon. Cats at his goal is to disarm his Bala and remove houses so that they can't become called terror outposts.
Lebanon says nearly 40,000 homes have been destroyed or heavily damaged in the past 35 days. Lauren Frayer and PR news bay root. And this is NPR news. China says it will resume some ties to Taiwan, which is a self-governing island Beijing claims as its own.
It comes just after Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Taiwan's opposition party leader and called for peace. NPR's Jennifer Pack reports from Shanghai. China unveiled 10 incentives, including resuming direct flights and lifting tourist restrictions to Taiwan. But it's unclear if some of the measures will be implemented.
Like Beijing says it will ease access for Taiwanese agricultural and fishery products, but only if Taiwan agrees it is part of one China and opposes Taiwanese independence. Beijing doesn't engage with Taiwan's governing democratic progressive party, regarding its leaders as separatists. A spokesperson for Taiwan's presidential office says if China were sincere,
it would engage Taiwan's government directly. Jennifer Pack and PR news Shanghai. Cuba's president says the U.S. has no valid reason to attack that island or to throw him out of office. President Trump has used harsh language when speaking about Cuba over the past few months, including calling its leadership corrupt.
Speaking with NBC News, President Miguel Diaz can now set an invasion of this country would be costly, and if one occurs, Cuba's will defend themselves. Roy Macarois done it after losing a six-shot lead on Saturday. He managed to pull off a one-stroke victory Sunday at the master's tournament in Georgia. He's become only the fourth person to get back to backwinds at the story event.
Despite a few tough moments during the final round, he finished with a 170-1,
Scotty Schaffler and Russell Henley were tied for second.
I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
