Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman.
The U.S. Central Command says it will begin a blockade on all Iranian ports beginning
in seven hours.
“The action is in response to the collapse of peace, talks, and Pakistan this weekend.”
The blockade is an effort to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping. Speaking with reporters Sunday night, President Trump said, "Despite the setbacks, the ceasefire with Iran remains in place." "I would say it's holding well. Their military is destroyed. Their whole Navy is under water. You know that. 158 ships are gone. Their Navy's gone. Most of their mind droppers are
gone." Trump says the Navy will also intercept vessels that are paying tolls to Iran for passage. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited troops in Lebanon's Sunday,
as Israeli and Lebanese diplomats prepared to hold their first direct meeting between
government officials in decades on Tuesday. His empire's Kent Lonstor reports that as attacks in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah continue.
“Lebanon's Ministry of Health says 97 people were killed by Israeli strikes mainly in the”
south on Saturday alone, including three emergency workers. Meanwhile, Hezbollah says it has continued attacks on northern Israel and Israeli troops inside Lebanon. Israel says that struck more than 200 Hezbollah targets over the weekend. Israel and Lebanon's ambassadors to the U.S. are set to meet in Washington to discuss the ceasefire. But at Hezbollah rally in downtown Beirut, Saturday, supporters filled the streets for blocks, waving flags and chanting
against negotiations. Many said that after the Israeli attacks last week, which killed more than 350 people in a single day, they don't trust the talks will benefit them. Katlons Ruff, MPAR News, Israel In Nigeria, a local official says dozens of civilians were killed in an airstrike Saturday by Nigeria's military. The attack hit a village market in the
northeast part of that country, as NPR is a manual Akinwant to reports. The strikes appeared
“to have been targeting an Islamist militant compound.”
The extracts hit a remote market in the northeast and state of Bono, where the Boko Haram insurgency began, and where the Nigerian military have been fighting Islamist militant groups. In earlier incidents, Nigeria's Air Force killed at least dozens of civilians in airstrikes, rather than the militant's it targeted. The Air Force has blamed intelligence failings and operational errors. In February, about 100 U.S. soldiers arrived in the region,
in a security pact, including sharing intelligence and training Nigeria's armed forces. Emmanuel Akinwant to MPAR News. Hungarian voters rejected the reelection bid of Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Sunday. Officials say voters turned out in the largest number since the fall of Communism. The vote is seen
as critical for Europe and Ukraine, Orban is often clashed with Hungary's European Union
partners, including over funding for Kiev's war efforts. You're listening to NPR News. The federal government has awarded $50 million for EMS agencies around the country to expand pre-hospital blood transfusion programs. The practice is considered a life-saver for trauma patients. From Connecticut Public Radio, Chris Polanski reports. Parametric Field Supervisor T. Oleson with the ambulance company AMR Hartford says getting blood
into trauma patients in the field, rather than waiting until they reach the hospital, has been a game changer. You give it, and within a minute to two minutes, like they wake back up, their vital start stabilizing. You see the color return to their skin. The money from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or Nitsa, is going everywhere
from rural Oregon to Tampa, Florida. Nitsa says roughly 2% of the nation's 15,000 EMS agencies have pre-hospital blood programs. Now, but they're hoping to grow that number rapidly. For NPR News, I'm Chris Polanski and Hartford, Connecticut. Legendary Bollywood singer Asha Busley has died. She was 92 years old. Her singing has been featured in about 12,000 songs. She embraced many genres, including
cabaret and western melodies. Her family Sadasha was admitted to a hospital side of the night with a chest infection, and exhaustion she died Sunday from multiple Oregon failure. Her time was voiced, resonated across the country for almost 80 years. Roy Macarois become only the fourth golfer to have back-to-back wins at the master's Macarois pulled away Sunday with a pair of birdies around AMR in corner,
and finished the day with a 170-1. That was good enough to give him one stroke win over Scotty Schaffler and Russell Handleap. He's joined Jack Nicholas Nick Faldo and Tiger Woods as repeat winners. I'm Dale Wilman and PR News.
