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Tehran will allow safe passage of commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz, as follows
“a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, Dury Bouskirin reports.”
In a post on the social media platform, Axe, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Iraqci, said the passage for commercial vessels is "completely open" in the Strait of Hormuz, for the duration of the ceasefire in Lebanon. Iraqci said ships could use a coordinated route determined by Tehran, that may be a reference to Iran allowing certain vessels to pass through its coastal waters, before the U.S. imposed
its own naval blockade on the Strait. He made no reference to clearing mines in the Strait. U.S. President Trump responded with his own posts, saying the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports would continue until negotiations end. Frontier News, I'm Dury Bouskirin, in Vaughn, Turkey.
The news comes as the leaders of France and Britain are convening a meeting with dozens of leaders from other nations.
They're focused on how to help ships safely transmit the Strait of Hormuz when the fighting
ends. Stocks jumped sharply this morning on word-to-strait could reopen, and PR's Scott Horsley
“reports, the Dow Jones industrial average jumped 750 points in early trading.”
Oil prices tumbled, on hopes the log jam in the Strait may be ending after more than six weeks. In normal deliveries of energy, and other products to resume. Retail gasoline prices have also been inching lower, AAA's is the average price of regular gas is now about four dollars, seven cents a gallon.
Traders are encouraged that a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon could pave the way to a more lasting truce. Stock in Netflix is down, despite strong quarterly profits, the streaming giant offered a cautious forecast, and announced the co-founder Reed Hastings is stepping down as the company's chairman this summer.
The Asian stocks were mostly lower overnight, one day after Japan's Nikkei average hit an all-time high. Scott Horsley and PR News, Washington. The acting director of immigration and customs enforcement will leave his job at the end of May.
“Todd Lyon's departure is the latest shake-up at the Department of Homeland Security.”
And peers, hementibestio reports, Lyon's has played a central role in carrying out President Trump's mass deportation policies. Lyon's testified Thursday before House Lawmakers to discuss the fiscal year 2027 budget, but the agency is still not funded for fiscal year 2026. That is because Senate Democrats stripped funding for all of the Department of Homeland
Security earlier this year after federal immigration officers shot and killed to US citizens in Minneapolis. Although some Republicans agree changes are needed, a deal to change how eyes operate has not yet been reached. In its statements to NPR, top Trump administration officials, praised Lyon's his leadership
and tenure at eyes. Lyon's has been with the agency for nearly 20 years and will leave for a job in the private sector. His last day is expected to be May 31st. Hementibestio and PR News, Washington.
You're listening to NPR. A federal judge's role construction work that's below ground can go forward on President Trump's new ballroom at the White House, but the judge says all the work being done above ground still has to stop. The Trump administration had argued the underground work is for security purposes and includes
a proposed bunker. New data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show March was the hottest month ever recorded in the U.S. and appears Rebecca Hershel reports scientists are blaming climate change. Ten states had their hottest March ever recorded.
Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming. Drought is also increasing in the U.S. particularly in the West. California had its driest March ever recorded, with less than a quarter-interprecipation statewide.
Hot dry conditions make large, intense wildfires more likely. Climate change is driving up temperatures, because of planet warming pollution emitted by burning oil, gas and coal. Rebecca Hershel and PR News. The Smithsonian Zoo in Washington, D.C., says it will present an Asian elephant calf to the
public next Wednesday to honor Earth Day. The baby female named Lin-Mei was born February 2nd. Zookeeper Say Lin-Mei's mother initially showed some aggression toward the elephant calf after she was born, but the baby has had positive interaction with other adult females. Lin-Mei is the National Zoo's first baby elephant in almost 25 years.
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