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round of talks between the U.S. and Iran could happen in Pakistan. Yesterday he also said
“the conflict could soon end, but NPR's Quil Lauren says the U.S. military is still building”
up forces in the region." The U.S. is blocking ships from exiting or entering Iranian ports since strangling Iran's economy. That way, that blockade is an act of war, but in this case, it's really maybe just part of the negotiations with Iran. Yesterday's Pentagon News briefing may be aimed to sort of push these negotiations to defense Secretary Pete Higgs has said that the blockade
is the polite way this can go. NPR is Quil Lauren's reporting. Meanwhile, the leaders of Britain and France are holding a meeting with other countries' leaders about how to protect shipping when the straight just opens. Meanwhile, Iran's foreign minister has just posted online that the straight of Hormuz is "completely open." He says this is for the remaining period of the Lebanon
Israel ceasefire.
“Iran's ambassador to the United Nations says his country is cautiously optimistic about”
potential peace talks with the U.S. He also says the U.S. has betrayed past diplomatic negotiations. Reporter Duri Besgarin spoke with Iranians who are crossing the border into Turkey. She found mixed reactions about the prospect of renewed talks. The airspace is still closed in Iran, so hundreds of people here have spent hours on a bus to reach the Turkish border. NPR is not using their names due to the risk of arrest when
they return to Iran. An older woman from Isfahan says she thinks both sides should lower their expectations in the negotiations. She hopes they're successful. But if someone slaps you, we will slap them back. A young man on his way back to his job in Central Europe disagrees.
He says he'd rather live in Iran and speak his own language. "Whatever I spoke to, they have the same idea. They say why they ceasefire. We don't want it." Iran Pernus, I'm Deray Besgarin, and Vaughn Turkey. Meanwhile, at 10 days ceasefire announced by President Trump and agreed on by Lebanon and Israel has begun.
Boraj is of gunshots, however, rang out across Beirut early today. Residents were firing
into the air to celebrate the first day of the truce. The two neighboring countries held
their first direct diplomatic talks in decades earlier this week in Washington. That's after more than a month of war between Israel and the Iran backed Lebanon based has below militant group. There are proxy of Iran. The truce, if it holds, could boost attempts to extend the ceasefire among Iran. The United States and Israel after weeks of devastating war.
This is NPR. The house has passed a two-week extension of a part of the foreign intelligence surveillance act, or Pfizer. The Senate plans to take up the Pfizer measure today. There isn't much time. It will expire on Monday. Negotiators say they need more time to review the federal government's ability to spy.
A new poll from Pew Research looks at President Trump and religion. And Beirut's Jason Duro says it comes in recent back and forth between the President and Pope Leo. "Seven in 10 Americans say President Trump is not too religious or not at all religious. That's up 8% from the last time Pew asked the question in the fall of 2024. Still, white evangelicals continue to say Trump stands up for people with religious beliefs like
theirs. One of the biggest changes today, 80% of Hispanic Catholics say Trump is not too or not at all religious, up from 60% in the previous survey. Latino voters helped return him to office last year." Notably, this poll was conducted earlier this month, just before President Trump harshly criticized Pope Leo on social media. Jason Duro's and PR news.
Meanwhile, Pope Leo is in Cameroon as part of his 10-day visit to Africa. He celebrated mass today in Cameroon's main port sitting on the Atlantic Ocean, Duwala. The Vatican had estimated well over half a million people might come for the mass, but the Vatican said
today, 120,000 people attended. Pope Leo has made a number of critical remarks on his trip
especially opposing war and violence. Today, he urged young people to resist corruption and work for the common good. I'm Core of a Coleman and PR news. What happens when our political party becomes the prism through which we see every other aspect of our identities?
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