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Iran has reversed its decision and is again restricting ships from passing through the
state of Hormuz.
“Iran had said it would open the waterway after the announcement of Israel's ceasefire”
in Lebanon. Now it appears the straightest closed again. NPR's Quil Lawrence has more." Yesterday, there was a ceasefire announced between Israel and Lebanon, and Iran then announced it would open the straight for commercial traffic for the duration of that ceasefire.
So only along this prescribed root close to the Iranian coast. But then the U.S. said it would still maintain its total blockade of Iranian ports while these peace talks continue, and perhaps in response today, Iran's military said that the
straight no is closed until the U.S. lifts the blockade.
So it's been a confusing 24 hours." NPR's Quil Lawrence reporting, at least three commercial ships, came under fire today in the straight.
“They were flying into the flags of India and the United Kingdom.”
A British maritime monitor says the attacks caused damage but no fires or casualties. French President Emmanuel Macron today accused the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah of killing of French UN peacekeeper in Lebanon, and P.R.'s Alain-Wise reports. "Florian Montario was killed and what Macron described as an attack on the UN's peace service.
Three additional soldiers had been injured as well. Macron said, quote, "Everything suggests that Hezbollah was behind the attack. The accusation against the group comes just a day into the 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah." The Israeli military says it has conducted strikes against a threatening target in Lebanon.
More than a million people in Lebanon have been forced out of the south of the country.
Where Israel is trying to create a buffer zone to prevent Hezbollah from firing rockets
“into northern Israel, along a wise NPR news.”
"Protesters are gathering in South Texas at this hour at the Family Detention Center, run by Immigration and Custom Enforcement." Texas Public Radio's Jerry Clayton reports, "Organizers say, "Conditions at the facility are inhumane." "Hudgets of protesters are expected to arrive in Delhi, Saturday at noon.
It's estimated there are over 300 men women and children being detained at the center. Israel Gonzalez with Project Unidod, one of the protests organizers, says they are focusing on children who are not getting clean drinking water, proper medical attention, and are being abused by the staff." "What we want is to not only release the children, but to shut that center down."
Texas Democratic Congressman Joaquin Castro recently said that, "Since the departure of DHS Secretary Kristi Nome, officials at the Delhi Detention Center have been operating under even more secrecy and are still mistreating detainees there. I'm Jerry Clayton, in San Antonio." This is NPR News in Washington.
President Trump signed an executive order today directing the Food and Drug Administration to expedite the approval of certain psychedelic drugs to treat mental health. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found some psychedelics have had significant success in treating depression and anxiety. The U.S. has announced new sanctions aimed at those that says are recruiting Colombian
forces to fight in the conflict in Sudan. Michael Colokie has more from Nairobi. The U.S. Treasury Department has put in place sanctions targeting five companies and individuals involved in recruiting for macolombian military personnel to fight on behalf of the Paramedic Group, the rapid support forces, or RSF.
Among those sanctions are a former colonel in the Colombian army, as well as a Colombia-based employment agency. Plashes involving the RSF and the Sudanese armed forces have been going on for three years. The U.S. has called on both warring sites to accept the three-month humanitarian truths. Scores of civilians caught up in the conflict are being killed and are put in from their
homes. In what aid group say is the world's worst humanitarian crisis. The California Insurance Department says three people have been convicted in a scheme dubbed Operation Bearclaw. They used a person dressed as a bear to attack a Rolls-Royce into Mercedes.
They then submitted a video, along with insurance claims, seeking nearly $142,000. A biologist from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said the video showed it was clearly a human in a bear suit. I'm Nora-Rom and you are news.
