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The British military says Iranian gunboats have fired on a tanker in the state of Hormuz.
“Among announced today that the waterway had returned to its previous state and is now”
under strict management and control by the armed forces. There are no reports of injuries. Terran says the restriction will be in place until the U.S. Completely lives its naval blockade of Iranian ports. Speaking of board Air Force One last night, President Trump was asked about the ceasefire
with Terran, which is set to expire next week. "Maybe I won't extend it, but the blockade is going to remain. But maybe I won't extend it. So you have a blockade and unfortunately it will have to start dropping bombs again." The leaders of nations trying to help broker a longer ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran
that met in southern Turkey last night. Dori B. Sgarin reports the deal between the two countries has been extremely fragile. The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey met on the sidelines of the
“Antalya Diplomacy Forum in a rare gathering to help negotiate and end to the war between”
the U.S. and Iran. The leaders of Pakistan and Turkey met separately. Turkish President, Rajip Taip Erdogan, said the two would work to extend the ceasefire until peace is achieved in Iran. Dori B. Sgarin reporting from Istanbul.
U.S. officials are preparing for ceasefire talks between Israel and Lebanon next week in Washington. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he agreed to the ceasefire to advance peace efforts with Lebanon, but said Israeli troops would not withdraw. Israeli forces have engaged in fierce battles with the militant group Hezbollah as they
push into southern Lebanon to create what officials are calling a security zone.
More than one million people in Lebanon have been displaced in the latest conflict.
Protesters will gather in South Texas today 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. Hundreds of protesters are expected to arrive in Delhi, Saturday at noon. This estimated there are over 300 men women and children being detained at the center. Cheryl 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 Noem, 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.
Canada is moving to end door-to-door mail delivery for about 4 million homes, shifting to
community mailboxes over the next five years. Officials with the government-run postal service say the change could say roughly 290 million dollars annually. British Prime Minister Kirs Starmer will be fighting for his job when he appears in Parliament on Monday.
Vicky Barker reports from London. Starmer is expected to repeat his assertion that he only just learned that Peter Mandelson, who was fired as Britain's ambassador to the US last year over revelations in the Etstein files, had actually failed a security check when appointed. But as the Guardian's political editor, Pippa Crier, told the BBC the career civil servants
Starmer just fired for that alleged oversight will be testifying Tuesday. "That might be a moment when that all comes to a hate, he puts his side of the story and that could be damaging to the Prime Minister who has already been so damaged by this extraordinary scandal." If Starmer is found to have deliberately misled Parliament, convention requires that
he stepped down. Or NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker, in London. Soccer fans heading to the World Cup matches and New Jersey this summer are facing higher transit prices. Round trip ticket prices from Manhattan are expected to reach about $150.
That's more than 10 times the usual price. Transit officials estimate around 40,000 fans will rely on public transit with total
transportation cost topping $60 million.
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