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in Iranian cargo ship after he said it attempted to violate the U.S. blockade in the
“straight of Hormuz. NPR's Eric McDaniel.”
As more. A mid-peace talks in a looming ends to the ceasefire. President Trump posted to social media that a U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer, quote, "blue a hole in the engine room" and quote, "of an Iranian flaged cargo ship," the Tuska. Trump says Marines then took control of the vessel and moved to investigate its cargo.
He said the Iranian flag ship was under existing U.S. Treasury Department sanctions. Earlier on Sunday, Trump alleged that Iran had violated the ceasefire by firing at other ships transiting the waterway. The incident is sure to complicate planned peace talks in Pakistan this week. Eric McDaniel and Pianu is the White House.
British police say they're investigating whether a series of attacks and vandalism against Jewish sites in London are the work of an Iran-backed arsonists. No one has been injured in any of the attacks, which have hit Jewish charities and places of worship in the U.K.'s capital over the past month.
“MPR's law and frayer has more in our story from London.”
The latest arson attack left minor smoke damage at a North London synagogue. Jewish charities and ambulances have also been targeted. And the U.K.'s chief rabbi says the violence is gaining momentum. Police have boosted patrols and several people have been arrested for alleged hate crimes. After terrorism officials now say they're investigating whether these attacks, as well
as another against a Persian language Iranian opposition media outlet, could be the work of Iranian proxies. There has been an online claim of responsibility from a little known group Israel accuses of having links to Iran. In the past, it's also claimed attacks against synagogues in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Lauren Freyer and Pianu is London. The federal government could lose billions in tax revenue each year if fewer immigrants filed their taxes, as MPR's Windsor Johnston reports, a new analysis finds that fear and policy changes may be pushing some people out of the system.
The Yale Budget Lab projects the U.S. could lose nearly $500 billion over the next 10 years
of tax filings decline. Undocumented immigrants already contribute tens of billions of dollars each year through payroll and income taxes. The Economists warned that fear could cause more people to avoid filing their returns or move into off the books work.
Director of Policy Analyst Richard Prisenzano says that kind of shift can backfire. If those folks are worried about being deported or being investigated, they won't have less interaction with the government. And so this piece could actually bring less revenue in. The report warns that even a modest drop in participation could lead to significant losses
over time. Windsor Johnston and Piano News, Washington. Japan's Nikkei Index Futures are up for tens of percent in early trading in Tokyo and you're listening to NPR News. Five people were shot in downtown Iowa City.
Early this morning, Iowa Public Radio's James Kelly reports that police are still investigating the incidents. The Iowa City Police Department says officers responded to a large fight near the University of Iowa campus just before 2 AM Sunday morning when they arrived they heard gunfire. Videos shared online show people running away from the scene.
Three of those injured are students at the University of Iowa.
The victims were taken to nearby hospitals with one in critical condition.
UI President Barbara Wilson says the University is in close communication with law enforcement and she's thinking of the students and their families. Governor Kim Reynolds called it a senseless act of violence that has devastated the University community. Police have not made any arrests and are asking for the public's help in identifying several
people of interest. For NPR News, I'm James Kelly in Iowa City. Pope Leo the 14th traveled Sunday to pray at a popular Catholic shrine in Angola. The shrine was the epicenter of the African slave trade. In a prayer he recalled the sorrow and great suffering Angola's endured for centuries because
of the practice. The site became a major pilgrimage destination after believers reported and appearance by the Virgin Mary in the mid-1800s. For the third week, the Super Mario Galaxy movie, top North American box office is it added $35 million in ticket sales for an overall total of $747.5 million internationally.
Project Hail Mary earned another $20.5 million in its fifth weekend of distribution, earning
at the number two spot while Lee Cronin's The Mummy debuted in third with $13 million.
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