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with Iran indefinitely while maintaining the U.S. Navy blockade on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran now says it's seized two ships in the Strait in response, and beer's air-betrary reports from Dubai.
The two vessels were seized by Iran's revolutionary guard in the Strait of Hormuz.
“That's the key waterway through which a fifth of the world's oil was passing before the”
war began early two months ago. Iran, which is blocking most ships now from transiting through the Strait, says the seizure of today's vessels is in response to the U.S. seizing an Iranian cargo ship and its crew on Sunday. They called it an "i" for an "i" for an oil tanker for an oil tanker.
The U.S. Navy is positioned in the Arabian Sea, blocking Iranian ships from entering or exiting the Strait. Iran said the seizure of the ship violates the ceasefire, and there's no word yet on whether the two sides plan to meet again for another round of talks. Any of the Trolley and Pyrenees Dubai
Iranian state news agencies now say Iranian forces fired on a third ship in the Strait.
They say that third ship is now stranded on the Iranian coast.
Photos in Virginia have voted to redraw their state's congressional map, this could favor Democrats in midterm elections. Democrats hope to gain several more seats in Congress. This comes after President Trump urged Republican-led states last year to redraw their maps to favor GOP candidates.
House Democratic Leader Hakim Jeffries says the decision in Virginia means Trump's plans have been thwarted. Our goal is to make sure that there's a fair, national map so that it's the voters of this country who are the ones to decide who's in the majority in connection with the midterm elections.
He spoke to NPR's morning edition. This issue may not be settled. The Virginia Supreme Court is still expected to weigh in as well. Donald Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will testify before two Senate committees today. The hearings are about the health department's budget.
But as NPR Salinas Simmons' Duffin reports, Kennedy's moves on vaccines will likely be a central topic. The tie-breaking vote for Secretary Kennedy's confirmation last year was cast by Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, the chair of the Senate Health Committee, which oversees HHS and a member of the Finance Committee.
Cassidy is a physician who supports vaccines. He only agreed to support the nomination after Kennedy promised not to change vaccine policy and to appear regularly before the health committee. The opposite has happened. Kennedy has made dramatic, unprecedented changes to vaccine policy and hasn't testified
before the health committee since September.
Since then, Cassidy has issued statements critical of the Secretary's moves on vaccines,
but now he has the opportunity to question him publicly. Will innocentens Duffin and Pyrenees, Washington. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. The European Union's energy chief is warning the war against Iran as triggered and energy crisis that could last for years.
This comes as the German airline lift-on to says it's cutting 20,000 flights to save jet fuel. In landmark trials last month, social media companies were found liable for designing their apps to be harmful to children. Michaeline Ducliffe reports scientists have identified features of apps that compelled children
to overuse them. For over a decade, Natasha Daoshole, a New York University, has studied how apps hold kids on them for hours. She has found four key features. First, solitude.
You use the app alone.
“This is important because it removes social cues or stoppag.”
Second, bottomlessness. You're seemingly endless photos and videos available. Third, speed. This content appears rapidly. Finally, teasing.
The app figures out what the child wants to see, but doesn't quite give it to them. When an app combines these four features, she'll say, "It creates a recipe for overuse." It's a cruel setup, especially when kids are concerned, right? You kids are obviously more vulnerable. So she says, "Kids need help regulating their use of these apps.
For NPR News, I'm Michaeline Ducliffe." Publio is speaking against income inequality in his visit today in the central African nation of Equatorial Guinea. Leo's papal mass was attended by the country's vice president. He was convicted in France of embezzlement.
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