Live from MPR news on trial Snyder tensions are again rising in the straight of
hormones Iran attacked at least three ships near the straight wins day and
“seized two of them Jim Walsh is a security analyst at MIT he explains the”
significance behind the Iranian attacks two reasons one it need only attack a ship here and a ship there to remind those who want to ship oil or other goods in the straight that they're at risk if they do so they don't have to attack every ship they just have to attack a couple one here and one there and I
would say the second reason is that it offers them a way to achieve a sort of
tip for tat response to the US seizure of the two ships done by the US ships engaged in the naval blockade attacks unfolded a day after President Trump said he would extend the two weeks ceasefire European Union Foreign Ministers have rejected a proposal to suspend trade relations with Israel as me Nicholson reports on the decision coming amid deep divisions in the EU over the
Middle East Spain island and Slovenia were among the member states pushing to
“suspend some of Israel's free trade privileges with the 27 nation block”
pointing to settler violence in the West Bank they accuse Israel of breaching conditions of the deal that include respect for human rights Germany and Italy vetoed the proposal which requires unanimous support Germany's Foreign Ministers Johan Barab full says his government's objection to sanctions does
not mean what he called critical issues should not be discussed with Israel
for MPI news I'm Asmin Nicholson in Berlin Senate Republicans are seeking to bring in end to the shutdown of the homeland security department the Senate is in session holding what's called a voter Rama on amendments ahead of a final vote Thursday on a resolution to fund the ice and border patrol agencies for the next three years Republicans are using the budget reconciliation process
to get around democratic demands for guardrails on immigration enforcement operations a closely divided this circuit court of appeals has upheld a Texas law that requires public schools to prominently display posters of the tin commandments and all public school classrooms appears need a total number report by a nine to eight vote the appeals court reinstated the law
the first of many similar efforts that until now have been blocked by other federal courts on grounds that they violate Supreme Court President and bridge the constitutional wall separating church and state a group that represents 15 Texas families of various faiths say they plan to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1980 the High Court ruled a similar law unconstitutional
that of course was 46 years ago and the court today is far more conservative Nina Tottenberg and PR news Washington and you're listening to MPR news El Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told senators Wednesday that if President Trump's nominee to lead the CDC is confirmed she will make decisions on vaccines independently Kennedy wrapped up a marathon week of budget
hearings on Capitol Hill telling the Senate Health Committee that he had vetted Erica Schwartz's position on vaccines before President Trump nominated her this week the previous CDC director said Kennedy fired her because she disagreed with his vaccine policies the Justice Department and the state of Maryland are suing DC water after hundreds and millions of
gallons of raw sewage were dumped into the Potomac River earlier this year the government wants financial penalties sewer assessment and rehabilitation projects as well as pollutant mitigation work to remedy the issue the Scott Mascione from Member Station W. Y. P. R. reports the Justice Department and Maryland say DC water officials were aware of sewage pipe called the
Potomac Interceptor was severely corroded but did not attempt to remediate the issue before it collapsed the pipe collapse in January led to more than
200 million gallons of raw sewage spilling into the Potomac River DC water
says environmental review regulations slowed down its pipe rehabilitation plans the environmental advocacy group American rivers recently designated the Potomac is the most endangered river in the nation due to the spill and because of local data centers demand for water DC water and local environment groups say bacteria levels in the river are trending in the right direction
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