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A second round of peace talks between the U.S. and Iran this weekend may be in doubt.
The White House says President Trump plans to send two negotiators to Pakistan tomorrow, Steve Whitkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner. But on X tonight, Iran's foreign ministry says no meeting is set to take place between the U.S. and Iran, over the war the U.S. and Israel started nearly two months ago. Foreign Minister Abbas Iraqi is already in Islamabad, but Tehran says that's for bilateral
talks with Oman and Russia and talks with Pakistan senior leadership, both sides are maintaining
“a blockade of the crucial straight of Hormuz.”
NATO says its founding treaty for member states doesn't foresee any provision for suspension or expulsion of its allies. A new report suggests President Trump wanted to punish both Britain and Spain for not supporting the U.S. war on Iran, Tehran Schulz has more on Spain's response. Reuters says its learned of a confidential memo outlining ways that Trump administration
could punish countries that, in particular, were not willing to let the U.S. use their military bases or airspace to conduct strikes on Iran, NPR has not independently verified the report. The memo cited by the news agency suggests trying to suspend Spain from NATO over its blocking of access for the U.S. military, asked by reporters at a European Union summit, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez didn't give the idea much credit.
"We don't work on emails," he said, "we're working on official documents and positions. Asked for comment, NATO clarified there is no way a member country can be suspended or kicked out of the alliance.
“For NPR news, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels."”
The Pentagon says the Defense Department will see two with that Trump has credible options to ensure that U.S. allies are no longer, quote, "paper tiger and instead do their part."
Mainz Governor, Democrat Janet Mills, vetoed what would have been the country's first
temporary statewide ban on large-scale data centers. Main public's Peter McGuire reports that many of her fellow Democrats are furious. A strange general Chris Mays, a Democrat, says the location of the facility in the city of surprise is inappropriate for housing human beings, and says DHS didn't submit necessary environmental reviews.
The warehouse is across the street from a hazardous chemical storage facility. Mays says the government is obligated by its own laws to conduct a safety analysis. "In their rush to expand detention capacity across the country and implement a deportation system that operates, quote, like Amazon Prime, but with human beings, DHS and ICE have run roughshod over federal law."
“In her lawsuit Mays seeks to permanently bar DHS from using the warehouse as a detention”
center. For NPR News, I'm Cameron Sanchez and Phoenix. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention trains disease detectives who investigate outbreaks around the world.
It's a fellowship program that's marking its 75th anniversary this week. And here's Ping Wang has more. The fellows of the Epidemic Intelligence Service don't take that continuity for granted. The program was undoed as chopping block last year, but it was spared. This week, fellows gathered in Atlanta for their annual conference.
They presented on malaria, bird flu, and other health threats. Dr. Eric Pebsner is the program's chief. "It's monthly. We've had officers going after invasive strategy to Hawaii, dipsyria, and the federate states of microeuges.
They've gone out for our officers are out there trying to figure out what they could do to come up with consequential actions to help make people safe and healthy." Their logo features the soul of a shoe with a hole in it, representing the shoe leather detective work that they've done for decades, piecing together outbreaks. Ping Wang and PR News
China is sending two giant pandas to the Atlanta Zoo. Its Beijing's latest effort for Panda Diplomacy, less than a month before President Trump is set to visit the country. The China Wildlife Conservation Association says Ping Ping, a male, and Phush Wang, a female, will kick off a decade-long conservation partnership under an agreement assigned with the Zoo
last year. It's not clear when the pandas will arrive, but the Zoo is already doing upgrades to the facility to create a more comfy place for the pair.
Giant pandas have been a symbol of U.S. Chin up friendships since 1972 when China first
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