"Ly, from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi, saying.
The White House is waiting me here if Iran accepts its conditions for ending the war.
“The U.S. and Israel initiated against Iran more than two months ago.”
President Trump has demanded that a deal must include Iran's agreement to halt uranium enrichment. He's also demanding Iran fully reopen the state of Hormuz. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spent a couple of hours at the Vatican today trying to
smooth over tensions between the Trump administration and the first American Pope.
Then Pierre S. Michele Kelliman reports Iran and Cuba were among the topics discussed. President Trump has called the Pope's "oft on crime and on Iran," but none of those tensions were on display as Rubio exchange gifts with the Pope and met with him privately. The state department says the meeting underscored the strong relationship between the U.S. and the Holy See and said they discussed the situation in the Middle East and
the topics of mutual interest in the Western Hemisphere. Rubio State Department has been working with the Catholic Church in Cuba to deliver aid. The Vatican has expressed concerns about a humanitarian crisis there, as the U.S. cuts off most fuel shipments, and as Trump talks about a "friendly takeover" of the communist island.
Michele Kelliman and PR News, the State Department. By the way, tomorrow marks the year since Pope Leo was selected to lead the Roman Catholic Church. Another public survey finds many Americans disapprove of the religious rhetoric used by the Trump administration, and Pierre S. Michele Kelliman reports the survey also finds support for Pope Leo, who has pushed back against the war.
The Washington Post ABC News episodes poll found that 87 percent of U.S. adults view Donald
Trump posting a picture of himself as Jesus negatively, disapproval was even higher among
“white evangelicals, an important political base for the president.”
The poll also found that two-thirds of Americans have a positive reaction to Pope Leo urging people to contact their elected representatives in support of peace. And Pierre's Jason D'Rose reporting, there are now eight cases of hand-of-virus linked to a cruise ship, off the coast of Africa, and Pierre's Gabrielle Emmanuel reports, five of those have been confirmed and three passengers died.
Public health authorities are tracking down passengers who previously disembarked and then flew to 12 or more countries around the world. From Turkey to Singapore to Denmark and the United States, usually haunt a virus's transmit through rodent urine, feces, and saliva. However, this particular strain can transmit person to person, yet it requires very close contact
in a household or with a medical professional. Maria Van Kerkoff is with the World Health Organization.
“This is not COVID, this is not influenza, it starts very, very differently.”
She says the risk to the general public is very low. However, there's no vaccine or specific treatment for the virus. Gabrielle Emmanuel and PR news. It's NPR. Recovery is underway across Mississippi where tornadoes have left a trail of destruction in
injured at least 17 people. Local authorities estimate at least three twisters tore through several counties and damage about 500 homes. Republican state lawmakers in Tennessee are advancing a redistricting bill to divide a majority black congressional district in line with Trump back to efforts across the South to redraw
maps and improve the GOP's chances of picking up more house seats. Today's actions in Tennessee spurred protests outside state house and Senate Chambers, Democratic lawmakers locked arms while protesters yelled no Jim Crow in opposition to mid-decade redistricting. Her new research on cell phone bands and schools and their effectiveness, more than two-thirds of states have implemented some type of restriction, and PRs Sequoic Rillope has a latest.
This week's study found that states with restrictions saw dramatically reduced cell connectivity in schools. Teachers reported that the number of students using cell phones in class dropped on average from 61% to just 13%. On the other hand, the research found that the bands had a "close-to-zero" effect on test scores,
but Thomas D. a professor of economics at Stanford and a co-author on this study characterized
this research as the first draft of a new approach to schooling, even though these bands
are very popular with teachers and across party lines, this is new territory, Sequoic Rillope and Kerenus. I'm Lakshmi Singh and PR News, in Washington. On Consider This, NPR's afternoon news podcast, we cover everything for politics to the economy to the world, but every story starts with a question.
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