"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noraram.
Iran today responded to the latest U.S. proposal to end the war.
“Official Iranian news agency reported the response was delivered to Pakistani mediators.”
Not much detail was made public, except the response appears to focus primarily on reopening the straight-up for moves to shipping. The Islamic Republic of Iran broadcasting said the response is in line with Iran's previous positions. The war began February 28 when the U.S. and Israel launched airstrikes.
The war in Iran is likely to come up this week when President Trump meets with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing. Trade and AI are also expected to be part of the conversation. NPR's deeper shiver on reports Trump's trip to China was delayed by nearly two months
because of Trump's decision to go to war with Iran.
Now 10 weeks into the war that was supposed to end weeks ago, Trump may seek help from Xi in wrapping up the conflict by asking China to influence Iran to reopen the state of Hormuz.
“The closure of the state has led to higher oil prices around the world, and its impacting”
Trump's political standing at home in the U.S. But whether there's actual progress made on that or points of conversation like economic agreements and AI is unclear. U.S.-China relations have been frosty for the last year. Tensions were high when Trump and Xi met in South Korea last year over escalating tariffs.
And while that conflict has cooled, expectations for major takeaways from this upcoming meeting remain low. Deepishivaram and PR News, Washington. The U.S. will host another round of talks between Israel and Lebanon in Washington this week.
In the meantime, Lebanese officials say more Israeli air strikes have killed at least 24 people, and PR's J.N.A.R.F. reports. It has taken by a resident at the village of Soxakia, shows flame still rising from a house destroyed by an Israeli air strike.
“Well, first responders load the dead onto an ambulance.”
Israel, which has invaded South Lebanon, says it struck Hezbollah targets posing an immediate threat, and that it had taken steps to reduce harm to civilians. It would not give details. A local official said three women and three children, including a six-month-old girl, were killed in the air strike, along with three men.
J.N.A.R.F. and PR News, Beirut, a cruise ship at the center of the hunt of virus outbreak is now anchored off Spain's Canary Islands. The passengers are being flown home on planes chartered by their countries. Dr. Stephen Cornfeld was among the 17 Americans aboard the ship. He's an oncologist from Bend, Oregon, and helped treat the sick after the ship's doctor
Phelial, "I was already embroiled in it, so there's no way out which gets us to go back to our room and say, I'm just a passenger leave me alone, and then it just kind of escalated." Three people died during the outbreak. This is NPR News. British Prime Minister Kier Starmer is a resisting cause that he resigned after his labor
party's losses in local elections last week. He told the observer newspaper he is not going to walk away from the job. He was elected to do and plunged the country into chaos. The annual BAFTA TV Awards ceremony takes place in the UK tonight. Vicky Orker reports it honors the best television shows that aired in Britain in 2025.
The frontrunner is the British TV show Adolescence with 11 nominations. It's already one multiple Amazon gold and globes. In the best international category, all six nominees are U.S. made. The bear, the diplomat, the studio, the white lotus, and two sci-fi series, pluribus and severance. Three cast members from the same series, a mandaland, which streamed in the U.S. on Sundance
TV, are up for best comedy actor, including Jennifer Saunders, best known for starring in the 1990s hit series, "Absolutely Fabulous." For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker, in London. Today is Mother's Day, despite higher prices, the National Retail Federation projects
the Americans will spend a record $38 billion this year, up 11% from last year, $284 on average.
A popular item is flowers, prices are up more than 7% in recent weeks due to tariffs and the high cost of fuel. Most flowers are imported from other countries and then moved in refrigerator trucks. I'm Nora Ram, NPR News, in Washington. For a growing number of women, single motherhood feels like the right choice.
She walked eyes with me, and that was the moment that I knew we were about to have one hell of a life together. On the Sunday Story, how these single mothers are making it work. Listen now to the Sunday Story from the U.S. podcast on the NPR app.
