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There is a pause in the attacks between the U.S. and Iran after almost two weeks of U.S.
“strikes on Iranian military targets and infrastructure and Iranian counterattacks on U.S.”
bases and other targets in the Gulf. NPR's Jane Raff, the Iranian army spokesperson confirmed Sunday that Iran had indeed halted attacks at the same time that the U.S. had. And Iran's foreign ministry spokesman, Esmail Bakali, confirmed messages were exchanged between Iran and the U.S. through mediators.
But he said Monday that Iran had not asked for talks and said, "We are currently not holding any negotiations with the American side." The war launched by the U.S. and Israel hits the five month mark tomorrow, the same day that is really Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Trump at the White House.
The price of Brent Crude, the global benchmark for oil, fell to about $89 a barrel this morning after hitting $102 a barrel last week. The price at the pump for regular gasoline is $4 and $11 a according to AAA.
“NPR's Windsor Johnston reports analysts say the factors that keep oil prices in check may”
be fading. Oil prices have surged as the war with Iran raises fears about disruptions to global energy supplies. But so far, the market has avoided the kind of sustained price hike many analysts expected. Boptic Naly is the head of the rapid-an energy group and former White House energy advisor.
This entrenched optimism among traders, and that's a big deal because prices reflect how traders think about the future, and they've been very optimistic, believing President Trump that this is going to end soon. McNally says lower oil demand from China also help ease pressure on prices, but he warns those buffers may not last at the conflict continues to escalate.
Windsor Johnston and PR news, Washington. A new survey finds three and four voters say the cost of child care is a major problem, and PR is Jennifer Ludden reports.
“It's among reasons a affordability is a top issue this election year.”
For parents who pay for child care, more than a third say it's one of their top two
expenses. That's according to a poll commissioned by the first five years fund, which advocates for expanding early learning and care. Nearly half of parents say child care challenges affect their work, and it's not just them, nearly 40% of all voters say they're affected when a colleague's child care is disrupted.
Nationally, there is a serious shortage of child care, and in many places it can cause more than housing or college tuition, a growing number of cities and states are committing money to expand free and subsidize child care. They say their local economies depend on it, critics argue it drives up government spending. Jennifer Ludden and PR news, Washington.
It's NPR news. Authorities and Germany say they're investigating a weekend attack in Berlin as an act of terrorism. As S. May Nicholson reports, police shot and killed the man suspected of driving a vehicle into a crowd, attending an annual pride event. Police shot and killed 21-year-old Abdel Balaut in a gardener lotment on the outskirts of Berlin.
Prosecutors say evidence was mounting to suggest the incident, which killed one and injured at least 29 others, was an Islamist terror attack. Balaut, a German national with Lebanese heritage, attempted to join Islamic State Group on a trip to Lebanon last year, in May, a court in Berlin convicted Balaut of preparing a serious act of violence and handed down a suspended sentence.
He had been released while prosecutors appealed. From Pyrenees, I'm as musicals in Munich. President Trump's tariffs are headed to court again, to lawsuits filed by small businesses or challenging Trump's sweeping tariffs announced on Thursday that imposed double-digit levies on 60 trading partners.
The tariffs cover 99% of U.S. imports. The Trump administration says they're being implemented because countries have failed to prevent imports produced by forced labor, but critics say that's a pretext and the goal is replacing the worldwide tariffs that Supreme Court struck down in February.
The East Pacific region has its first category five hurricane in almost two years.
Hurricane Genevieve is expected to stay far out to see on a course roughly parallel with the Mexican coast. For listening to NPR News, live in Washington, I'm Libby Casey. On the streets of Denver, 19 disabled protesters block buses to demand accessible transportation. The right to be in the world.
That's what the movement was about. On the Sunday story, how an often forgotten group of activists in 1978 helped spark the modern-day disability rights movement. This is now to the Sunday Story from the Up First podcast on the NPR app.
