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Monday trading, following Wall Street's rally last week, but oil prices are going up again,
“in part because of confusion over what's happening with the straight-of-hormous, through”
which as much as 25% of the world's oil must travel. White House economic council chair Kevin Hassett, though, remains optimistic." The reason oil prices have come down is that our excellent U.S. Navy has been escorting ships out of the Gulf, but also, we've taken a whole number of steps, including increasing
production of the U.S. waving the Jones Act so that right now, 100 million barrels of
Gulf of America produced oil are now shipping to the East of West Coast because we wave the Jones Act. Much of that U.S. oil, though, must still be shipped overseas to be refined, Hassett was speaking on CNN's State of the Union. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing back against claims that Israel is
retreating on several fronts from Iran and Lebanon to Gaza. Speaking at the opening of a government meeting, Netanyahu says Israel will stand firm, even against pressure from its closest ally, the United States. And Paris's Honest Baba reports from Gaza.
“"Nitanyahu went front by front this Sunday, on Iran.”
He praised President Trump and the U.S. Israeli partnership against Iran's nuclear ambitions, saying that with or without an agreement, Iran will not get nuclear weapons. On Lebanon, he said Israel has recently carried out forceful operations and killed what he called terrorists. And on Gaza.
Netanyahu rejected the 15-point document being discussed with Washington. He said Israeli forces will not withdraw until Hamas is fully disarmed, saying, quote, "The heavy weapons, the less heavy weapons, all the weapons." He also said there will be no Palestinian state in Gaza or the West Bank, as long as he remains prime minister.
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More than a million people were evacuated from China's east coast, some of them preemptively
bis Taifun Dolphin made landfall on Sunday. The tropical cyclone is the strongest to hit China this year.
“It's bringing with it heavy rain and winds of up to 93 miles an hour, and it's affecting”
the entire region. On Taiwan, Yan, the Carmenz and Ruby has more on that story. Authorities warned that the Taifun could dump up to 20 inches of rain in some parts of the country. In the eastern province of Jujang authorities warned rainfall has raised flooding and landslide
risks. In the Chinese city of Shanghai, more than 1,300 flights have been cancelled, while the nearby city of Wenzhou has opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters for those in need. Before making nonfall in China, Taifun Dolphin passed by both Taiwan and the Philippines, where it exacerbated monsoon rains.
In Japan, the Taifun has already injured six and left more than 50,000 buildings without electricity. 5,000 news, I'm Yang Kamenz and Ruby, in Taipei. At your listening to NPR News, hundreds of thousands of ride share drivers in California are prepared to form a union that will give them a place at the bargaining table with giants
like Uber and Lyft, Samantha Kennedy, from Member Station KQED reports. State regulators said that the California gig workers union received at least 30% of active driver support the group needs to form a union. It comes after a year's long fight from the independent contractors who were not eligible for benefits and employee would otherwise get.
Driver Hector Castiano says they'll focus on better pay and benefits. You know, I've been fighting for these for so long, and it's been like growing, costing, going up and down. Lyft says it's committed to engaging in good faith, and Uber says that it looks forward to their work with the group of drivers.
The California gig workers union anticipates regulators will certify the results after a 30-day waiting period. For NPR News, I'm Samantha Kennedy in San Francisco. Health officials in Louisiana are asking beachgoers to take precautions after a surge in infections from a flash-heating bacteria Louisiana has had nine confirmed cases of the bacteria in humans.
All of them were hospitalized in five of them have died. The bacteria thrives in warm, brackish seawater. Spider-Man brand new day is continuing its role through North American movie theaters this week, conducting 144.5 billion dollars in ticket sales. Worldwide it's already brought in more than 1.6 billion dollars, and it's on track to become
one of the biggest blockbusters ever.
First for Nolan's Odyssey remains in second and added another 31.5 million, and one
night only about a surge for love was in third with 5.7 million dollars in ticket sales. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News 50 years ago, Congress set out to protect coal miners from black lung disease. Today it's back at rates not seen in half a century. These guys are being treated like disposable widgets, not human beings.
On the Sunday story, why coal miners and Appalachia are getting sicker faster. Listen now to the Sunday story from the up first podcast on the NPR app.
