"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
The world's biggest oil exporter, Saudi Arabia, says it shut down a crucial pipeline
after it was attacked by drones, blaming Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. The kingdom was relying on the east-west pipeline to export oil via the Red Sea and thus bypassing the state of Hormuz. April Longley Alley, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute, and an expert on Yemen, has more on what's ahead.
The Iranians and the Houthis want to create a new reality in the region, a new status quo, where they control these critical choke points, where they push the U.S. out of the region. So the order, the region order, is in flux, and they have a vision for where it wants to go.
“Now in terms of the next few weeks, I think they feel like they have the wind at their back,”
and they're probably going to try to consolidate the gains they've made on the coast and maybe
push into more territory in Yemen.
Speaking there, on NPR's weekend edition, meanwhile Iran plans a meeting Monday hosted by Oman on the straight. India hosted the BRICS summit this weekend, where leaders from nearly a dozen countries criticized unilateral tariffs and sanctions. In Piersonkark, Hanukkah reports the group included China and Russia.
Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Iran's president Masud Pezashkin, were among the world leaders gathered in New Delhi for a summit that's seen as a voice of emerging economies. In a joint statement, they condemned the use of sanctions not authorized by the UN, and attacks on nuclear facilities. And they'll say this was an indirect criticism of the U.S. actions on Russia and Iran
respectively, although the statement did not name these countries. The group also condemned Israel's invasion of Lebanon and continued violence in Gatsa despite a ceasefire.
“Israel and the White House haven't commented yet.”
Omkar Handigat and Piat News, New Delhi. Mail invoting for the midterm election is underway in some states, including Alabama, North Carolina and Wisconsin. This is official's wait for a Supreme Court ruling on President Trump's push for new restrictions as NPR's Hansi Lawang reports.
The Supreme Court is deciding whether to allow the U.S. postal service to refuse to deliver mail embalances to voters in states where election officials do not turn over voterless to the male agency and do not have certain barcodes on their ballot envelopes. We should note U.S. P.S. is a financial support of NPR. A federal judge blocked those requirements after finding the postal service has no authority
to impose them. Taming Patrick of the National Association of Election Officials says many voters can prepare now. No matter what has changed in your state or how you decide you want to go invote, make
“a plan early and don't wait until the last day of the polls.”
Still, Patrick says the U.S. P.S. plan would put some voters at risk of losing the ability to exercise their right to vote, including many disabled voters in those living in places without polling sites. On Z-Lawang, NPR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
The British Museum has removed an ancient Egyptian mommy from public display in order it says to respect the wishes of the dead. Biggie Barker has more from London. The highest status Egyptian woman named Asru had been on display in Manchester Museum since 1825 when its layered linen wrappings were peeled away, revealing the mummified body beneath.
But now the 2500-year-old remains have been moved into storage with museum managers, saying the removal, quote, "aligns most closely with what we understand about her own wishes." The pit rivers anthropological museum in Oxford removed all human remains from its displays six years ago, and this week, it announced its returning the bones of dozens of indigenous naga people to their ancestral homes in India and Myanmar.
For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London. At the U.S. tennis Open Women's Final Today, number one ranked defending champ, Ariana Savalanka, takes on number two seed Elena Ravakena from Russia.
Savalanka from Belarus is chasing history, which is one win away from becoming the first
player since Serena Williams and Chris Everett is the only women to get three consecutive U.S. open titles. Savalanka is on a 19 match winning streak right now. The match starts at 4 p.m. Eastern, it takes place in New York. The two players have already gone head to head this year in a grand slam final with Ravakena
winning the Australian open. Time Janine Herbst and PR News in Washington. On the next through line from NPR, let's listen to Josh Reddick's new walk-up song. Whether you love it or you hate it, walk-up music has become a huge part of major league baseball.
The need to secure and the attention of the fans is relentless. I thought of my hearing things, I mean, I realized everybody's singing a lot. Listen to NPR's through line in the NPR app, or wherever you get your podcasts.
