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President Trump's choice to be the next chair of the Federal Reserve Board has his confirmation hearing today.

Kevin Warsh will testify before the Senate Banking Committee.

He is facing potential roadblocks.

One Republican senator says he won't support Warsh until President Trump drops the investigation into current Fed Chair Jerome Powell.

Some Democratic senators want to know if Warsh will be fully independent of Trump.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing renewed calls to resign.

This is over his appointment of a close friend of late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to be the British ambassador to the United States.

Prime Minister Starmer fired the ambassador several months into his tenure, but anger over that appointment erupted again yesterday in the UK Parliament.

NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from London.

And I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News, from Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, Ankurva Coleman, the foreign minister of Iran, says Tehran will allow safe passage of commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz.

This follows a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.

Dury Buskaran reports.

The news comes as the leaders of France and Britain are convening a meeting with dozens of leaders from other nations.

They're focused on how to help ships safely transmit the Strait of Hormuz when the fighting ends.

Stocks jumped sharply this morning on word the Strait could reopen.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 750 points in early trading.

The acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement will leave his job at the end of May.

Todd Lyons' departure is the latest shakeup at the Department of Homeland Security.