Dan Ronan

The Treasury Department is placing a new round of sanctions on 10 people and companies accused of helping Iran develop drones and ballistic missiles.

NPR's Jennifer Pak reports many are from China and Hong Kong.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's political party received significant losses in elections held across the country this week.

NPR's Shandily Stuster reports.

The director general of the World Health Organization is trying to reassure residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife.

He says there's no cause for concern.

as people from a ship with hantavirus now arrive there.

The WHO is insisting none of the roughly 140 passengers and crew on board the ship have any signs of the rodent-borne illness, and the health agency says it is not another outbreak of COVID-19.

Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is trying to assure residents not to worry.

We hear you.

We understand.

but the situation is much better now.

And the other advantage is the nature of the disease as well.

The ship is expected to arrive at Tenerife sometime Sunday morning.

The WHO plans to move the passengers from the ship and keep them away from the general public.

At least 13 people died in Lebanon Saturday during a series of Israeli drone and airstrikes.

Lebanon's health ministry says two of those who died were a man and his daughter.

The attacks mark an escalation in the fighting since the ceasefire began between Israel and Hezbollah.

Meanwhile, the latest round of peace negotiations are set to take place in Washington this next week.

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