Janine Herbst

Some 20 percent of the world's oil passes through that critical trade route.

This after Iran targeted a joint U.S.-UK base in the Indian Ocean yesterday that missed, while nuclear sites in Iran and in Israel were attacked.

With no major economic data coming up this week, Wall Street investors will continue to closely follow the war with Iran.

Empire's Rafael Nam reports investors are bracing for a lot of volatility.

And as oil and gas prices continue to soar because of the war in Iran, which shows no sign of ending, AAA says the average price of a gallon of regular gas nationwide is $3.94.

That's up nearly a dollar from just a month earlier.

Gas prices are likely to remain elevated for some time, even if the war ends soon, because shipping and production have been disrupted that will take time to restore.

You're listening to NPR News from Washington.

Kenya says it will grant amnesty to its citizens who enlisted to fight for Russia in the war in Ukraine.

This follows talks in Moscow last week between the Russian and Kenyan foreign affairs ministers.

Emmanuel Gunza has more from Nairobi.

An unusually early and record-breaking heat wave is spreading east after busting records in more than 160 cities around the country.

Martinez Lake, Arizona, hit a record high of 112 degrees last week, but there's more to come from this heat dome.

The National Weather Service has issued extreme heat warnings and advisories in the southwest, including Las Vegas and Phoenix, which could see triple-digit highs daily this week.

And this heat is spreading to parts of the Plains, the Ohio Valley, and the southeast up to the mid-Atlantic.

I'm Janine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

President Trump is issuing an ultimatum to Iran tonight, saying on social media that if it doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, the U.S.

will attack their power plants.

Meanwhile, the U.S.