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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is holding an emergency meeting with top cabinet ministers and the head of the Bank of England this week.

Vicky Barker reports they're expected to discuss the Iran war's impact on the cost of living there.

Cuba is without electricity after its power grid collapsed again.

State officials are reporting a nationwide blackout, the second in a week.

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The Republican-led Senate has blocked a proposal that would ban transgender athletes from competing in women's sports.

The measure is one of President Trump's priorities as he pushes Congress to act on a broader voting and election bill.

Senators are holding a rare weekend session to debate the legislation, which includes stricter voter registration requirements and mandates photo ID at the polls.

A powerful storm continues to move across Hawaii this weekend.

Hawaii Public Radio's Bill Dorman reports the entire state remains under a flood watch.

The Supreme Court is set to consider whether states can count mail-in ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but arrive afterward.

The case centers on Mississippi's deadline for late-arriving ballots and whether that, along with similar laws in more than a dozen states, conflicts with federal law.

President Trump has continued to criticize voting by mail, calling it, quote, corrupt.

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President Trump is warning that the United States will, quote, obliterate Iran's power plants if it doesn't open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours.

The conflict in the Middle East is entering its fourth week.

NPR's Emily Fang reports Tehran continues to launch missiles in the region as U.S.

and Israeli strikes hit Iran.

President Trump says federal immigration agents will be deployed to U.S.