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What are the latest developments in the Iran-Israel conflict?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. The U.S. and Israel are continuing to fire at sites in Iran. Iran continues to attack sites in Israel and in surrounding Persian Gulf nations. Iran has also threatened the Strait of Hormuz. That's a very narrow waterway in the Persian Gulf that 20 percent of the world's oil transits. NPR's Jackie Northam reports Iran's threats against the strait have effectively shut down shipping for oil tankers.
Iran knows that launching the odd missile or drone at a vessel or even a threat of one can strangle marine traffic in the Strait of Hormuz like we're seeing now. And it's using that as a weapon. And, you know, this bottleneck is creating serious threat for the global energy shipping and, frankly, the global economy.
NPR's Jackie Northam reporting. The disruption in oil shipping has caused crude oil prices to soar. Officials from the Group of Seven nations are talking today about whether to release some of their oil reserves. Meanwhile, the European Union's top officials have invited Mideast leaders to a virtual meeting today. They'll discuss the escalating conflict in the region. Terry Schultz reports it's the second such call in the last several days.
European Council President Antonio Costa says he, together with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, decided to call the meeting with Mideast counterparts, quote, in view of the fast-evolving security situation in the region. The virtual conversation will give the two sides a chance to share their assessments of the broadening conflict in Iran and neighboring countries and how to end it, along with the possibility of more support from the EU.
How is the Strait of Hormuz affecting global oil shipping?
Foreign ministers from the 27 EU governments held a virtual discussion on the situation with their counterparts from the Gulf Cooperation Council last Thursday, with most representatives calling for more dialogue and diplomacy, while emphasizing that Gulf states have the right to defend themselves against Iran. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
U.S. air travelers are seeing long wait times at airport security checkpoints. The Department of Homeland Security remains partially shut down, affecting the Transportation Security Administration. NPR's Matt Bloom reports from New Orleans. That's causing TSA staffing problems at major airports.
Security lines snaked out of the terminal and into the parking garage at New Orleans' Louis Armstrong International Airport over the weekend. The city's mayor, Helena Moreno, posted a video to social media warning travelers to get to the airport three to four hours early.
We've got really, really long lines at the airport. TSA agents didn't receive a paycheck, so you have a lot of the workforce that has called in sick.
Houston, Charlotte, and Atlanta have also warned passengers about a spike in call-outs, as Democrats and the White House remain divided on Department of Homeland Security funding and how to reform its immigration enforcement practices. Matt Bloom, NPR News, New Orleans.
You're listening to NPR News. President Trump met with Latin American leaders over the weekend at his estate in Florida. He says they and the U.S. are joining to fight drug cartels in the Western Hemisphere. Trump is encouraging Latin American nations to take military action against cartels and drug gains. Meanwhile, the Pentagon says the U.S. has conducted another deadly boat strike in the eastern Pacific. U.S. Southern Command says it hit an alleged drug boat in the eastern Pacific yesterday and killed six alleged terrorists. Thousands of people crossed the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama yesterday. They marched to commemorate the anniversary of Bloody Sunday. In 1965, Alabama state troopers brutally attacked a peaceful march for voting rights.
Troy Public Radio's Alexis Phelps reports.
Some of the protest songs from the original march were sung as participants marched across the bridge. Speakers from the stage remembered civil rights leaders such as Joanne Bland, Bernard Lafayette, and the Reverend Jesse Jackson, who died last month.
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