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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Iran is threatening to take out satellites and media infrastructure associated with a Persian-language news organization that's based in London. NPR's Arazu Razbani has more. Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps says that in the coming hours, it will strike industries across the region that are associated with the U.S.
Chapter 2: What recent threats has Iran made regarding U.S. interests?
The group is urging workers to evacuate and civilians to avoid areas near production facilities. The message was first reported by Iran's Tasnim news agency, which is associated with the Revolutionary Guard Corps. Last week, the news agency published a list of major U.S. companies in a social media post that included Amazon, Microsoft, and Palantir.
The Revolutionary Guard's threat came soon after Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Arachi, called on neighboring countries that host U.S. forces to clarify their positions on the war, adding that certain countries are, quote, encouraging this slaughter. Arzu Razvani, NPR News, Erbil, in the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
The UK's prime minister has rebuffed President Trump's demands that he and other allies send warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz. That key oil supply route has become imperiled by U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and Iranian retaliation. And here's Lauren Frayer has more. U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer says he's working with allies on a plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
He told reporters it will not be a NATO mission and says the U.K. will not be drawn into the wider war. Starmer has given the US only limited access to British military bases for what he calls defensive operations only. Trump has reacted with personal insults against Starmer. But at every stage, I've stood by my principles.
Most Britons oppose the war, and Starmer, a human rights lawyer by training, said his relations with Trump are still good. He told reporters the U.K. is evacuating Britons from the Gulf, supporting them in Lebanon, and introducing price caps for heating bills inside the U.K. Lauren Frayer, NPR News, London. A federal appeals court ruled today that the Trump administration can, for now,
Deport immigrants to countries they're not from. Empire's Ximena Bustillo reports the order reverses another judge's order blocking the policy. In a two-to-one decision, an appeals panel for the First Circuit reversed a lower court's block on what are known as third-country deportations. These are deportations to a country that an immigrant is not from and does not have connections to.
In the last year, the administration has increased the use of these deportations, sending migrants to other countries like South Sudan or Eswatini. Immigration attorneys have tried to stop these deportations, arguing that they can happen with little opportunity to argue against them. The appeals panel said that the court would hold oral arguments later this spring.
Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington. Wall Street higher by the closing bell, the Dow up 387 points. You're listening to NPR News. The Kennedy Center's Board of Directors has voted to shut down operations for two years following this summer's July 4th celebrations.
It was a widely expected decision, and it comes in the wake of numerous resignations and cancellations by performers during President Trump's second term. Trump, though, cited the need for repairs as the reason for the closure.
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