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What are the latest developments in U.S.-Iran relations?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corova Coleman. President Trump claims that Iranian negotiators are, quote, begging to make a ceasefire deal. He wrote online earlier today that Iran should get serious soon. Iran's foreign minister has said that no negotiations are happening. But Pakistan's foreign minister says today that indirect talks between the U.S. and Iran are happening through messages relayed by Pakistan. Iran, Israel, and the U.S. continue to conduct strikes. Israel says it has assassinated a top Iranian naval leader today. Iran has not yet commented. NPR's Emily Fang reports there have been fresh attacks on Iran.
Videos shared online show strikes overnight hitting all around the suburbs of Tehran. Israel's military said it had conducted strikes across Iran, including in the central city of Isfahan, where Iranian residents shared reports of alleged strikes during the early dawn hours of Thursday, as well as some power outages that resulted from the strikes. An internet and telecommunications blackout imposed by Iranian authorities since late last February means very little information from on the ground gets out from Iran. The U.S. military says it has hit more than 10,000 targets so far in the air campaign on Iran. Emily Fang, Empire News, Van, Turkey.
One airport in the U.S. has really long lines for security this morning. It's Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, where it takes about three hours to clear security. President Trump has deployed ICE agents to some major airports, but Atlanta TSA agent Yolanda Keaton says there is only one solution.
Pay us, worry about ICE later on. We want to do our jobs. I enjoy going to work. A lot of people enjoy going to work. But going to work with no pay and we're beside or we're walking around ICE agents that are getting paid, it's not fair to us.
Republican and Democratic senators are disputing how to fund the Department of Homeland Security and the TSA. Democrats want changes in how ICE agents conduct operations. A jury in California has found big tech companies Meta and YouTube liable for creating addicting social media platforms. NPR's Bobby Allen reports they have been ordered to pay $6 million in damages.
After eight days of deliberations, the jury found that Instagram and YouTube were designed to hook kids and teens. The verdict confirms the lawyer's novel legal strategy to treat social media apps as defective products no different than cigarettes or digital casinos. This could influence the outcome of thousands of other lawsuits over social media addiction that have been consolidated. Child safety advocate Juliana Arnold had this message after the verdict.
For the big tech executives, I want to say something. Stop blaming the parents.
How are recent strikes affecting Iran's military landscape?
It's on you.
Meta and Google have vowed to appeal. They say mental health issues are complex and can't be blamed on one single app. Bobby Allen, NPR News, Los Angeles.
On Wall Street and pre-market trading, Dow futures are lower. This is NPR. More than 3,000 workers remain on strike in Colorado against one of the country's biggest meatpacking plants. Unionized workers are demanding better wages and safety conditions from JBS. The company says its facility in Greeley, Colorado, is still open and more people are returning to work. This is the first strike against a meatpacking plant in the U.S. in 40 years. Gig workers who deliver food for DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub are feeling the pinch of higher gas prices. The drivers and at least one business are making changes, as NPR's Bill Chappell reports.
Delivery drivers are feeling a ripple effect of the U.S. and Israeli war in Iran. Lee Dahl delivers for several food apps in Detroit, Michigan.
I really have changed my strategy since the gas prices went up. really trying to keep my mileage down.
Dahl and other drivers say they're now more picky about which delivery orders they accept. Drivers of hybrid or electric cars aren't as concerned, but the analytics firm Gridwise says gas prices of $4 and up are adding to drivers' wage compression in a field that's oversupplied with workers.
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