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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump's pressing Iran to agree to a ceasefire deal soon or risk U.S. strikes on Iran's civilian infrastructure. In an interview with the Financial Times published today, President Trump says he is considering sending in U.S. forces to seize Kharg Island's oil terminal, which is key to Iran's oil export. Thousands more Marines are arrived in the Middle East over the weekend. More U.S. forces are on the way. NPR's Greg Myhre reports that when all is said and done, there will be roughly 50,000 troops in the region.
They could carry out specific limited operations operations. but it's not nearly enough for a major sustained ground invasion. And neither Trump nor the Pentagon has hinted at the mission, but clearly the most urgent issue is the Strait of Hormuz. So there's speculation that the troops may be part of an effort to try to open the strait for oil tankers.
NPR's Greg Myrie reporting. The Israeli military is suspending a battalion that was involved in assaulting and detaining CNN journalists in the occupied West Bank. The military chief called the soldiers' conduct an ethical failure. NPR's Daniel Estrin has this from Tel Aviv.
CNN was filming an unauthorized settler outpost in the West Bank when Israeli soldiers assaulted and detained the reporters, as CNN journalist Jeremy Diamond reported. Whoa! One soldier told CNN after a Palestinian recently killed a settler, the soldier sought revenge. In Hebrew, nekama. The Israeli military chief called the incident grave and unethical, and in a rare move, pulled the battalion out of the West Bank for disciplinary training. Meanwhile, the Israeli Supreme Court has announced a two-month delay in a petition by foreign journalists to end Israel's ban on independent access to Gaza. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
The Trump administration has delayed billions of dollars for projects to protect Americans from disasters. NPR's Rebecca Hersha reports that includes hurricanes, wildfires and floods.
The Trump administration canceled the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA's, largest program for funding disaster preparedness projects. Last week, the administration reinstated the program after a federal judge ordered FEMA to do so. But it's unclear how long it will take for the money to start flowing again, which means local governments across the country are waiting. Andrew Rumbach studies federal disaster policy at the Urban Institute think tank and says time is of the essence.
I mean, we're a country full of sitting ducks, unfortunately.
Wildfires and hurricanes are most prevalent in the United States in the summer and fall months. Rebecca Herscher, NPR News.
U.S. stocks are mixed this hour. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 159 points at last check at 45,325. This is NPR News. More than two dozen people are missing at sea. Their boat sank in rough seas off eastern Indonesia Sunday as it was heading from Taliabu Island to Kema. Authorities say they were alerted Monday morning local time that the boat sank and that everyone on board evacuated into a longboat. However, rescuers searching by sea and air have not yet spotted the group. NASA officials say preparations are going smoothly for a Wednesday launch attempt for the Artemis II mission. NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce reports its goal is to send astronauts around the moon for the first time since the 1970s.
The four-person crew is in quarantine at Kennedy Space Center, where a 322-foot-tall rocket is being readied at the launch pad. The crew includes a few firsts for a moon mission, the first person of color, the first woman, and the first non-American, a Canadian space agency astronaut named Jeremy Hansen. At a press briefing, Hansen said their flight is actually a collaboration with lots of international partners.
It's not just three Americans and a Canadian. It is people literally around the world, and it's a beautiful thing.
Their space journey is expected to last about 10 days. They'll test out their capsule systems close to Earth, and if all looks good, they'll go on a looping trip around the moon and back.
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