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What recent events have occurred in the Iran-Israel conflict?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. Iran says it closed the Strait of Hormuz again today after Israel continued to attack the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. The closure casts doubt on whether the ceasefire will hold, as NPR's Greg Myrie explains.
There was sporadic fire today with Arab Gulf countries in particular reporting some attacks from Iran. Iran said it was hit at least once. But broadly speaking, the Iran war is definitely going quiet. However, Israel is still heavily bombing Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel says that conflict is not part of the ceasefire. Now, Iran says it is. The U.S. is siding with Israel. But the fighting in Lebanon could be a problem if it carries on.
NPR's Greg Myrie reporting. Stock prices rose and crude oil prices fell today, but the Iran war will affect energy supplies and prices for some time, as NPR's Scott Horsley explains.
You know, the war left a sizable hole in the global energy market, and it's not going to be filled overnight. When shipping traffic was halted in the Strait of Hormuz, some of the Gulf oil producers didn't have any place to store their oil, so they had to idle some oil fields. And John Kilduff, who's an energy analyst at Again Capital, says getting that oil flowing again is not as simple as just turning a valve or flipping a switch.
It's going to take time, which is why as much as there's a relief here that oil prices are back down below $100 a barrel, they're still far from where they were as we were coming into the new year here.
The Energy Department is predicting oil supplies won't be fully restored until late this year, which means prices are likely to remain elevated.
NPR's Scott Horsley reporting. A group of new accounts on the prediction market, PolyMarket, made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the U.S. and Iran would reach a ceasefire yesterday. resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for those users. At least 50 wallets placed substantial yes bets before Trump announced the two-week ceasefire on social media. Polymarket labeled the ceasefire betting event as disputed due to ongoing tensions, which means some payments are on hold. In Washington state, leaders have declared a statewide drought. Northwest Public Broadcasting's Anna King reports.
Snowpack is declining in the Northwest. That's according to Casey Sixkiller, the director of Washington's Department of Ecology. And it's creating trouble for communities, farmers, and fish. Sixkiller says snowpack droughts will only become more frequent in the future.
The world around us is changing much more rapidly than our infrastructure is prepared to handle. The way in which we've managed water historically has can adapt to. And I think that is both the challenge and the opportunity that we have going forward.
Sixkiller says despite severe flooding in some areas over the winter, things are drying out across nearly every watershed in Washington. For NPR News, I'm Anna King.
This is NPR. General Motors is recalling more than 270,000 Chevrolet Malibu vehicles in the U.S. because the rearview camera screen may display a distorted or blank image. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says the issue could increase the risk of a crash. The recall includes Chevrolet Malibu vehicles with model years 2023 to 2025. In Los Angeles, Jasveen Sangha, the drug dealer who sold actor Matthew Perry the fatal dose of ketamine that led to his death, was sentenced today. Steve Futterman was at the courthouse.
Before the sentence was announced, the judge heard from Matthew Perry's family. His stepfather, Keith Morrison, described what he called the daily grinding sadness. Prosecutors asked for a 20-year sentence.
How is the Iran war affecting global energy prices?
Defense attorneys asked for time served. The judge ruled that Sanga should serve 15 years in prison. Afterwards, Morrison reacted.
I feel bad for the family of the perpetrator here as well. You know, nobody won today.
Two more defendants in the case still need to be sentenced, including Matthew Perry's personal assistant, who injected him with the fatal dose.
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