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What were the outcomes of the recent U.S.-Iran talks?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. U.S. talks with Iran ended Sunday with little accomplished. The talks in Pakistan came just days after the start of a two-week ceasefire. The hope for the talks was to find a more lasting peace deal. But Vice President J.D. Vance, who led the U.S. delegation, said Iran would not agree to the U.S. terms.
We've had a number of substantive discussions with the Iranians. That's the good news. The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement. And I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news for the United States of America. So we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement. We've made very clear what our red lines are, what things we're willing to accommodate them on, and what things we're not willing to accommodate them on. And we've made that as clear as we possibly could. And they have chosen not to accept our terms.
As those talks were underway, two U.S. warships moved through the Strait of Hormuz. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has publicly confirmed that Ukrainian teams sent several Gulf countries have helped take down Iranian attack drones. And Pyros Geronikakis reports from Kyiv that Ukraine sent more than 200 anti-drone experts to the Middle East to help defend countries from Iranian strikes and retaliation for the U.S.-Israel war on Iran.
Zelenskyy said he had seen video footage from the Gulf of Ukrainian weapons taking down Iranian Shahed drones, which have struck several sites, including U.S. bases in the Middle East, over the last month. He did not say in which Gulf countries the Ukrainian team shot down these drones. citing security reasons. In the last couple of weeks, Zelensky has visited the region and signed defense deals with Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Russia has been using Shahid drones to strike Ukrainian cities nearly every night, so Ukraine has developed ways to destroy them. This includes electronic jamming, as well as small, cheap interceptor drones that blow up Shahids. Joanna Kekises, NPR News, Kyiv.
UPS is putting a cap on its employee buyout program, and now the severance packages are being offered to drivers in all regions. For Member Station, WABE Marlon Hyde reports.
UPS is limiting its latest buyout program. After the team says claim the delivery giant violated its contract by unilaterally offering drivers $150,000 to resign, the two sides have come to an agreement. The severance package will now be offered again in all regions of the country. About 105,000 drivers are eligible. UPS has also agreed not to offer another buyout program for the rest of the current Teamsters contract, which expires in July 2028. The company plans to slash 30,000 positions this year. In a statement, a UPS spokesperson says applications will be approved based on seniority and business needs. For NPR News, I'm Marlon Hod in Atlanta.
And you're listening to NPR News. Protesters temporarily blocked the entrances to Ireland's only oil refinery on Saturday before they were removed by police. It was the fifth day of demonstrations over soaring gas prices there. Slow-moving convoys of vehicles have also led to traffic jams and roadblocks have closed major roadways. More than a third of gas stations there are now out of fuel and that number is expected to grow. A private investigator accused of orchestrating a hacking campaign against U.S. climate activists has been extradited to the U.S. Ampere's Michael Copley reports that the hacking was allegedly commissioned by a former ExxonMobil lobbyist.
Israeli private investigator Amit Forlit has been extradited from the U.K. on charges including conspiracy to commit computer hacking. Forlit's U.K. legal team has said the hacking is alleged to have been carried out at the behest of former ExxonMobil lobbyist DCI Group. Federal prosecutors say the goal was to discredit climate activists and fight lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry. Prosecutors told a federal judge the case involves multiple alleged co-conspirators, and that they expect to produce a lot of information from search warrants on email and other electronic accounts.
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