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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. The U.S. military is blocking ships from entering or exiting Iranian ports absent a peace agreement. The blockade was due to take effect two hours ago. U.S. Central Command says the action will not, quote, impede freedom of navigation for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz to and from non-Iranian ports. All this is happening on the heels of historic peace talks between the U.S. and Iran over the weekend that produced no agreement toward ending the conflict. Robert Malley was a lead negotiator for the U.S. in the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and spoke to NPR about the latest talks.
Listening to what President Trump has said and what some of the background briefings have indicated, it sounds like the U.S. went in and said, here are red lines. were things that we should have known, that Iran would not have accepted it. They didn't accept them before the war. They're not going to accept them now, having to do with no enrichment, dismantling of all the enrichment facilities, among a long list.
Mally on NPR's Morning Edition. The landslide defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban gives Hungary a chance to improve its relationship with the European Union. Relations suffered under Orban's anti-EU, pro-Russian stance. From Brussels, Terry Schultz reports on expectations now from the bloc for a new start.
The man likely to be Hungary's next prime minister, Peter Magyar, has pledged to improve ties with the European Union after years in which outgoing leader Viktor Orban vetoed aid to Ukraine and forced the bloc to soften penalties on Moscow for its full-scale invasion. Zsuzsanna Wege of the German Marshall Fund think tank says reversing this should be one of Magyar's top priorities.
The Hungarian government under Orbán has not been using the veto to protect Hungarian interests. It was using the veto to protect Russian interests. So that very clearly will need to stop.
Because Magyar's Tisza party won more than two-thirds of parliamentary seats in Sunday's vote, he will have the political weight to push through real change. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell is suspending his campaign for California governor. A former staff member says a lawmaker sexually assaulted her. At least three other women accused Swalwell of sexual misconduct. Scott Schaefer of member station KQED has more.
Within hours of those reports, nearly all of his major endorsers abandoned him. On X, Swalwell apologized for mistakes in judgment but denies the allegations. He's now facing calls from fellow Democrats in California to resign his House seat. Meanwhile, at their statewide convention over the weekend, Republicans failed to endorse any candidate. Despite winning support from President Trump, Fox News host Steve Hilton finished behind Sheriff Chad Bianco. Both fell short of the 60 percent needed for an endorsement. It all leaves the campaign with no clear leaders less than two months before the primary. For NPR News, I'm Scott Schaefer in San Francisco.
It's NPR News. There's just two days left to file those tax returns. NPR's Stephen Basaja reports filers are likely to get a bigger refund this year because of the 2025 tax cuts.
So far, the average refund is about 11 percent higher than this time last year, about $350 more, according to data from the IRS. Michael Pierce with Oxford Economics expects that average will go up. That's because higher income filers typically procrastinate on filing and seem to be benefiting more from the new tax changes.
But our forecast is that the average refund will end up being something like 20% bigger this time around. So something like $3,800 per household.
While the deadline to file is Wednesday, you can request an extension and move the deadline until October 15th. But you should still pay any taxes you think you'll owe Wednesday to avoid having to pay penalties. Stephen Basaja, NPR News.
World Cup tickets are getting even pricier. FIFA, the international governing body for professional soccer, is adding a more expensive tier.
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