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What recent actions has the U.S. taken regarding the Strait of Hormuz?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. President Trump says the U.S. Navy will begin a blockade of ships moving in and out of the Strait of Hormuz today. The blockade is scheduled to begin in five hours. The move follows 21 hours of peace talks between the U.S. and Iran in Pakistan, where no agreement was reached to end the war. NPR's Dee Parvez says Iran remains defiant.
Speaking to Iranian state media, Iran's parliamentary speaker, Mohammad Borgolybov, who participated in the negotiations, said, such threats have no effect on the Iranian nation. And Iran's Navy commander, Amir Irani, said that they are closely monitoring U.S. movements in the region, and he also called President Trump's threats, quote, very ridiculous and funny. In addition to the naval blockade, President Trump said that the U.S. would begin destroying mines laid by Iranians in the Strait of Hormuz, and added that Iranians would be, quote, blown to hell if they fired at the U.S. Over the past two weeks, President Trump has threatened to destroy Iran's infrastructure, bomb the country, quote, back to the Stone Age, and to wipe out its entire civilization in one night.
Dee Parvaz, NPR News, Van, Turkey.
Ships traveling between non-Iranian ports are expected to be allowed to transit the Strait of Hormuz during the blockade. Word of the blockade sent oil prices higher to more than $100 a barrel. President Trump is criticizing Pope Leo for his remarks critical of the U.S. war with Iran. NPR's Jason DeRose has more.
Trump posted on social media that Pope Leo is weak on crime and terrible on foreign policy. He also took credit for the pope's election, writing, quote, If I wasn't in the White House, Leo wouldn't be in the Vatican. Speaking to reporters upon his return to Washington, Trump said he was not a fan of the pope.
He's a very liberal person.
How is Iran responding to U.S. military threats?
And he's a man that doesn't believe in stopping crime.
Last week, Leo referred to Trump's threat to end Iranian civilization as, quote, truly unacceptable. And the pontiff urged people to contact their elected leaders and tell them to work for peace. Jason DeRose, NPR News.
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban is conceding defeat to his former ally in yesterday's election. As Esme Nicholson reports from Budapest, Orban addressed supporters last night.
Orban said he had congratulated the victorious party. That party is TISA and its leader, 45-year-old Peter Magyar, who, addressing a crowd of thousands on the banks of the Danube, called for unity, saying let this be a victory for all Hungarians. As Brussels now looks forward to working with a more pro-European Hungarian leader, Moscow and the current White House administration have lost in Orban a key ally in Europe.
That's Esme Nicholson reporting from Budapest. This is NPR News from Washington. Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell is suspending his campaign for governor of California. He announced the suspension last night in a post on X amid allegations of sexual assault and misconduct, accusations the congressman denies. In his post, Swalwell apologizes for what he calls mistakes in judgment, adding he will fight the allegations. The seven-term congressman had been under pressure to drop out of the race from Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla of California, as well as former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Golfer Rory McIlroy is celebrating back-to-back wins at the Masters. As Steve Futterman reports from Augusta, Georgia, McElroy is the fourth person to win the prestigious green jacket two years in a row.
When he sank a short putt on the 18th hole... Rory McIlroy joined legendary golfers Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods and Nick Faldo as the only back-to-back Masters champions. He beat American Scotty Scheffler by one stroke. McIlroy had long struggled to win the Masters. Last year in his 17th try, he finally did it. He found it ironic that he's now done it twice.
I've waited so long to win the Masters and all of a sudden I win two in a row.
The final round wasn't without its struggles. McElroy began tied for the lead, but several times fell behind before coming back to win.
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