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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. President Trump said today he's sending Vice President J.D. Vance and others to Pakistan tomorrow for talks on ending the war in Iran. On social media, he posted, the U.S. is offering a very fair and reasonable deal, and he hopes they take it. If not, he wrote, the U.S. will knock out every single power plant and every single bridge in Iran, adding in caps, no more Mr. Nice Guy. Pakistan's capital is preparing to host these talks for a second time. Betsy Jowles reports.
Public transport in the city has been suspended, two five-star hotels have been cleared of guests, and movement in and out of the high-security red zone has been restricted. Islamabad shut down in a similar fashion ahead of the first round of peace talks that were held in the city last weekend. Those talks ended without a deal. Pakistan says it has continued to act as a mediator between the U.S. and Iran since then, though its foreign ministry has remained tight-lipped about what negotiations have entailed. For NPR News, I'm Betsy Joles in Islamabad.
British police say they're investigating whether a series of attacks and vandalism against Jewish sites in London are the work of Iran-backed arsonists. No one has been injured in any of the attacks, which have hit Jewish charities and places of worship. in the UK's capital over the past month. NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from London.
The latest arson attack left minor smoke damage at a North London synagogue. Jewish charities and ambulances have also been targeted. And the UK's chief rabbi says the violence is gaining momentum. Police have boosted patrols and several people have been arrested for alleged hate crimes. Counter-terrorism officials now say they're investigating whether these attacks, as well as another against a Persian-language Iranian opposition media outlet, could be the work of Iranian proxies. There has been an online claim of responsibility from a little-known group Israel accuses of having links to Iran. In the past, it's also claimed attacks against synagogues in Belgium and the Netherlands. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
Voting is underway in Bulgaria for a new parliament. This is the eighth election in five years in an effort to end a prolonged political impasse. The last government, led by conservatives, resigned after nationwide protests in December. Polls suggest the frontrunner is a newly reformed center-left coalition led by former President Ruman Radev, who supports Russia. This morning at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
There we go. Big water. We're at T-minus five.
Blue Origin launched its new Glenn rocket into low Earth orbit. Its booster came back to Earth about 10 minutes later. This is the company's first landing of a reused booster. The mission is key to Blue Origin's efforts to show it can compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. This is NPR News in Washington. Ukrainian police are trying to determine a motive for yesterday's mass shooting in Kiev. A man opened fire outside a supermarket, killing at least six people before being shot dead by police. Florida's Board of Education has pulled sociology from the list of classes students attending state colleges have. can choose from in order to graduate. As Katherine Welch reports, this follows a similar move at the state's 12 public universities.
The Board of Education voted to remove introductory sociology courses from counting toward general education requirements at Florida's 28 state colleges. The classes will still be available as electives. The board's chair said in a statement that general education courses cannot be used as, quote, vehicles for indoctrination. Sociology has been in the crosshairs since a 2023 Florida law banned courses that include teachings about how racism, sexism, and privilege are inherent in the country's institutions. The United Faculty of Florida called the state's earlier changes to sociology textbooks sanitizing. For NPR News, I'm Katherine Welch in Orlando.
The Angola Prison Rodeo wraps up today.
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