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What is the status of the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran is set to expire this week with no signs of a broader agreement. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed after Tehran reimposed restrictions on the shipping channel. After closing the waterway, two Indian flagships were attacked in the strait. NPR's Diya Hadid reports India has summoned the Iranian ambassador to New Delhi for talks.
Iran reversed its decision and reshut the strait a few hours after it was opened, after President Trump said the US blockade on Iranian ports would stay in place. But during the brief opening on Saturday, the Indian Foreign Ministry said there was, quote, a brief incident of firing on merchant ships. On Saturday, the UK's Maritime Trade Operations Centre said it received a report that two Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats fired on a tanker. It didn't say if the tanker was Indian flagged. More than 20,000 seafarers have been stuck on hundreds of ships in the Gulf since the Mideast War began in late February. Dee Hadid, NPR News, Colombo.
French President Emmanuel Macron is accusing the Iranian-backed militant group Hezbollah of killing a French UN peacekeeper in Lebanon. NPR's Alana Wise reports.
Florian Montorio was killed in what Macron described as an attack on the UN's peace service.
How did Hezbollah's actions impact the peacekeeping efforts in Lebanon?
Three additional soldiers had been injured as well. Macron said, quote, everything suggests that Hezbollah was behind the attack. The accusation against the group comes just a day into the 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. The Israeli military says it has conducted strikes against a threatening target in Lebanon. More than a million people in Lebanon have been forced out of the south of the country, where Israel is trying to create a buffer zone to prevent Hezbollah from firing rockets into northern Israel. Alana Wise, NPR News.
A mass shooting in Ukraine has left at least six people dead in the capital, Kiev. At least a dozen others were wounded before the gunman was shot dead by police. The BBC's Mohamed Mahdi reports authorities are treating the shooting as an act of terrorism.
Prosecutors said the attacker, a 58-year-old Russian from Moscow, opened fire in the streets of Holosivsky, a southern suburb of Kyiv. Footage on social media shows a man running in the streets, shooting at people seemingly at random, with a long rifle. Authorities say he then entered a nearby supermarket where he took hostages and continued to shoot. Police opened fire shortly afterwards, killing the man. Kyiv's mayor Vitaly Klitschko said there'd also been a separate fire in the suspect's apartment. Ukraine's capital is no stranger to violence, but this type of shooting attack is rare and has shocked many here.
What details emerged from the mass shooting incident in Ukraine?
The BBC's Mohammad Mahdi reporting. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. A life jacket worn by a passenger on the Titanic has sold at auction for more than $900,000. The vest belonged to survivor Laura Mabel Francatelli. It includes signatures from others who survived the sinking in 1912. The life jacket was sold by a British auction house to an unidentified buyer. Hundreds of animal rights activists stormed a controversial dog breeding facility in Wisconsin on Saturday. Corrine Hess from Wisconsin Public Radio reports.
Ridgeland Farms near Madison, Wisconsin, is expected to close this summer. But animal rights activists say the 2,000 dogs being held there are being mistreated. Ridgeland is one of the country's largest breeders of beagles for research. Dane County Sheriff Kelvin Barrett says about 400 violent activists attempted to break into the facility.
I want to be very clear. This is not a peaceful protest and we will do everything and use every resource we have to keep and maintain the peace.
Madison activist Amy Van Artisan says police used tear gas on protesters.
What was significant about the auction of a Titanic life jacket?
Many people were also hit with rubber bullets. The police response was just really devastating and disappointing.
The protest was planned for Sunday, but moved up a day by activists. For NPR News, I'm Corrine Hess in Milwaukee.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the status of the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran?
0:00–1:27
2
How did Hezbollah's actions impact the peacekeeping efforts in Lebanon?
1:27–2:51
3
What details emerged from the mass shooting incident in Ukraine?
2:51–4:08
4
What was significant about the auction of a Titanic life jacket?
4:08–4:25
5
What happened during the animal rights protest in Wisconsin?
4:25–4:53
6
How did a humanoid robot perform in a marathon race?
4:53–5:03