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Chapter 1: What recent events have escalated tensions in the Strait of Hormuz?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey. Hours after President Trump announced he was extending the ceasefire with Iran indefinitely, Iranian forces seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz. A third ship was attacked. These latest incidents come amid the ongoing U.S. naval blockade of the strait.
At the same time, NPR's Lauren Frere says Britain and France are holding a two-day conference aimed at getting the Strait of Hormuz reopened to ship traffic.
Military planners from more than 30 countries are meeting at a Royal Air Force base north of London to put together a multinational mission to safeguard the Strait of Hormuz amid global concerns over oil and energy prices. A poll here in the UK shows one in 10 Brits is already stockpiling fuel.
British defense officials have previously floated the idea of deploying autonomous mine hunting systems from motherships sent to the Gulf. But they caution that whatever plan they come up with at this two-day conference will only take effect after what they call a sustained ceasefire between Iran and the U.S., not the shaky one in place right now. Lauren Fryer, NPR News, Glasgow.
Senate Republicans have introduced a budget resolution to fund immigration enforcement agencies. It's the first step in a lengthy process aimed at ending a record-breaking shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. NPR's Barbara Sprunt reports.
For months, congressional Democrats have said they will not fund immigration enforcement agencies unless reforms are implemented, following the deaths of two U.S. citizens at the hands of agents at protests earlier this year. Republicans are looking to a budget tool called reconciliation to fund DHS along party lines, bypassing the need for Democratic support.
The budget resolution has an expected final price tag of about $70 billion, which should fund the agencies through President Trump's term. The president has given a deadline of June 1st for the bill's passage. but the process is long and complicated.
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Chapter 2: How are international military efforts addressing the situation in the Strait of Hormuz?
Barbara Sprint, NPR News, the Capitol.
Democrats are cheering a constitutional amendment passed yesterday by Virginia voters. It approves a redistricting plan that could boost Democrats' chances of winning four additional House seats in November's midterm elections. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries tells NPR the initiative came in response to Republican moves to redistrict in other states.
Donald Trump indicated that he was going to rip away 10, 12, or 15 seats from the people of this country in states like Texas and Missouri and North Carolina as part of an effort to rig the midterm elections. That effort has now been thwarted.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. The ballot measure narrowly passed. The Virginia Supreme Court has yet to rule on challenges to the redistricting effort, which could stop any new districts from being used this year. This is NPR News in Washington. Napping may be a warning sign of underlying health problems or declining health in older adults.
That's according to a new study in the journal JAMA Network Open. NPR's Maria Godoy has more.
In the study, researchers looked at data from more than 1,300 adults who were followed for up to 19 years. Participants were 81 years old on average. Their nap activity was tracked with wearable devices. The study found that napping in the morning and taking longer, more frequent naps were linked to a higher risk of dying in older adults.
The researchers note that while brief naps can help improve alertness and alleviate fatigue, excessive napping later in life has previously been linked to poor health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease and neurodegeneration. The researchers say the findings suggest tracking napping patterns in older adults could be a clinically useful way to spot health problems early on.
Maria Godoy, NPR News.
Products ranging from shoes to stuffed animals could soon cost more because of the U.S.-Israel war against Iran. Petrochemicals derived from oil and natural gas go into making more than 6,000 consumer products. according to a list from the Department of Energy that includes items such as chewing gum, lipstick and computers.
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