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What new sanctions has the U.S. imposed on Iran and why?
The Treasury Department is placing a new round of sanctions on 10 people and companies accused of helping Iran develop drones and ballistic missiles. NPR's Jennifer Pak reports many are from China and Hong Kong.
The U.S. Treasury accuses one Chinese individual and seven companies from China and Hong Kong of helping Iran to secure weapons and supplies for its drones and missiles. This comes days before President Trump plans to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing. The leaders have a lot to discuss, but the Iran war might overshadow the meeting. China buys most of Iran's oil. The U.S. is trying to sever this economic lifeline for Iran. It has also sanctioned small private refineries in China that purchase Iranian oil. But Beijing has ordered its companies to disregard those U.S. sanctions. Jennifer Pak, NPR News, Shanghai.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's political party received significant losses in elections held across the country this week. NPR's Shandily Stuster reports.
Britain's center-left Labour Party lost more than 1,100 seats in local and regional elections. The right-wing Populist Reform UK party, led by Trump ally Nigel Farage, won more than 1,300 seats. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he takes responsibility for the Labour Party's defeat and will set out steps for change in the days ahead.
When voters send a message like this, we must reflect and we must respond.
Members of Parliament and the Labour Party have called on Starmer to resign. Starmer said he is not going to walk away and, quote, plunge the country into chaos. Shondalese Duster, NPR News.
The director general of the World Health Organization is trying to reassure residents of the Spanish island of Tenerife. He says there's no cause for concern. as people from a ship with hantavirus now arrive there. The WHO is insisting none of the roughly 140 passengers and crew on board the ship have any signs of the rodent-borne illness, and the health agency says it is not another outbreak of COVID-19. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is trying to assure residents not to worry. We hear you. We understand. but the situation is much better now. And the other advantage is the nature of the disease as well. The ship is expected to arrive at Tenerife sometime Sunday morning. The WHO plans to move the passengers from the ship and keep them away from the general public.
At least 13 people died in Lebanon Saturday during a series of Israeli drone and airstrikes. Lebanon's health ministry says two of those who died were a man and his daughter. The attacks mark an escalation in the fighting since the ceasefire began between Israel and Hezbollah. Meanwhile, the latest round of peace negotiations are set to take place in Washington this next week. This is NPR. California, an epicenter of the housing crisis in the United States, will now have one agency overseeing programs intended to address affordability. From member station KQED, Adita Bundimudi reports that California leaders say the new system will make affordable, they say, housing cheaper to build.
Right now, housing developers say they have to navigate the state's nine different agencies, overseeing some 40 programs. Sarah Karlinsky is with UC Berkeley's Turner Center for Housing Innovation. When she compared California's system to other states, she found that 80% of them had a more consolidated system.
Successful states, they have really high capacity, well-trained staff who work very well together. And while achieving this in a fragmented system might not be impossible, it's easier to do if there is some type of consolidation.
The new state agency will include separate departments for homelessness, financing, and civil rights. The governor's office recently reported the number of people living outside decreased by 9 percent last year. For NPR News, I'm Aditi Bandlamudi in San Francisco.
The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating how a man got onto an active runway late Friday night at Denver International Airport.
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