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What updates did Iran provide on nuclear site inspections?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Iran says it did not agree to anything new on nuclear site inspections during the Iran-U.S. meeting in Switzerland. That's despite statements from Vice President Vance that international nuclear inspectors could be back in Iran as soon as this week. NPR's Carrie Khan reports.
The spokesman for Iran's foreign ministry told state media there are, quote, no new commitments on nuclear inspectors. and any new engagement would take place according to previous procedures set by Iran. U.N. inspectors have not had access to Iran's nuclear sites since Israel and the U.S. bombed them last summer in the 12-day war. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant said Iran committed to keep the Strait of Hormuz open and allow inspectors in. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says no concessions were made and, quote, we only managed to reclaim some of Iran's violated rights from the Americans. Carrie Conn, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Russian authorities say five people are dead and several dozen injured in another round of Ukrainian drone strikes. It's the latest in a series of Ukrainian attacks targeting the Russian interior. NPR's Charles Mains reports from Moscow.
The attack occurred in the Russian city of Voronezh, some 400 miles from the Ukrainian border. Local governors said the deaths occurred after drones struck what he called an industrial enterprise. Ukraine's defense ministry said the target was a plant producing electronics for missile guidance systems. Separately, Ukraine continued to attack Russian energy infrastructure, with drones targeting facilities as far as central Siberia. That sparked a fuel crisis in a growing number of Russian regions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has vowed to keep up the pressure and, quote, bring the war home to Russians until the Kremlin ends a conflict it started more than four years ago. Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
The U.S. Senate has passed the largest housing affordability bill in decades. NPR's Stephen Bissaha reports the legislation passed with bipartisan support.
Before passing 85 to 5, the bill's co-sponsor, Republican Senator Tim Scott, said the bill is meant to boost the country's housing supply.
When you put more housing supply on the market, more people have a chance to become a first time home buyer.
The bill does not order the construction of new homes. That's up to the private sector. Instead, Scott says the legislation is meant to encourage home builders by reforming parts of the permitting process. When you cut red tape, you actually reduce the cost of housing. The bill also bans institutional investors from buying up large numbers of single-family homes. It now heads to the House of Representatives. Stephen Passaha, NPR News.
Stock trading may be rocky when Wall Street opens in half an hour. Nasdaq futures are down 3%. There's concern about the technology sector and whether the Federal Reserve could hike interest rates this year. In overseas trading, South Korea's index lost 10%. This is NPR. There are primary elections in three states today, Maryland, New York, and Utah. South Carolina Republicans will hold a runoff primary to choose their nominee for governor. For the first time in modern history, Utah has a safe Democratic congressional seat, and that primary campaign has been competitive. Tiny transforming robots have landed on the moon, and PR's Regina Barber reports on these companions to the first successful lunar mission from Japan.
A tiny sphere the size of a baseball and only half a pound in weight cracked down the center to transform into a rover on the moon. In a study published this month in Science Robotics, researchers outlined this unique design and how this robot performed on the moon, the first rover of its kind to do so, taking images of the lander and the lunar terrain.
These are not expensive devices, and if one or two fails, then you still have others.
That's Roger Wiens, a planetary scientist who didn't work on this program. He was thoroughly impressed and said redundancy was a huge benefit.
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