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Why did President Trump reject Iran's short‑term plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Linda Kenyon. President Trump says he's rejecting a short-term plan offered by Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz after seven days. The proposed plan would also have temporarily ended hostilities in order to restart ceasefire talks with the United States.
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Pierre's Emily
Fang has more. Iran had proposed the plan this week at the United Nations General Assembly meetings in New York. A plan very similar to a memorandum of understanding that the two countries agreed upon back in June. And Iran's president told CBS News he'd allow UN nuclear inspectors into Iran if there were a long term ceasefire deal with the US. But Trump wrote on Truth Social Saturday morning, quote, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, and then told reporters before departing for Tennessee that the plan was not acceptable. Trump claimed Iran was negotiating out of a position of weakness and said they were quote dying. Emily Fang and Pure News Washington.
How is Hurricane Nolo expected to affect Hawaii’s islands this weekend?
In Hawaii, Hurricane Nolo is still moving close to the island chain, but as Hawaii public radio's Bill Dorman reports, the impacts are turning out to be less catastrophic than anticipated.
The National Hurricane Center still expects NOLU to strengthen to a major hurricane on Sunday and peak in intensity on Monday, but its impact on the islands is now projected to be less than originally feared. Tropical storm force winds are howling through parts of Hawaii Island and may develop at high altitudes on Maui, but forecasts of wind speeds and rainfall have declined. The storm's center is moving west and expected to pick up speed as it moves further away from the island chain. Still, the National Weather Service says strong and gusty winds are possible for all the Hawaiian Islands this weekend. For NPR News, I'm Bill Dorman in Honolulu.
Hawaii is still recovering from two previous storms, hurricanes Lala and Lowell. ICE has arrested about one hundred thousand people over the last two months. As NPR's Jasmine Guards reports, ICE is now planning to create mobile detention units for detainees.
ICE has been expanding its detention capacity for a while.
What are ICE’s new mobile detention unit plans and why are they controversial?
Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, signed construction contracts worth over seven billion dollars to expand immigration detention in New York, Texas, Arizona, Florida, and California. It also announced that it will expand in Colorado, Washington State, and Pennsylvania. The paperwork for expansion in Pennsylvania includes a mention of quote mobile detention facilities which would follow officers around as they make arrests. The only description, a clause that female detainees cannot be held inside those units for over ten hours. NPR reached out to ICE for details and received no response. Jasmine Garzed, NPR News, New York. You're
listening to NPR News. The Pope has wrapped up the Paris portion of his four day trip to France with a massive open air mass in the centre of the city. In accordance with France's strict separation of church and state, President Macron did not attend. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.
What significance does Pope Francis’ mass in Paris hold for France and the Catholic Church?
1,000 choir singers from around France accompanied Pope Leo as he led the mass, which was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and included communion for 40,000 people.
70-year-old Parisian Sophie Parody was there. She says this Pope goes beyond religion in such troubled times. He's very important for the universe. He's a diplomatic pope also. Pope Leo is in the pilgrimage site of Lourdes Sunday before heading to the eastern city of Metz to speak in front of European leaders Monday. Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris.
The average long term US mortgage rate topped seven percent this week for the first time since January of last year. The higher rate is a setback for prospective buyers and follows a five week run of rate increases. Higher rates mean lower larger monthly payments and less purchasing power for buyers.
How are rising U.S. mortgage rates impacting homebuyers and the housing market?
One year ago the average mortgage rate was six point three zero percent. I'm Linda Kenyon, NPR News in Washington.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why did President Trump reject Iran's short‑term plan to reopen the Strait of Hormuz?
0:01–0:58
2
How is Hurricane Nolo expected to affect Hawaii’s islands this weekend?
0:58–2:12
3
What are ICE’s new mobile detention unit plans and why are they controversial?
2:12–3:20
4
What significance does Pope Francis’ mass in Paris hold for France and the Catholic Church?
3:20–4:30
5
How are rising U.S. mortgage rates impacting homebuyers and the housing market?
4:30–5:03