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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The Iraqi government is raising concerns about the risk of thousands of ISIS detainees escaping. They were transferred to Iraq last month by U.S. forces from Syria. Officials say there were six attacks Saturday on the Baghdad airport compound where the prisoners are now being held. NPR's Jayna Raf reports.
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The U.S. military transported more than 5,000 accused ISIS fighters from northeastern Syria to Baghdad in March. That's when Syrian Kurdish forces were in danger of losing control of the prisons after Syrian government forces advanced and took over Kurdish held territory. Iran and Iran backed militias in Iraq have been attacking the airport in retaliation for US Attacks on Iran and its proxies. Iraq's Justice Ministry says some of the strikes Saturday landed very close to the prison and it's concerned about the security of the facility. Jane Araf, NPR News. In the Kurdistan region of Iraq, major
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oil importing nations are cautiously reacting to President Trump's request that they send warships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which Iran has largely closed so far. The United Kingdom has given the US Only limited assistance as the war enters its third week, but the British minister for energy security, Ed Miliband, told the BBC all options are on the table.
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You can rest assured that any options that can help to get the strait reopened are being looked at in concert with our allies. But as I say, we don't want a nuclear Iran. But ending this conflict is the best and surest way to get the strait reopened.
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President Trump is also urging China, France, Japan and South Korea to send their warships to the Strait of Hormuz to help secure the key shipping route. Iran's foreign minister has said the strait is open to all except America or its allies. Voters in France are going to the polls today to elect mayors in cities across the country, with a second round of voting later this month. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports. The two round municipal elections may be an indicator for what's to come in next year's presidential race.
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French voters are more fragmented than ever. The center has shrunk and the extremes are growing, says political analyst Jean Yves Camus.
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What will be looked at very closely is the number of cities won by both the radical left and the radical right. Both are on the rise, Camus says
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Marine Le Pen's far right National Rally Party is surging and could win three large cities in the south. The far left is aiming for a swath of cities in the north. Paris, which has been governed for the last 25 years by the mainstream left, could possibly swing to the right many Parisians are not happy about the eviction of cars from areas of the city to build hundreds of miles of bike lanes. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
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This is NPR News in Washington. It's a discovery only fitting for Britain's longest running sci fi series about a time traveler. Two missing episodes of Doctor who have been found more than 60 years after they aired. Brian Bull of member station KLCC reports.
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The BBC says the episodes belong to a deceased collector inside film cans wrapped in plastic. Now restored. The two shows, which first aired in 1965, will be shown again on the BBC streaming service. They feature actor William Hartnell as the inaugural Time Lord pitted against his genocidal foes, the Daleks exterminate. Before Doctor who became a worldwide phenomenon, many early episodes were taped over the film. Charity Film Is Fabulous found the episodes titled the Nightmare Begins and Devil's Planet. There are still 95 episodes of Doctor who missing from the series, which is which premiered in 1963. For NPR News, I'm Brian Bull in Eugene, Oregon.
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The Trump administration is stepping up its efforts to replace roughly $1.6 trillion in tariff revenue lost after the Supreme Court struck down a broad range of the president's import taxes. Experts say recovering that money, which the White House hoped would help offset the steep cost of its tax cuts, is expected to be difficult and time consuming. Officials are now relying on different legal authorities to impose new duties, but those provisions involve complex processes that allow US Companies to seek exemptions. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News, in Washington.
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With March madness getting underway, coaches are pushing their players to the limits. But an investigation finds that in some instances, tough coaching can go too far.
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She would call us idiots, stupid, worthless,
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low of the low on the Sunday story, coaches accused of emotional abuse and the players who push back. Sunday story from the Up First Podcast. Listen now on the NPR app.