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Nora Ram
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Ram. The Trump administration is planning to send ICE officers to Air Force tomorrow to help the Transportation Security Administration. The TSA agents have been working without pay for weeks because of the partial government shutdown which began last month. Democrats want restrictions on how ICE carries out immigration enforcement. Border czar Tom Homan told CNN ICE agents will not screen baggage or people, but will have a limited role.
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Tom Homan
We're simply there to help TSA do their job in areas that don't need their specialized expertise, such as, you know, screening through the X ray machine, not training that we won't do that. But there are roles we can play to release TSA officers from the non significant roles such as guarding and exit so they can get back to the scanning machines and move people quicker.
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Nora Ram
Homan said he's talking to the TSA administrator and the ICE director today to discuss how the ICE agents will fit in and which airports need the most help. President Trump said last night Iran has 48 hours to open the Strait of Hormuz or the US will, in his words, obliterate Iran's power plants. Iran says if that happens, it will target US And Israeli infrastructure in the region. Iran launched a wave of missiles on southern Israel last night, striking two cities near Israel's nuclear research center. More than 100 people were wounded. NPR's Carrie Khan is in Arad, one of the cities that was hit, and spoke to some of the residents.
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Limon Malkov
Here's Limon Malkov. She's a 50 year old worker in the grocery store at the mall. She lives just around the corner from the blast. She said she felt like she was dreaming. She said she thought she was hallucinating. It was like something out of the movies. The blast was so strong it blew out all her windows, damaged her ceiling. Her four kids were terrified. They did not make it to the bomb shelter in time, she said.
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Nora Ram
NPR's Carrie Khan British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is holding an emergency meeting this week to discuss the Iran war's economic impact.
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Vicki Barker
Vicki Barker reports the Iran war has already pushed up gas prices and mortgage rates in Britain, with nearly 1,000 home loan products pulled off the market. And fuel and fertilizer prices are surging just as farmers are planting spring crops. Tom Bradshaw, president of the National Farmers
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Tom Bradshaw
Union, warning the BBC things like CUCUMBERS peppers, tomatoes. It'll be over the next month, six weeks that we see those cost increases.
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Vicki Barker
The war has reignited Britain's cost of living crisis ahead of local elections in early May, when Keir Starmer's struggling Labour Party had been hoping to emphasize the improving economy. For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
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Nora Ram
This is NPR News. Voting is underway in France to fill more than 1500 municipal positions. The outcome may show voters attitudes ahead of next year's presidential election. Kenya says it will grant amnesty to its citizens who enlisted to fight for Russia and in the war in Ukraine. This follows talks between the Russian and Kenyan foreign affairs ministers. Emmanuel Ogunzo reports.
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Immanueli Gunza
Kenya's foreign affairs minister, Musalia Mudavadi, says the government will not prosecute citizens who joined Russia's military despite laws banning enlistment in foreign armed forces without approval. Russia and Kenya last week signed an agreement to halt further recruitment of Kenyans. It allows those currently deployed to terminate their contracts and return home. Officials say more than a thousand Kenyans are known to have been recruited. Some have been repatriated, while others remain on the front lines. Some families report Russia making dishonest and lucrative offers to recruit Kenyans for its depleted forces. Russia maintains the enlistments while voluntary. For NPR News, I'm Immanueli Gunza in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Nora Ram
Much of Hawaii is under a flood watch. Through this afternoon, the island chain has seen its worst flooding in 20 years, destroying homes and cars and damaging a hospital on maui, displacing nearly 100 patients. Health authorities in some areas are advising residents to boil water before using because of fears of contamination. In professional basketball, LeBron James set another record last night for the most games played in the regular season, 1612. He helped the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Orlando Magic by one point. I'm Nora Rammer, NPR News, in Washington.
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