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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. During a primetime speech from the White House, President Trump said countries that receive oil through the Strait of Hormu should take action to secure the passage.
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I have a suggestion. Number one, buy oil from the United States of America. We have plenty. We have so much. And number two, build up some delayed courage. Should have done it before, should have done it with us as we asked. Go to the strait and just take it, protect it, use it for yourselves.
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Trump also blamed Iran's virtual shutdown of the strait for the prices Americans are paying at the pump and said the waterway reopened naturally when the conflict ends because of the oil trade. Oil prices rose above $105 a barrel following Trump's speech, and the financial markets in Asia are losing ground following Wednesday's gains on Wall Street. British Prime Minister Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the economic impact of the Iran war could define Britain generation. In a national address Wednesday morning, Starmer said the UK Will host a meeting this week to discuss the straight of hormone moves. NPR's Fatima Al Kassab reports from London.
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UK Prime Minister Starmer said he had to, quote, level with the British public, describing the impact of the war against Iran as a storm in response to President Trump's suggestion that he might pull the United States out of NATO. Starmer insisted he would not be swayed by pressure from the president to join the war.
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Whatever the noise, I'm the British prime minister and I have to act in our national interests.
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Starmer also said the UK may have to pivot towards other allies. Nearly 10 years after Britain's voted to exit the European Union, the prime minister said it was becoming increasingly clear that it is in Britain's national interest to have a closer partnership with Europe. Fatima Alcassab, NPR News, London.
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Iran. War forcing business economists to downgrade their forecast for the coming year. NPR Scott Horton reports on the new survey by the national association for Business Economics.
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NABE conducted its usual quarterly survey of economists at the beginning of March, then went back at the end of the month and asked forecasters how their views might have changed. Not surprisingly, four weeks of war and a resulting spike in energy prices left economists with a considerably gloomier outlook. On average, forecasters are now projecting higher inflation and slower economic growth than they were in the early days of the war. They also expect weaker hiring. More than three quarters of the economists surveyed now say geopolitical conflicts pose a downside risk for the economy. That's up from four months ago, when fewer than half the forecasters surveyed felt that way. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
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Four astronauts are on their way to the moon, blasting off from the Kennedy Space Center Wednesday evening on the world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century. The nearly 10 day mission will feature a flyby in preparation for returning humans to the lunar surface. This is npr. Indonesia is demanding an investigation into the death of three of its UN Peacekeepers in Lebanon. The three were killed in separate incidents as Israeli forces continue to push deeper into the country fighting Iranian backed Hezbollah militants. Israel says it plans to control large swaths of Lebanon, including demolishing whole towns. Here's NPR's Carrie Khan.
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Indonesia's Foreign Ministry says the UN must fully investigate the deaths of three of its peacekeepers and an emergency security meeting. Indonesia's representative demanded a direct investigation and, quote, not just Israel's excuses. One peacekeeper was killed Sunday by what Indonesia says was indirect artillery fire. The two others were killed Monday when their vehicle struck a roadside explosive. Israel says its forces did not place explosives in the area nor deploy troops there. Lebanese officials say more than 1200 people have been killed since Israel invaded. Their figures do not distinguish between combatants and civilians. Israel says killed more than 800 Hezbollah militants since the start of the Iran war. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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The US Supreme Court seems poised to reject the limits President Trump is trying to impose on birthright citizenship. The justices on Wednesday heard his administration's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck down Trump's executive order that would end citizenship for babies born to people who are in the country illegally who are here to work or visit on a temporary basis. Trump himself was in the courtroom spending just over an staying only for arguments by the government's lawyer. I'm Giles Snyder, NPR News.
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