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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi singh. Vice President J.D. vance is on his way to Pakistan to host this weekend's high stakes peace talks between the US And Iran. Rather, Pakistan is hosting this weekend's peace talks. Before Vance boarded Air Force Two in the Washington, D.C. area today, he warned Iran to negotiate in good faith.
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If they're going to try to play us, then they're going to find that the negotiating team is not that receptive. So we're going to try to have a positive negotiation. The president is getting gave us some pretty clear guidelines and we're going to see.
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Iran says before talks can start it has conditions. Today, the country's parliament speaker, Mohammad Baker Kalibov posted on X that the fighting in Lebanon has to stop and a freeze on Iran's assets needs to be lifted. NPR's Deepaz has more on Iran's demands involving its forces and its allies Hezbollah in Lebanon, where Israeli strikes have been heavy.
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In the message released on Iranian state media, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Moshe Bahomenei addressed Gulf Arab states prom them a gesture of goodwill in exchange for distancing themselves from the arrogant powers who never miss an opportunity to humiliate and exploit you. The presence of US Military bases in countries like Qatar and Bahrain has made them targets for Iran in this war. And Iran's deputy foreign minister, Saeed Khatib Zadeh told Al Jazeera English that Iran will permit some ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz, but only in coordination with Iranian forces. Permanent control of the strait is among Iran's key demands in its negotiations with the US Any restriction in the strait will prove highly problematic to oil rich Gulf Arab nations who rely on free access to the passage for their economies. Dee Padraz, NPR News, Vaughn, Turkey.
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The war began with US And Israeli strikes on Iran at the end of February. Since then, thousands of people have died. Majority of the casualties have been in Iran and Lebanon. There are currently more than 60,000 people in immigration detention in the United States. It's the lowest it's been in six months, although the number of detainees in ICE custody remain historically high. Here's NPR's Jasmine Garst.
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Of the 60,000 immigrants who are in ICE detention, 6% have a criminal conviction. Austin Coker is a Syracuse University professor who studies ICE data. According to Coker, the average daily arrests have been going down. In January, for example, during the massive detention campaign in Minnesota, Minneapolis, there were 1280 average daily arrests. As of April, the average is 930. There are more people wearing GPS ankle monitors, too. The number is now over 46,000. That's the largest amount of people in ice history. It's also been one of the deadliest years on record for ICE detention. This fiscal year, 27 people have died while in custody. Jasmine Garsd, NPR News, New York.
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This is NPR News. The United nations has condemned a drone strike in Sudan which killed more than 30 people at a wedding ceremony in the western region of Darfur. The strike is the latest in the nearly three year war between the Sudanese army and a paramilitary group it was formally allied with. We have more from NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu.
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A spokesperson for the UN Secretary General condemned the killings, adding, quote, attacks using drones against civilians and civilian objects are unacceptable. Women and children were among the victims in the attack in Kutum, a town in North Darfur. Local human rights groups, including the Nobel Peace Prize nominated resistance committees, blamed the attacks on the Sudanese army and condemned intensifying drone strikes by both sides. Last week, a drone strike on a hospital in south central Sudan killed at least 10 people. The war in Sudan has created the world's largest humanitarian crisis and according to some estimates, has killed as many as 400,000 people. Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR News, Lagos.
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Inflation in the US spiked with consumer prices up 3.3% in March from a year earlier. That marks the largest increase in nearly two years. On a monthly basis, consumer prices rose 0.9% from February to March. This those big increases in consumer prices represent the first major data signs of how the war with Iran is affecting the US Economy. Big reason for acceleration inflation is the spike in gas prices following the virtual shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz, which has sent global energy prices much higher. It's NPR News.
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