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play social casino void where prohibited. Visit spinquest.com for more details. Talks to end the Iran war are at a stalemate. Record heat is expected to sizzle in 22 states this week, and science has found ways to reduce your exposure to plastic chemicals. That's some of what we'll get to on the 7 from the Washington Post. I'm Izin Akabao in for hanajul. It's Monday, May 11th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. Number one President Donald Trump rejected Iran's response to the latest US plan to end the war. Last week, the Trump administration sent a 14 point proposal for ending the conflict to Iran. Yesterday, Iran sent its response via mediators from Pakistan. It has clearly not gone down well with Trump. In a post on Truth Social, Trump called Iran's response to totally unacceptable. Without providing further details, a key sticking point appears to be the future of Iran's nuclear weapons program. The US Wants Iran to agree to end its program, but Iran has proposed that all discussions of its nuclear program be the subject of subsequent negotiations, not these peace talks. Trump's rejection of the Iranian proposal is the latest setback to efforts to resolve the war, which began at the end of February. In recent days, an exchange of hostilities around the Strait of Hormuz highlighted the fragility of a ceasefire between the two sides. Trump is scheduled to visit China this week for the first time since 2017. That's number two. Nine years ago, Trump received a red carpet welcome from children waving American and Chinese flags. Chinese officials hoped to negotiate with a leader they viewed as a pragmatic businessman. The situation is very different now. Beijing has become a far more powerful and confident seat of global power, and its seasoned president, Xi Jinping, now understands that Trump weaponizes unpredictability. This time, Xi holds no illusions about making lasting deals with Trump. Instead, US And Chinese experts say he wants to convey China as a more reliable and responsible counterweight. US Volatility the summit comes as the US Is mired in a Middle east conflict that shows no sign of winding down. Trump's standing domestically and worldwide has been weakened by the war and its economic impacts. He is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday evening. Number 3 A new survey found that many Americans think assassination attempts against Trump were fake. Last week, a federal grand jury in D.C. charged alleged gunman Cole Thomas Allen with attempting to assassinate the president last month at the White House Correspondent's Dinner. Soon after the incident that led to his arrest, conspiracy theories began to spread online. They falsely claimed that the Trump administration staged the shooting in in an effort to manufacture support for the president, the Republican Party and his planned White House ballroom. A new survey by NewsGuard found that about one in four Americans think the shooting at the Correspondent's Dinner was staged, and there is a clear partisan divide. Roughly one in three Democrat respondents said they believed the event was staged, compared to about 1 in 8 Republicans. According to the survey. Respondents between the ages of 18 and 29 were also more likely than older people to think the incident was staged. No evidence has surfaced to support the conspiracy theories about any of the three gun related incidents. Number four Passengers on the Hantavirus hit cruise ship are returning to their home nations. Yesterday, people from the Hondius cruise ship that was hit with a deadly hantavirus outbreak started disembarking in Tenerife, one of Spain's Canary Islands. From there, several evacuation flights have been taking them to their home countries. In a carefully planned mission. Some of the flights took off yesterday and the rest will take place today. In the US the plan is for 17Americans to be assessed and monitored at a federal facility at the University of Nebraska. The CDC is in contact with them, as well as seven others who have already returned to America. Here's the acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya speaking with CNN's Jake Tapper on State of the Union yesterday.
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This is not Covid, Jake, and we don't want to treat it like Covid. We don't want to cause a public panic over this. We want to treat it with the hantavirus protocols that again were successful in containing outbreaks.
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In the past, three passengers who were aboard the Hondius cruise ship have died. However, global health authorities have said the outbreak poses a low public health risk. Number five, record heat is forecast across 22 states this week. About 60% of the United States is grappling with drought, which is most intense across the Intermountain, West Plains and South. Record heat could be about to exacerbate the situation. Temperatures are forecast to top 90 degrees for 60 million people and 100 degrees for 13 million more. Near Death Valley, California, the temperature could soar to 117 degrees today in Las Vegas, temperatures could reach 104 degrees tomorrow. In some places, such as Salt Lake City, temperatures this week could become the highest recorded this early in the calendar year. Find the full forecast in our newsletter today. At Number six There are Hidden Rules behind AI if you've ever used an AI chatbot, you'll know that sometimes they give you slightly strange responses behind the scenes. Artificial intelligence companies invisibly add thousands of words of instructions to every conversation. With a chatbot, this helps to steer AI behavior. The instructions are called system prompts. They are sometimes tweaked after AI systems receive feedback from the public. They can also help chatbot makers avoid legal problems. For example, Anthropic, the maker of Claude, has more than 2,000 words instructing its chatbot to avoid copyright infringement. And if Grok from XAI is asked for a personal opinion on a politically contentious topic, it has been told not to search or rely on Elon Musk's opinions or pass GROK responses. Some companies publish their system prompts, but most keep them secret. However, certain users say they can trick the tech into sharing that information. To try using system prompts yourself, click the link in our newsletter and check out the Post's interactive tool. You can find that in our show Notes There are simple ways to reduce your exposure to plastic chemicals. That's number seven. Chemicals can leach out from plastics and migrate into our food and personal products, eventually entering our bloodstreams and later showing up in our urine. Many are endocrine disruptors, meaning they interfere with hormone signaling, and they've been independently associated with heart and metabolic disease. Trying to cut down our exposure can feel overwhelming. A recent study, though, offers hope. Researchers found that a few specific lifestyle changes could cut the amount of plastic associated chemicals in urine by as much as 60 and 35%, respectively, and that reduction was seen after changes made over just seven days. Our diets are the biggest source of plastic chemicals, so avoiding plastic packaging and cutting down on ultra processed foods is a good move. However, it's also worth taking another look at your personal care products. Try to go for items that don't contain fragrance, and consider shampoo and conditioner bars instead of products in plastic packaging. All right, you're all caught up. But before you go, a reminder that if you're a subscriber to the Washington Post, you can get access to our shows ad free in Apple Podcasts. All you have to do is find the Washington Post channel in Apple Podcasts and connect your Post subscription. If you're not a subscriber, this is a great time to start. You can sign up at our channel in Apple Podcasts or through the link in our show Notes. I'm Izin Akabawu. We'll meet you back here tomorrow. Foreign.
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