U.S. says tentative agreement reached in Iran war
U.S. officials say that a tentative agreement to end the war had been reached in talks between Tehran and Washington and was awaiting President Donald Trump’s approval. At the same time, the U.S. launched its second round of strikes on Iran in a matter of days this week, while skirmishes continued Thursday evening in the Strait of Hormuz. A member of Iran’s national security committee, Ahmad Bakhshayesh Ardestani, said that if the U.S. were to target Iran’s oil facilities, Tehran would retaliate by striking Gulf Arab states’ oil wells. “If they intend to do something so that we have no oil, we will not attack their pipelines, we will attack the wells so that they also have no oil and fuel becomes expensive for the world,” he said, according to Iranian media.
Russian drone hits apartment building in Romania
An explosive-laden Russian drone hit an apartment building in Romania early Friday, Russia staged an attack on a nearby Ukrainian port. The strike drew swift condemnation from the European Union and NATO, with U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker calling the strike a “reckless incursion.” Whitaker pledged that the U.S. “will will defend every inch of NATO territory.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin “is aware of the UAV incident in Romania,” Russian state news agency TASS reported. Romania’s government is urging its allies to help with its anti-drone defenses, tapping into growing concerns that Russia’s war in Ukraine could spill deeper into the continent.
Temporary court ruling against Trump administration plan on Ebola
A court ruling in Kenya has temporarily halted plans by the Trump administration to establish an Ebola quarantine and treatment facility in Kenya, which has not recorded any Ebola cases. The facility would house Americans potentially exposed to the deadly virus in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), more than 1,500 miles away who the Trump administration does not want to return to Ebola treatment facilities in the U.S . The rapidly spreading outbreak in the DRC is believed to be responsible for at least 238 deaths and more than 1,000 suspected infections. The plan by the U.S. to set up an Ebola facility in Kenya for Americans was criticized by Kenyan doctors and U.S. officials working at the Centers for Disease Control. It was also swiftly challenged in Kenya’s High Court with a further court hearing scheduled for next week.
Bridge collapse settlement
The families of the victims of Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse have settled with the owners and operators of the M/V Dali container ship, which hit the bridge. The terms of the settlement are not being disclosed. The incident took place on March 26, 2024. Attorneys representing four of the men who died and a survivor said the settlement resolves “all the claims against the owners and operators of the M/V Dali.” Six construction workers died after they were knocked into the Patapsco River. A seventh construction worker survived. The state of Maryland and Dali’s owner and operator settled for more than $2.25 billion this month. The $2.25 billion agreement settles the state’s civil claims tied to the bridge destruction, environmental damage, and economic losses.
Trump administration holds woman and child at airport
The Trump administration has been holding a woman and her four-year-old child who the woman brought to the U.S. from Ghana for medical treatment in a windowless room at Washington Dulles International Airport for more than a week. Anabella Gyasi and her son arrived in the U.S. on tourist visas. Hr attorneys say they have been held in a windowless room with a single bed and toilet. A federal judge was set to hear arguments Friday on the future of the two. Her attorneys allege she is being held illegally. The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia filed a petition in court seeking their release. Their tourist visas are good until 2028, the petition states and says both have been denied adequate food and medical care.
Plan to stop processing international travelers
Donald Trump’s new Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is pushing a plan to punish cities and states that do not cooperate with federal immigration enforcement by cutting customs staffing at their airports and possibly blocking international travelers from entering the U.S. in those cities and states. In an interview on Fox News, Mullin said that if what he called radical left Democrats aren’t allowing federal authorities to enforce immigration laws “then we shouldn’t be processing international flights into their cities either.” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy criticized Mullin’s plan during a recent congressional hearing. “We shouldn’t shut down air travel in a state that doesn’t agree with our politics,” he said.
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