NPR News: 05-10-2026 5PM EDT

Jeanine Herbst· Host0:00

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. President Trump today on social media called the Iranian response to the latest US proposal to end the war in the Mid East unacceptable without giving details. Tehran gave its response to Pakistan, which is mediating the talks. NPR's Diaa Hadid has more.

Diaa Hadid0:20

State-run agency, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, says Iran's response remains consistent with previous positions. Readiness to continue a ceasefire that is largely held since early April in exchange for the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, that's a key global shipping route, and ending hostilities. The war began on February twenty-eight when Israel and the United States launched airstrikes on Iran. Iran subsequently blocked the Strait of Hormuz, and then the US imposed its own blockade. Iran's deputy speaker told state-run media that military operations would not open the strait. Diaa Hadid, NPR News.

Jeanine Herbst· Host0:58

As passengers disembark from the cruise ship in the Canary Islands, the UK has launched a mission to support one of its citizens on another island who's become ill with a suspected case of hantavirus. NPR's Lauren Frayer has more.

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British Army medics have parachuted onto an island in the South Atlantic called Tristan da Cunha. It's the UK's most remote inhabited overseas territory, with no airstrip and a population of just over two hundred people. The hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docked there in