NPR News: 05-29-2026 3PM EDT

Windsor Johnston· Host0:00

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump says he'll make a final determination on Iran. The administration says it's close to an agreement with Tehran that could extend the current ceasefire for sixty days and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Negotiators appear to be making progress, but major questions remain about Iran's nuclear program. Trita Parsi, an expert on US-Iran relations, says there are signs of a possible deal.

Trita Parsi· Soundbite0:30

The US side wants to have the complete, uh, uh, Iranian stockpile of highly enriched uranium to be shipped out of the country and destroyed. In the past, the Iranians have agreed to ship out up to ninety-eight percent of it, but they've kept a, a portion of it on their own soil. The US wants to go to a hundred percent. The Iranians have resisted, but there seems to be a pathway for a compromise on that issue.

Windsor Johnston· Host0:53

Iran has not publicly signed on to any agreement. The two sides have exchanged fire in recent days, with President Trump threatening to return to a full-scale war. A judge in Kenya has temporarily suspended the setup of an Ebola quarantine facility. From Nairobi, Michael Kaloki reports the US has a role in the proposed center.

Michael Kaloki1:16

In an order issued late Thursday, Kenya's High Court said that the country was not allowed to admit anyone exposed to or infected by Ebola under an agreement between Kenya and the US for the establishment of a quarantine facility locally.