NPR News: 06-01-2026 8AM EDT

Libby Casey· Host0:01

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Libby Casey. The US military says it struck various radar and drone launch sites near the Strait of Hormuz in recent days. US Central Command says these attacks came in response to Iran shooting down a US drone operating over international waters. Over the weekend, President Trump said the US and Iran are close to a peace deal, but State Department spokesman Tommy Piggott told NPR's Morning Edition that there is not yet a deal.

Tommy Piggott· Soundbite0:27

The president has been very clear he wants to see a good deal here. Uh, and the president describing over the weekend that we are close to a circumstance, in his belief, of having a deal. But we're not gonna have a deal that doesn't address some of the important parameters the president has outlined from the beginning.

Libby Casey· Host0:42

Piggott pushed back on Republican concerns that the US might unfreeze Iranian assets as part of an agreement and said there will be no exchange of money over the short term. Ukraine targeted oil and gas infrastructure in several regions of Russia over the weekend. The attacks are the latest in a growing campaign of Ukrainian strikes on Russia's energy industry that Kyiv calls long-range sanctions. From Moscow, NPR's Charles Maynes reports.

Charles Maynes1:09

Ukraine said its drones struck an oil refinery in the Russian city of Saratov, some five hundred miles to the southeast of Moscow, with the local governor confirming damage to civilian infrastructure. Separately, authorities in Russia's southern Krasnodar region said a drone struck a large fuel depot, causing a massive fire. Months of Ukrainian attacks have degraded Russia's