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The U.S. Is hosting finance ministers from the world's biggest economies in the mountains of North Carolina this week.
Treasury Secretary Scott Besant is there.
He's been urging the G20 members to tighten the economic screws on Iran.
NPR Scott Horsley reports the reaction has been mixed.
So far, the U.S.
Has been unable to force Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz using military force, so last week the administration
announced what it's calling Operation Economic Outcast to sever Tehran's remaining links to the global economy.
Of course, Iran itself is already heavily sanctioned, but now the U.S.
Is threatening to punish other countries that do business with Iran.
This is the first time Russia has been represented at the G20 in person
since Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine, drawing protests by European ministers.
More than 1,000 people are now confirmed to have died in the devastating floods
that battered Nepal and Chinese-held Tibet.
And as rescuers in Nepal continue their search for some 4,000 missing,
one cohort has emerged as badly impacted Hindu pilgrims.
NPR's Dia Hadid reports.
Social media is awash with appeals from people searching for their loved ones, like by Gaurav Kare.
Whose brother-in-law Vivek Srivastava, a US citizen, went missing while on pilgrimage to Mount Kailash.
And so for last four or five days, we have been in search for him.