Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korova Coleman.
President Trump is demanding that about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open.
It's been effectively shut down since the war against Iran started.
Iran has fired on vessels there, but officials with Australia,
Germany and Japan said they are not going to send ships to the Strait.
Meanwhile, Israel is also continuing to attack Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.
Officials say at least 800,000 people have fled and hundreds of people have been killed.
NPR's Daniel Estrin reports the Israeli military said today it has begun limited and targeted ground operations beyond the border area into new areas of southern Lebanon.
A person briefed on the matter, not authorized to speak publicly,
speaking on condition of anonymity, told me that Israel intends to gradually...
increase its ground incursion deeper into Lebanon.
And at the same time,
there are a lot of efforts behind the scenes for direct ceasefire negotiations between Israel and Lebanon.
NPR's Daniel Estrin reporting.
Gas prices continue to surge in the U.S.
The motoring club AAA says they're now $3.72 a gallon.
That's nearly 80 cents higher than a month ago, and it's due to the war in Iran.
But NPR's Luke Garrett reports the Trump administration insists the spike in...
gas prices will be short-lived.
During the war, Iran has largely closed the Strait of Hormuz,