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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump told reporters Saturday that he's reviewing a new proposal from Tehran to end the war, but he later said on social media that he doesn't think it will be acceptable. The war has taken a major toll on the citizens of Iran, where thousands of people have died in the fighting. Mirjana Spoliarich is the president of the International Committee of the Red Cross. She's just returned from Iran and says people there are ready for the fighting to end. What stays with me always when I talk to the population and especially to women,

people don't want to live in fear. They don't want situations of war. They want to have options. They want to have jobs. They want their children to be safe at school. They want the future for their children. Britain's Prime Minister, meanwhile, is reaffirming that the UK will not be drawn into playing an offensive role in the Iran war. Vicki Barker has a report from London.

Despite the King and Queen's successful U.S. visit and the subsequent lifting of U.S. tariffs on British-made Scotch whiskey, Britain's Prime Minister was restating his refusal to join the U.S. and Israeli-led offensive on Iran should it resume, telling the BBC, Whatever pressure is put on me, I'm not going to drag the United Kingdom into a war. It's not in our national interest. Starmer acknowledged that the war. is affecting daily life in Britain with rising fuel and food prices, among other things.

But he said, quote, there are moments in history that will define a generation, and I think we're in one of those moments. For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London. Foot soldiers from the civil rights movement are speaking out about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Wednesday. That decision could allow states to redraw congressional maps in ways that reduced minority representation. As Olivia McMurray reports from member station WBHM and Birmingham, Alabama, the court's ruling on the Voting Rights Act is distressing to those who participated in civil rights marches more than six decades ago. This month is the anniversary of the 1963 Children's Crusade when public officials attacked marching children with police dogs and high-pressure fire hoses,

drawing national outrage. Paulette Robey was 13 years old when police arrested her, and took her to a military barracks, where she was imprisoned. She says the Supreme Court's decision was jarring. We're going back. It's like we made three steps forward and then we're taking four steps back. Alabama's governor is called a special legislative session for Monday. She says it will focus on developing a contingency plan in case the Supreme Court lifts an injunction blocking use of a 2020 map.

That map doesn't include a new, near-majority black district. For NPR News, I'm Olivia McMurray in Birmingham, Alabama. And you're listening to NPR News. An appeals court in China has ruled in favor of a worker whose tech company replaced him with AI. As NPR's Jennifer Pack reports, the decision comes as Chinese leaders push industries to widely adopt the technology. The tech worker was employed at an AI-related firm in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. He earned close to $44,000 a year before AI took over his job. The company reassigned him.

to a lower-level position with a 40% pay cut. He refused and the company ended his contract. A Hanzhou court has upheld an earlier ruling that the dismissal was unlawful. Lawyer Wang Xiuang, who is not connected to the case, told state-run news agency Shinghua, AI adoption doesn't automatically justify a company laying off a worker to cut costs. But corporate profits have been squeezed as the Chinese economy remains sluggish. Jennifer Pack, NPR News, Shanghai.

Golden Tempo, a 23-1 long shot, pulled off a stunning win at the Kentucky Derby Saturday. Jackie Jose Ortiz brought the three-year-old Bay Colt from a last-place start to a thrilling run down the home stretch for the win. Trainer Cherie DeVoe became the first woman trainer to win the opening leg of the Triple Crown. An investor group led by Kwanza Jones and Jose Feliciano Saturday announced a deal to purchase the San Diego Padres for as much as three, $2.9 billion. The sale must still be approved by Major League Baseball, but if it goes through at that price, it would be a record valuation for a team.

The team is being sold two years after the death of its owner, Peter Seidler. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.