Ceasefire on 'Life Support', Doctors: Protect Kids' Play & Google's AI Warning - Tuesday, May 12, 2026
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 12 May 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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The news to know for Tuesday, May 12, 2026!
We'll tell you why President Trump says the truce with Iran is now on "life support" and what he's talking about doing next.
Also, an effort to monitor Hantavirus across several countries and multiple American states.
Plus, another heat wave could break records today, top pediatricians are calling for kids and teens to play more at school, and what to expect at the world's biggest film festival.
Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Tuesday, May 12th. |
| 0:02.0 | We'll tell you why President Trump says the truth with Iran is now on life support and what he's talking about doing next. |
| 0:07.9 | Also an effort to monitor haunt a virus across several countries and multiple American states. |
| 0:13.0 | Plus, another heat wave could break records today. |
| 0:15.8 | Top pediatricians are calling for kids and teens to play more at school. |
| 0:20.0 | And what to expect at the world's biggest |
| 0:21.7 | film festival. Those stories and even more news coming up. |
| 0:26.5 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes. I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:31.8 | Thanks so much for being here. Let's do this. |
| 0:36.9 | The U.S. and Iran are locked in a stalemate. |
| 0:40.0 | And now news outlets are citing Trump aides who say the president is thinking about restarting |
| 0:44.0 | major combat operations more seriously than he has been in weeks. |
| 0:48.3 | Yesterday, the president said the ceasefire was on massive life support. |
| 0:51.8 | He's reportedly growing impatient over the strait of her moves, which Iran still has effectively |
| 0:56.1 | shut down, leaving as many as 20,000 seafarers trapped at sea in what the UN is called a |
| 1:01.2 | humanitarian crisis. |
| 1:02.9 | Plus, top members of the Trump administration have publicly said there is a division in Iranian |
| 1:06.9 | leadership that's keeping them from making any real progress on nuclear talks. |
| 1:11.2 | As we've told you, Iran responded to the last American proposal to reopen the |
| 1:15.3 | strait and negotiate an end to the war over the weekend. And in that response, the Iranians |
| 1:19.5 | called for U.S. war reparations, recognition of Iran's control over the strait, and an end to |
| 1:24.5 | American sanctions. President Trump called it a piece of garbage. The president |
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