Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

President Trump today on social media called the Iranian response to the latest U.S. proposal to end the war in the Mideast unacceptable, without giving details.

Tehran gave its response to Pakistan, which is mediating the talks.

And Peirzia Hadid has more.

State-run agency, the Islamic Republic of Iran broadcasting, says Iran's response remains

consistent with previous positions. Readiness to continue a ceasefire that is largely held

since early April, in exchange for the opening of the Strait of Ramuz. That's a key global

shipping route,

and ending hostilities.

The war began on February 28 when Israel and the United States launched airstrikes on Iran.

Iran subsequently blocked the Strait of Ramos, and then the U.S. imposed its own blockade.

Iran's deputy speaker told state-run media that military operations would not

open the strait. Di Hedid, NPR News. As passengers disembarked from the cruise ship in the Canaria

Islands, the UK has launched a mission to support one of its citizens on another island,

who's become ill with the suspected case of hantavirus. And here's Lauren

Friar has more. British Army medics have parachuted onto an island in the South Atlantic called

Tristan de Kuna. It's the UK's most remote inhabited overseas territory with no air strip and a

population of just over 200 people. The hanta virus-stricken cruise ship docked there

in mid-April to drop off a British passenger who lives there. Two weeks later, he came down

with symptoms and is isolating in stable condition. The Ministry of Defense says six paratroopers

jumped out of aircraft in tandem with an intensive care doctor and nurse.

Footage shows three parachutes floating down onto an island meadow dotted with corrugated metal shacks.

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