NPR News: 04-08-2026 10PM EDT

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton. Iran says it closed the Strait of Hormuz again today after Israel continued to attack the Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon. The closure casts doubt on whether the ceasefire will hold as NPR. There was sporadic fire today with Arab Gulf countries in particular reporting some attacks from Iran. Speaking, the Iran war is definitely going quiet. However, Israel is still heavily bombing Hezbollah in Lebanon. Israel says that conflict is not part of the ceasefire. Now, Iran says it is. The U. S. is siding with Israel, but the fighting in Lebanon could be a problem if it carries on. Some of the Gulf oil producers didn't have any place to store their oil, so they had to idle some oil fields. And John Kilduff, who's an energy analyst at Again Capital, says getting that oil flowing again is not as simple as just turning a valve or The energy department is predicting the energy. Made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the US and Iran would reach a ceasefire yesterday, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for those users. At least fifty wallets placed substantial yes bets before Trump announced the two weeks. In Washington State, leaders have declared a statewide drought. Snowpack is declining in the Northwest. That's according to Casey Sixkiller, the director of Washington's Department of Ecology. And it's