NPR News: 09-12-2026 7AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. President Trump is in Ireland this weekend. He started off as two-day trip with the country's prime minister. During those discussions, Trump was asked about the drone attack that forced Saudi Arabia to shut down its east-west oil pipeline near the Persian Gulf. Trump said Iran was most likely responsible. Well, I think they are probably there. They're on the balls of their feet right now, but I think they have been in charge of that for a while. We've had discussions. Trump is also scheduled to hold talks with Irish President Catherine Connelly. The Saudi pipeline had become a key alternative for moving oil around the Strait of Hormuz, where shipping has been disrupted for months. And shutdown could add even more pressure to energy prices. Stocks on Wall Street for the most part fell this week as energy prices soared.

1:03NPR Scott Horsley reports a market rally on Friday wasn't enough to reverse losses earlier in the week. An escalation of the U.S. war with Iran pushed crude oil prices higher. Retail gasoline prices in the U.S. jumped about 15 cents a gallon during the week, while the price of diesel fuel topped $6 a gallon for the first time ever. Rising energy prices are keeping inflation elevated. Consumer prices in August were up 3.4 percent from a year ago. Friday's inflation report left investors more confident. The Federal Reserve will raise interest rates when policymakers meet next week. Stocks rose on Friday, but for the week the NASDAQ lost two-thirds of a percent. The S&P 500 index fell eight-tenths of a percent, and the Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 1.6 percent. Scott Horsley in Pyrenees, Washington. India is hosting the BRIC summit this weekend with the president of Russia, China, and Iran. The multi-country group is looking to give voice to emerging economies to counter the West. For his NPR's own car, a Kandikar reports, it's been a mixed record.

2:08The BRIC's acronym stands for its Founder Countries. Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Korea. But today it has expanded to include nearly a dozen countries, and represents around half the world's population. The block was created in 2009 to collaborate on political, economic, and security issues. But analysts say their internal rivalries and differences on the recent wars in Ukraine and Iran have time-eat progress. One thing they do agree on, reducing dependence on the US dollar for trade. This year, India plans to push for a special BRIC's currency. President Trump has previously threatened 100 percent tariffs if they try to replace the dollar. The White House hasn't commented on this year's summit yet. Omkar Khandika in Pyat News, New Delhi. It's NPR. The CIA has declassified several dozen presidential briefing documents to mark the 25th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

3:11The director's detail in intelligence gathered about Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda in the years before the hijackings. They trace how CIA analysts' understanding of Al Qaeda evolved and how they warned about bin Laden's plans for the attack. CIA director John Rackliffe called the release an act of exceptional transparency. A British Museum has removed an ancient Egyptian mummy from public display in order it says to respect the wishes of the dead. Fighi Barker reports from London. The high status Egyptian woman named Ashru had been on display in Manchester Museum since 1825 when its layered linen wrappings were peeled away, revealing the mummified body beneath. But now the 2500 year old remains have been moved into storage with museum managers, saying the removal, quote, aligns most closely with what we understand about her own wishes.

4:15The Pitt River's anthropological museum in Oxford removed all human remains from its displays six years ago. And this week it announced its returning the bones of dozens of indigenous Naga people to their ancestral homes in India and Myanmar. For NPR News, I'm Zikki Barker in London. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. This week on the NPR Politics Podcast, the Republican midterm convention was basically a two-night Maga infomercial. He has told voters, I want you to pretend please that I'm on the ballot just come out and vote and show up for it. We break down President Trump's midterm strategy, including that $5,000 promise. This week on the NPR Politics Podcast.