NPR News: 09-13-2026 8AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The leaders behind some of the world's most advanced AI systems say it's time for the industry to hit the brakes. They're warning that rapid development is moving faster than safety measures and government oversight can keep up. During an interview with CNN and THROPIC CEO Dario Amade says developers need more time to make sure each new advance can be introduced safely. If we just had a little more time, we could do so much of a better job here. And so we're going to take the more time to make sure that we don't get to the world of persistent botnets to make sure that each step we take is a careful step. Open AI CEO Sam Altman is backing and THROPIC's call. Tech billionaire Elon Musk is also expressing support for slowing the development of the most powerful AI systems. The shutdown of Saudi Arabia's East West oil pipeline is raising new concerns about global

1:05supplies and fuel prices. The kingdom closed the pipeline after drone attacks struck the critical energy brute. It had become a major alternative to the state of Hormuz where the war with Iran has reduced tanker traffic to a trickle. Morgan Baslin is a professor of public policy at the Pain Institute. There was a lot of reliance on this East West pipelines moving millions of barrels of extra or diverted oil that couldn't get through the state of Hormuz one way or the other. And so it was seen as a critical infrastructure that was resilient in as much as it provided an alternative pathway. Before the shutdown the pipeline had been moving between four and five million barrels a day. While makers in Britain are weighing in on President Trump's call for a United Ireland, Vicky Barker reports the president is visiting the country this weekend.

2:08Politicians from Northern Ireland's mainly Protestant unionist parties were as quick to condemn President Trump's comments as their mainly Catholic, Republican counterparts were to praise it. A British government spokesman says there's no evidence Northern Ireland's people want unification. Even the Trumpist reform leader Nigel Farage has said he disagrees with Trump on this one. And opposition conservative leader, Kemi Badenak, has said the comments are creating unnecessary tension as the Brits would say quite separatist politicians from Scotland Wales and Northern Ireland will meet Monday to discuss their vision for full secession from the UK. For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Wisconsin Congressman and Republican Goobin editorial candidate Tom Tiffany says he and a pilot suffered minor injuries after their plane made an emergency water landing last night.

3:12Tiffany says the plane lost power as they approached the airport after returning from a Republican dinner. The pilot landed the plane in a lake as the aircraft began to sink the two climbed out and swam to shallow water. The congressman later thanked the pilot to end the first responders who came to their aid. Certain rescue operations are underway in the Java Sea after a ferry overturned last night. Officials in Indonesia say at least six people have died and more than 130 others are missing. Michael Sullivan reports at least 100 people have been pulled to safety. Officials say the ferry was carrying more than 240 people when it sank in heavy seas on a trip from Surabaya in East Java to Bunger, Masin and South Kalimantan province. Authorities say the captain of the vessel had reported waves above to ten feet and issued a distress message in the early morning hours before the ship sank. Officials deployed

4:13rescue teams aboard several vessels as well as a helicopter to search for survivors. Indonesia is an archipelago of some 17,000 islands where ferries are a common form of travel. Thousands of relatives of the missing have gathered at Bunger, Masin's Trasak, the port waiting for news of the missing. For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Changri. This is NPR News in Washington. This message comes from the Center for US Voters Abroad Foundation. US citizens live, travel and serve all over the world. But wherever they are, they can stay connected to home through voting. All US citizens abroad may request an absentee ballot to vote in the 2026 election and requesting yours is easy. Keep your connection strong no matter how far away you are. Visit registerabroad.com to get started.