NPR News: 09-14-2026 6AM EDT

0:00Live from NPR News in Washington, on Corv. Coleman, a meeting between Iran and Gulf Arab states set for today has been put off indefinitely. That's according to Oman's Foreign Minister. Iran had said they were going to talk about reopening the state of Hormuz. And Pierre's Haddad al-Salti reports it shows how tough diplomacy has been in this conflict. The Omani Foreign Minister said in a post online that the meeting between Gulf states and Iran was postponed, quote, in the interests of consensus. The Gulf depends on the state of Hormuz for its oil export and imports. Oman and Iran have been trying to reach an agreement to temporarily reopen the key water way, but nothing has materialized yet. Iran has been responding to U.S. strikes by attacking U.S. bases in Gulf countries, and the Gulf sees itself as collateral damage in this conflict. The U.S., which the Gulf states have relied on for their security, has signaled the war could drag on, pushing Arab states to negotiate with Iran to get off its target list. The deal al-Salti and Pierre News is dumbled.

1:01World oil prices continue to rise. The benchmark Brent Crude Oil is more than $108 a barrel that comes after Saudi Arabia has shut down a major oil pipeline that crosses its country from the Persian Gulf to the Red Sea. The pipeline was hit by drones, possibly fired by militancy neighboring Iraq. They are supported by Iran. President Trump is downplaying calls by leaders of the artificial intelligence industry for a slowdown in AI development. Instead, Trump claimed that warnings about AI are exaggerated. Over the weekend, the head of anthropic issued a long essay calling for the slowdown. He was joined in that call by other leaders. And Pierre's John Rewich says they're responding to researchers warnings about AI. There's been a string of incidents that have spooked a lot of people, a lot of the top minds in AI. A big one was the so-called hugging face incident. That's when a bunch of open AI's programs agents were working together in secret behind

2:01the backs of people and eventually hacked into a startup called hugging face. That was not what they had been told to do. Other companies have also reported similar incidents of AI agents going off script. The ultimate fear here is that humans lose control of AI. And Pierre's John Rewich prepared that report. This is back. It's the last week that both chambers are expected to be in Washington, DC until after November's midterm election. And Pierre's Eric McDaniel reports. Congress already did the one thing they had to do before the election. Extend government funding until after voting. Now Republicans are going to move some messaging bills in order to show voters that they're responsive to their concerns. We could see a vote on a bill designed to blunt the impact of energy price hikes associated with AI data centers. You could also be bills about college sports, pay regulation, as well as cryptocurrency. One thing that may actually become law. New sanctions targeting Russia, Eric McDaniel, and Pierre News in Washington. You're listening to NPR. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is welcoming hundreds of investors to Toronto this week.

3:06He has launched the Canada Investment Summit. He's discussing his country's highlights, such as energy and critical minerals and its highly educated workforce. This comes as Canada is in the midst of a trade war with the Trump administration. Wisconsin's Republican candidate for governor Tom Tiffany was slightly injured over the weekend. The small plane he was flying in ditched into a lake in central Wisconsin. Wisconsin Public Radio's Avery Martinez reports Tiffany had to get some stitches above his eye. Tiffany says he was flying in a small plane Saturday night. As they near the wall saw downtown airport, the pilot told Tiffany there was engine trouble. Since they couldn't make the airport, the pilot landed on a nearby lake. He and Tiffany only had minor injuries. After the plane started to sink, they swam to a sand bar, where local firefighters rescued them in boats.

4:09Tiffany will continue on the campaign trail, but doctors will not let him fly for several days. For NPR News, I'm Avery Martinez in Warsaw. We're halfway through the Atlantic hurricane season. There haven't been any hurricanes this year in the Atlantic. Meteorologists say that's the result of a different weather system called El Nino. That system creates weather conditions that prevent hurricanes from developing in the Atlantic. I'm Kouravakulman, NPR News.