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Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories The U.S. and Iran reached a ceasefire deal yesterday, just hours before President Trump’s deadline for Iran to meet his demands. Under the agreement, Trump announced that the U.S. and Israel would halt bombing for two weeks, contingent on Iran following through with its commitment to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Oil prices plummeted and stocks soared after the announcement of the deal. Brent crude oil dropped…

Ben SolakApr 8, 2026, 06:15 AM ETCloseBen Solak joined ESPN in 2024 as a national NFL analyst. He previously covered the NFL at The Ringer, Bleeding Green Nation and The Draft Network.Multiple AuthorsIt’s NFL draft season. Have you read enough mock drafts yet? They’re like multivitamins this time of year — you need your daily dose.The mock I have for you today is different, though. Instead of focusing on a round or a team, I’m focusing on a position: quarterback. I tried to find the ideal landing spot for every single draftable quarterback in this 2026 class across all seven…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Russia and China vetoed a U.N. Security Council resolution Tuesday aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz, just hours before President Donald Trump’s deadline for Iran to cease threatening the key waterway. Trump has given Iran until 8 p.m. ET to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes against its power plants and bridges on Tuesday. The resolution received 11 votes in favor and two against, with abstentions from Pakistan and Colombia. “No one should tolerate that they are holding the global economy at gunpoint, but today, Russia and China did tolerate,” U.S.…

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, did not apply for bail when the war crime murder charges against him were listed in a Sydney court Wednesday.Roberts-Smith was awarded both the Victoria Cross and Medal of Gallantry for his service in Afghanistan and is only the second Australian veteran of the Afghanistan campaign to be charged with a war crime. The charges follow a military report released in 2020 that found evidence that elite Australian Special Air Service and commando regiment troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and other noncombatants. Around 40,000 Australian military personnel served…

Ellie Kildunne admits she felt “really alone” and questioned “why am I doing this?” after coming down from the high of helping England brilliantly lift the Women’s Rugby World Cup last year.Explosive full-back Kildunne was the Red Roses’ X-factor as they won the World Cup on home soil and she scored a spectacular solo try in the 33-13 final triumph over Canada in front of a sold-out 82,000 crowd at Allianz Stadium Twickenham.AdvertisementIt would always have been hard to maintain the elation of that career peak but the 26-year-old was brought back to earth with a bump when her next…

President Donald Trump spent Monday fending off questions about whether his threat to bomb “every” bridge and power plant in Iran would amount to war crimes. He rejected the premise, arguing that Iran’s leaders were “animals” who needed to be stopped. On Tuesday morning, he doubled down.

The first major of the year will be decided when the PGA Tour heads to Augusta National Golf Club for the 2026 Masters. The tournament begins on Thursday, April 9, featuring a star-studded field where Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy, Bryson DeChambeau and Jon Rahm are among the big names chasing the coveted green jacket. McIlroy enters the 2026 Masters as the defending champion and will look to become the first golfer to successfully defend his Masters title since Tiger Woods (2001-02). Scheffler, the No. 1-ranked player in the world, is listed as the +500 betting favorite, according to the latest…

In Russia, protesting against the war in Ukraine can be dangerous. But one Russian poet living in Moscow, Vadim Dzyuba, is speaking out. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: The risks of protesting the government have been on the minds of many Americans lately. In Russia, those dangers take on extra weight amid the war in Ukraine and an ongoing crackdown on dissent. From Moscow, NPR’s Charles Maynes has the story of a rare dissident.CHARLES MAYNES, BYLINE: The speech doesn’t last long, just over two minutes, on an evening otherwise dedicated to poetry in Christ the Savior Church, Moscow’s largest Orthodox cathedral.(SOUNDBITE OF…

Charlie CremeApr 7, 2026, 09:30 AM ETCloseCharlie Creme projects the women’s NCAA tournament bracket for ESPN.com.Multiple AuthorsThe women’s college basketball transfer portal officially opened Monday, and by day’s end more than 1,000 players had entered.In past years the portal opened during the NCAA tournament. New regulations this year prevented any official activity until after the season concluded Sunday with UCLA beating South Carolina for the championship. The transfer portal window is also shorter this year, closing on April 20.Editor’s Picks2 RelatedIowa State’s Audi Crooks, the nation’s second-leading scorer, is the biggest impact player in the portal to date. The Cyclones’…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Communist China is reportedly providing military assistance to the embattled Iranian regime, according to a leading U.S. military think tank and other reporting. The Institute for the Study of War stated that China is providing military assistance to the Iranian regime’s missile program, basing its research on recent reporting.According to the Institute, “China is helping Iran reconstitute the Iranian missile program amid US-Israeli efforts to degrade it.”A TIMELINE OF TRUMP’S ESCALATING DEADLINES ON IRAN AND THE STRAIT OF HORMUZAccording to the Institute for the Study of War, “Western media reported that China has…