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"Lie from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.

President Trump says the United States and Iran are talking, before taking off from

Memphis from West Palm Beach, Florida today, Trump told reporters, that his administrations

engaged in talks with Iran and laying out objectives for how to end the conflict. And PR's Deepashiver on reports of President says both countries will meet to end the war "very, very soon." President Trump says an end to the war with Iran would involve an agreement of no more enriched uranium for Iran and a removal of the material they already have.

"If this happens, it's a great start for Iran to build itself back and it's everything that we want. And it's also great for Israel and it's great for the other Middle Eastern countries." How the U.S. would remove the enriched uranium is unclear. The President said, quote, "We'll take it ourselves.

Trump posted on social media that because talks with Iran were productive over the last few days and are set to continue, the U.S. will postpone strikes on Iranian power plants and energy sites for the next five days. Iran's foreign ministry denies having dialogue with Trump.

Deepashiver on NPR News, the White House."

New York's Labority Airport is closed until at least 2 p.m. Eastern after runway collision last night. Two pilots were killed when their Air Canada regional jet out of Montreal collided into a fire truck during landing. Local authorities say about 40 passengers and crew members were taken to area hospitals

some with serious injuries. Live ATC provided a recording of air traffic control radio chatter during the incident. "The truck won a company with already tired of requesting to cross four at Dalton. The truck won a company, it crossed four at Dalton. "The truck won a company, crossing four at Dalton."

The region's port authority chief, Katherine Garcia, says the fire truck was responding to a separate incident aboard a United Airlines flight when it was struck. A jury in Los Angeles is expected to deliver a verdict soon in a trial over social media addiction.

NPR's Bobby Allen reports the case, centers on whether Instagram and YouTube were designed

to hook young people and keep them spending more time on the social media sites. A jury of five men and seven women have been deliberating for more than a week and have indicated they may be close to a verdict. The case focused on a California woman who said she developed oppression, anxiety, and body image issues after a compulsively using Instagram and YouTube as a young child.

Lawyers for the woman say meta and Google built defective products that led to her becoming addicted to social media and contributed to her mental health struggles. To accompany attorneys say social media platforms are being scapegoated for a complex mental health issues that have many root causes. It's the first time the question of social media addiction has been before a jury and the

case is tied to 1600 other pending cases. The outcome could shape how those cases eventually settle. Bobby Allen MPR news. From Washington, this is NPR news. British police are investigating an early morning attack in North London as an anti-Semitic hate crime.

They say four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity were set on fire and golders green and neighborhood with a large Jewish population. There were no immediate reports of injuries. U.S. stocks continue to trade higher the sour.

The Dow Jones industrial average up more than 700 points or 1.6 percent.

At 46,310 as some peas up more than 1 percent the NASDAQ is also up 1.3 percent. A feel good film about a space voyage is shaping up to be Amazon's biggest movie hit yet. NPR's Bomondell reports if the weekend numbers at the box office are any indication. Project Hail Mary's taken off. The story of an alien encounter during a long shot trip to save the earth from extinction seems

to be morphing into a tool to save Hollywood from extinction. It is time go. Thank you, being go time pal. Project Hail Mary will take in more than $80 million in North America this weekend. It's easily the best opening of 2026.

Oh my god. It's also doing extremely well overseas. It's worldwide total through Sunday night. We'll top 140 million. Thumbs up.

No, that's thumbs down. You may do the thumbs up. It's close enough.

And as opposed say 85 percent of those who've seen Project Hail Mary would recommend it to a friend,

suggesting it'll continue to soar for a few more weeks at least. Bob Mondello and PR News. I'm Lakshmi saying NPR News in Washington.

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