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This is the second day of the ceasefire that the U.S. Israel and Iran say they've reached
"It is shaky."
“Over night, President Trump wrote online, "The U.S. forces deployed in the Middle East”
will stay there until the ceasefire takes hold." He says, "U.S. strikes on Iran will resume if Iran does not comply." Meanwhile, Israel has been pounding Lebanon, aiming at his beloved militants. The U.S. and Israel say Lebanon is not part of the truth, Iran rejects that. Meanwhile, peace talks are supposed to open this weekend in Pakistan, and P.R.'s A.A.
Batrary reports each side has demands. The U.S. Israel and Gulf partners want Iran to stop nuclear enrichment, pause its ballistic
missile production, and support to groups like Hezbollah and open that straight fully.
Iran, on its part, wants compensation for the war. Christians lifted, says its missiles are a red line, and maintains that it has a right to enrichment.
“So if these talks take place tomorrow in Pakistan, it says Israel and Iran each say they”
"have their finger on the trigger and with each side including President Trump claiming victory going into these talks." M.B.R.'s A.A. Batrary reporting. Maritime trackers say only a handful of ships had sailed through the straight of Hormuz, since the ceasefire was called, and B.R.'s Jackie Northam reports.
Despite being anchored since the start of the war more than a month ago, hundreds of ships were not eager to transit the straight of Hormuz. The big concern is safety. There were still regional attacks. It's uncertain if Iran has cleared mines in the water, and a threat broadcast to the ships
from Iran itself.
“"If any has a try to travel, we don't permit them, we'll be destroyed out."”
The White House says the President is aware of reports that Iran has closed the straight of Hormuz and disputes him, while also saying that would be completely unacceptable. Jackie Northam and P.R. News. The House oversight committee says the deposition of former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has been postponed.
And B.R.'s gladiagresala reports the Republican-led committee will work with Bondi's personal attorney to set a new date, as it investigates the late sex offender, Jeffrey Epstein. Bondi was scheduled to testify before the House oversight committee next week, however Chairman James Comer says he'll have to negotiate a new date with Bondi's personal attorney. Several Democrats on the panel said they would push to hold Bondi in contempt of Congress
if he does not appear, but Republicans so far don't appear willing to move that forward. The now former Attorney General is part of a long list of witnesses scheduled to appear before the panel in the coming weeks under the force of a subpoena, or voluntarily for transcribed interviews regarding Epstein, that includes Commerce Secretary Howard Lawtonic, and former Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, who are both appearing behind close-doors voluntarily.
Both have been mentioned, and the Epstein files really so far, cloudy to sell us and B.R. News. You're listening to N.B.R. NASA says the Artemis crew is preparing to return to Earth tomorrow. That will complete a 10-day flight, including a trip around the far side of the moon. Question Commander Reed Wiseman says the astronauts are carrying a special item with them.
"It is the Apollo 18 flag that the agency asked to have put on board Artemis 2 so that it could take its rifle trip around the moon." The Apollo 18 crew was scheduled to fly to the moon, and land on the lunar's surface in 1973, but that mission was cancelled. That flag is also traveled aboard other U.S. space missions, including on the International Space Station. The most prestigious event in men's professional golf opens today in August of Georgia, it is the 90th edition of the Master's Tournament.
Steve Futterman reports. "Some things never seem to change. Again, this year,
Scottie Sheffler enters the masters as the world's number one men's golfer, and he is the betting favorite, trying to win for the third time. The defending champion, Rory McElroy from Northern Ireland, will try to become just a fourth golfer to win back to back masters. The last to do that was Tiger Woods in 2002, and speaking of Woods, he is not here this year. Following his latest off-the-course mishab, Woods withdrew,
following his DUI arrest last month. During the next four days, there will be the usual master's traditions culminating on Sunday with the winner being awarded the Green Jacket. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman, in Augusta. "And I'm Core of a Coleman NPR News in Washington."
