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Netanyahu says he's authorized negotiations with Lebanon aimed at disarming Iranian
“backed Hezbollah militants and establishing relations between the countries.”
They've technically been at war since Israel was established in 1948. Meanwhile, President Trump posted on social media that Iran is doing a very poor job of allowing oil through the state of Hormuz, and it is "not the agreement we have," as NPR's "Daniel Estron reports after more than a month of war," Iran is feeling emboldened.
The regime is still there.
It is proven that it can withstand the most powerful army in the world and the most powerful
army in the region, Israel, and it's discovered the straight-of-hormuz, and what havoc it can wreak, not only on the Gulf, but on the entire globe, NPR's "Daniel Estron reporting," First Lady Melania Trump gave a surprise statement today, denying any connection to Jeffrey Epstein. They appear together in a group photo from 2000, but Trump decrys what she says are "fake
images and statements about herself in the deceased, convicted sex offender." She does urge Congress to hold hearings on the Epstein probe, and Piers Daniel Kurtz-Lavin has this. The first lady called for public hearings to allow victims to testify. Several prominent male executives resign from their powerful positions after this matter
became widely politicized. Of course, this doesn't amount to guilt, but we still must work openly and transparently don't cover the truth. It's unclear what prompted this statement. President Trump is mentioned numerous times in the Epstein files.
He has denied any wrongdoing or knowledge of Epstein's crimes. Trump has called on the country to move on from the Epstein scandal. Daniel Kurtz-Lavin and Piers news the White House. Federal forecasters say it's increasingly likely that an El Nino weather pattern will emerge this fall.
The climate shift can have major effects on rainfall and temperatures, and Piers Lawrence Summer reports. You can think of El Nino as the planet redistributing its heat. Warm ocean water develops in the eastern Pacific Ocean, which has a big effect on the atmosphere. Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say El Nino will likely
begin this summer or fall, and it could be a big one, a super El Nino.
That doesn't always produce big weather impacts, but typically it means more rain in the
southern U.S. and dryer weather in the northern U.S. Globally, the hottest years on record have been El Nino years. More in summer and PR news.
“A key measure of inflation stayed high in February before the war in Iran spiked gas prices”
assigned that every day costs were elevated, even before the conflict began. And U.S. stocks rose today, even though oil prices did too, as in P500 rose more than half a percent. This is NPR news. Britain and Norway have conducted a week's long operation to deter Russian spy submarines
near undersea cables in the North Atlantic, British Defense Secretary John Haley says they tracked a Russian attack sub and two spy submarines north of the U.K. NATO countries have
expressed concern that Russia could sabotage underwater cables crucial for global communications.
Tickets to the 2028 summer Olympics in LA are on sale starting today, fans have been shocked by the high prices LAists' Libby Rainey reports. Fans in LA went from ecstatic to heartbroken when they logged on to buy Olympics tickets and saw prices in the hundreds and thousands of dollars. Pickets at the games start at 28 bucks, but go as high as 5,500, including a whopping 24 percent
service fee on each ticket. And the cheap seats sold out fast. Denny Nivens has been to eight summer games and said he's never seen price tags so high. "It's completely unprecedented.
“I think they're pricing a whole lot of people out completely."”
He paid $4,700 for just four tickets to track and field and wrestling finals. Olympics organizers say the ticket costs are necessary to pay for the games and that more cheap tickets will be made available in later drops. For NPR News, I'm Libby Rainey in Los Angeles. The world's first facility for permanently disposing spent nuclear fuel is sent to begin
operating in Finland after decades of construction. The site on an island near three of Finland's five nuclear reactors was chosen for its stable bedrock, but experts have safety concerns, especially for future generations. This is NPR. Want to understand the reason and the meanings of the narratives that let us hear and maybe
had to head them off at the past? That's on the media specialty. I'm Brook Gladstone HOST of WNYC's On the Media, listen wherever you get your podcasts.
