"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nor-Rom.
President Trump said today he's sending representatives to Pakistan tomorrow for talks
on ending the war in Iran.
“A White House official says on background they'll include Vice President Vance, Special”
Envoy Steve Whitkov, and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. Trump said if Iran does not take a U.S. offer, the U.S. will knock out Iran's power plants and bridges. Israeli troops remain active in southern Lebanon as the ceasefire holds between Israel and Lebanon, and P.R.'s Daniel Estrin reports." Israel says its troops remain inside Lebanon up to six miles deep from the Israeli border.
Israel calls it a security zone to act against threats to northern Israel. The Israeli military published a graphic showing the approximate area where five military divisions, tens of thousands of soldiers are destroying infrastructure. Israel says is connected to the Hezbollah militia.
Israel is prohibiting displaced Lebanese civilians from returning to dozens of villages in
the area Israel is occupying. During the ceasefire, two Israeli soldiers in Lebanon were killed by previously planted explosives. And Israel says Hezbollah fire killed a French UN peacekeeper clearing unexploded ordinance in Lebanon, Daniel Estrin and P.R. News, Tel Aviv. President Trump's war of words with Pope Leo is troubling some American Catholics.
Jack Morgan of Texas Public Radio has more in the story. "San Antonio has one of the oldest Catholic churches in the nation, outside the San
“Fernanda Cathedral, Attorney John Young has stronger opinions about the key players."”
"I'm somewhat colored by the fact that our president has made dumb comments many, many times." "His opinion on the Pope, though, being the Pope, you know, he has kind of clear moral authority to make comments on how other world leaders behave."
Daniel said he has a very direct way of putting things.
"When you annihilate people, that's violating human rights, President Trump should listen to those kind of moral issues. For in P.R. this is Jack Morgan in San Antonio." While straight will be looking for reassurances from major companies this week, NPR's Maria Aspen has more.
It's the height of earning season when big companies reveal their results for the last three months, and tell investors how they're feeling about the broader economy. So far, things have been looking pretty rosy, despite weeks of uncertainty over the war and Iran. JP Morgan Chase and other big banks say their customers are feeling fine and continuing to spend
money. And by the end of last week, the benchmark S&P 500 and the tech heavy NASDAQ had hit new highs. But this week will bring many more corporate report cards and a fuller picture of how corporate America is doing.
The struggling insurance giant United Health Group is due to face investors, as is United Airlines and Elon Musk's Tesla, Maria Aspen and P.R. News. This is NPR News. The chief rabbi in the United Kingdom said today that British Jews are facing a sustained campaign of violence and intimidation, rabbi Ephraim Irvis commented after another attempted
arson at a London Synagogue yesterday. No one has been injured. British police say they're investigating whether Iranian proxies are behind the attacks. New York Utility Con Edison says it will support legislation that makes it easier for people to use plug-in or balcony solar panels.
NPR's Jeff Brady reports. plug-in solar panels are installed in minutes and plug-in to a regular outlet where they start shaving at least some money off a utility bill right away. More than 30 state legislatures had bills introduced this year to speed plug-in solar adoption, but utilities opposed them, citing safety and grid reliability concerns.
Con Edison's brick, Reichborn, Shen Roots says her company believes those concerns have been addressed. We are excited about this technology and we do think it's a really good opportunity for New Yorkers who are living in apartments, and otherwise couldn't install solar energy to be able to have access to that technology.
lawmakers have passed similar bills in Utah, Maine, and Virginia, Jeff Brady, and PR news. The Angola prison rodeo wraps up today. It's a two-day twice a year event where inmates of Louisiana state penitentiary compete in cowboy events such as bearback riding, barrel racing and bulldogging. These active competitions include convict poker, arts and crabs made by the inmates are
also for sale, and for the children, there's a carousel and pony rides. I'm Nora Rom, MPR News in Washington. What happens when our political party becomes the prison through which we see every other aspect of our identities?
“What we're living through, I think, is really the two parties taking opposite sides on”
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