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Iran's foreign minister Abbas Argachi is in Azlamabad, Pakistan, but it's not clear if
“U.S. Iran peace talks will take place this weekend, as the White House has said.”
They will, you know, social media statement, and Iranian foreign ministry spokesman says, "No meeting is planned, but as Betsy Joel's reports, Azlamabad has been locked down for days in anticipation of another round of talks." In addition to Islamabad, Argachi said in a post on ex that he'll also visit Muscat and Moscow, for discussions on, quote, "by lateral matters."
Pakistan's foreign ministry said in a statement that Argachi would hold meetings with its senior leadership. White House press secretary Caroline Levitt told Fox News that Jared Kushner and Steve Whitkov would travel to Pakistan on Saturday for talks.
Argachi did not say if he would participate in talks with the U.S. in Pakistan.
More NPR news, I'm Betsy Joel's in Islamabad. Georgia Governor Brian Camp says fire conditions in his state will remain high this weekend, to wildfires there have already destroyed dozens of homes and other structures.
“In the south eastern part of the state, the south side Baptist Church is offering shelter”
to those who have had to evacuate their homes. Jennifer Murphy is there with her dog chip. She says she found out they had to leave when someone knocked suddenly on her door. It was like urgent, it wasn't just like, "Hey, you gotta go." It was like, "Get out now right now, you gotta leave."
And I'm like, "Oh, I take my dog and they're like, there's no time." And I said, "Fake in my dog." President Trump is allowing the Air Force to ignore water pollution requirements, so the military can continue training combat jets in the mountain west. Oregon Public Broadcasting's April, Eric Kess, more on our story.
Trump says the military's supersonic flights are in the paramount interest to the country, even if they plute rivers and threaten fish. His declaration comes nearly two months into the U.S. is really war with Iran.
“For years, the military has been flying jets at the speed of sound over the Awahi desert”
in Oregon, Idaho, and Nevada. These supersonic jets release flares and clouds of aluminum-coated fibers called chaff, which can throw off missiles. Three years ago, environmental groups sued the Air Force, saying it was polluting rivers with toxic metals.
Trump's declaration allows the military to continue training in this high desert, even if it violates federal and local water pollution laws. For NPR News, I'm April Erleck and Portland. The Justice Department said Friday that it has ended its investigation into federal reserve chairman Jerome Powell.
That decision will allow the start of confirmation hearings for Kevin Worsh, President Trump nominated Worsh's Powell's successor in January. He's a former federal official. Stocks closed mixed on Friday, and you're listening to NPR News. Governments from almost 50 countries are gathering in Colombia this weekend to discuss how
to move beyond fossil fuels. The meeting comes as frustration grows over the focus of U.N. climate talks. As I say, the U.N. discussions have failed to directly take on oil gas and coal production, the summit has aimed at building cooperation among willing countries rather than binding commitments. Are you not a nation's back to report on food crises around the world finds that food
and security and malnutrition remain alarmingly high and that acute hunger is doubled over the past decade in Piers Rouge Sherlock reports? This is the first time in the 10 year history of the global report on food crisis that two famines were confirmed in the same year, one in parts of Gaza and the other in Sudan. Both of these are man-made, the result of conflicts rather than environmental causes like
drought. The authors of the report experts with U.N. affiliated integrated food security phase classification
or IPC find that globally in 2025 nearly 369 million people in 38 countries and territories
are living one shock away from a food crisis. Ten countries, including Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen, account for two-thirds of people facing high levels of acute hunger, conflict, weather extremes, and forced displacement continue to be the main drivers for food insecurity and malnutrition in the world, Ruth Sherlock and Pianus.
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