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for the US. It comes as President Trump was quoted this week, telling the Axios News website
“he rejected a previous Iranian proposal for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz. That would”
be an exchange for the US ending its naval blockade on Iranian ships. And Pierre's A.A. Betroy has more." The previous Iranian proposal would have seen trapped oil and gas tankers moving again through the vital Strait of Hormuz. But it would have pushed talks on Iran's nuclear program to a later stage. Trump, according to comments he made to Axios, rejected that offer after meeting with his national security team on Monday. Iran's state news agency Erna says Iran has now
delivered a new text for negotiation to mediator Pakistan with the aim of ending the war that the US and Israel launched two months ago. Iran's president, however, was quoted by Erna saying Iran's ready for diplomacy if the US ends its maximalist approach. The US and Iran have only met once since the ceasefire came into effect. Those talks in Pakistan ended without an agreement.
“A.A. Betroy and Pierre News, Dubai. President Trump has now nominated his third choice for”
Surgeon General, Dr. Nicole Sapphire. She is a radiologist who works at one of the nation's top cancer centers in New Jersey. And Pierre's Ping Huang says Sapphire is also a wellness influencer. She's kind of an originator of the Make America Healthy Again movement before Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took it on. It's actually the title of a book she published back in 2020. Sapphire's views on vaccines are a little murky. She's not against all vaccines doesn't think
they cause autism. But she's also said that she supports what she calls medical freedom and individuals choosing if an event to get vaccines. And Pierre's Ping Huang reporting. The Christian Summer Camp in Texas, where 25 campers and two counselors died last July, during catastrophic flooding, will not reopen this summer. For member station KUT, Kaylee Hunt, as more.
“Camp Mystic says it is with Dronett's application to renew its operating license for the”
2026 Summer Camp season. The camp was previously notified by state health officials that its license to operate might not be renewed unless it made major revisions to its emergency plan. In a statement, the camp says, "No administrative process or summer season should move forward while families continue to grieve while investigations continue and while so many textants still carry the pain of last July's tragedy." Camp Mystic is still under investigation by state
health officials for complaints made against the camp last summer. More than a dozen families are also suing the camp and its leaders, alleging negligent behavior leading up to and during the fourth of July flood. For NPR News, I'm Kaylee Hunt and Austin. On Wall Street, the Dow is up 110 points. You're listening to NPR News. The house has passed its version of the farm bill, the mammoth legislation that sets Ag policy for five years. This version cuts food subsidies
to low-income families and boosts aid to farmers. Lawmakers who support make America healthy again efforts were able to keep rules that allow lawsuits against makers of pesticides. France is one of several European nations celebrating labor day today, but as Rebecca Rossman reports, "A holiday built around the right not to work is testing France's appetite for fresh bread and flowers." Independent bakeries and floors across France are allowed to open today,
under a compromise between labor unions and the French government.
The first is France's most protected public holiday. Most employers are barred from making
staff work and those who do work must be paid double. A broader proposal introduced earlier this year by French President Emmanuel Macron's government would have let more businesses open, but after Union pushback, the exception was narrow to independent bakeries and florists only. And staff must be given the option to opt out. France's hard-left CGT labor union says it will be watching closely to make sure Labor Day. Doesn't become a normal work day.
For MPR News, I'm Rebecca Rossman. The elusive British street artist, Banksy is claiming responsibility for a new statue. It appeared suddenly in central London this week. The statue is a man striding on top of a platform holding a flag that the flag is blowing in his face. You can't see his head at all. Commenters suggest the statue is about "blind patriotism."
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