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Iran says the U.S. violated the ceasefire by targeting Iranian ships in non-military sites
“along the Islamic Republic's southern coast, that's according to Iran's state broadcaster”
citing a military official. U.S. Central Command says it targeted Iranian military sites after Iran launched missiles, drones and small boats at three American warships, transiting the state of Hormuz. President Trump said the ceasefire was still an effect, telling ABC news tonight the strikes were "a love tap."
Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Pope Leo today at the Vatican, in part to smooth over-strain relations with the Holy See followed repeated attacks from President Trump's President Trump, rather, and Piers of Jason D'Rose reports the meeting comes as Leo
is marking his first anniversary as Pope.
The Vatican in a statement says Rubio and Leo had, quote, "coordial discussions." It goes on to say the U.S. Secretary of State reaffirmed a shared commitment to fostering good bilateral relations between the Holy See and the United States. The Vatican says there was also an exchange of views on countries affected by war. During Pope Leo's first year, he has repeatedly spoken out in favor of peace, specifically
“regarding U.S. military action in Iran and Venezuela.”
The Pontiff even urged people to contact their elected officials to ask them to work for peace, that attracted the eyeer of President Trump. Jason D'Rose and PR News Brazil's President Lula de Silva since he's optimistic that relations between his country and the U.S. are improving after a White House meeting today, tensions between Brazil's
leftist leader and Trump have been strained over tariffs and over Trump's solidarity
with Brazil's right wing former president, and Piers of Kerry Con reports. President Lula says he spent hours with Trump had a great luncheon as going back to Brazil optimistic that quote "things start to move forward," he says he made one thing clear to Trump. Brazil is willing to build partnerships wherever and with everyone he says.
In his trademark, folksy mannered of reporters Lula made police for world peace. He called on the U.N. Security Council members to get together, share some whiskeys and pork knuckles, and pledge peace instead of war. In a social media post, President Trump
“called Lula very dynamic and said talks will continue.”
Kerry Con and PR News Rio de Janeiro Officials in Argentina are scrambling to figure out if their country is the source of a deadly hot-to-virus outbreak that's gripped and Atlantic crews. The country is consistently ranked as having the highest incidence of the rare rat-born disease in Latin America.
Brazil's reported 101 hunt of virus infections in Argentina since June 2025. That's roughly double the caseload recorded over the same period last year, many public health researchers attribute the acceleration to climate change. This is NPR News. The world of plants is also being devastated by climate change.
One new study out today says tens of thousands of plant species will likely go extinct as warmer temperatures and shifting rain patterns ruin their habitats, and a second looks at what the world loses when flowering plants cease to exist. The U.S. soccer Federation officially opened its new home today, South of Atlanta, as Marlin Hyde from Member Station W.A.B.E. reports the campus opens a few weeks before the
men's national team arrives to prepare for the World Cup. Visit as the Vola Ages toward the new Arthur and Blank U.S. soccer national training center during the opening ceremony in Fayetteville, Georgia.
The $250 million facility has more than a dozen full pitches and serves as the new HQ
of the Sports Federation. Cindy Parlo-Cone is U.S. soccer's president. A lot of people look at this, and they think it's just for our 27 national teams. That couldn't be further from the truth. This is for everyone in our soccer community.
The men's national team will arrive ahead of the World Cup, which starts next month. It is being played across 16 host cities in the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Atlanta is hosting eight matches, including a semi-final. For NPR News, a Marlin Hyde in Fayetteville. A storm chaser was helping search through a Mississippi trailer park destroyed by tornadoes
when he heard a kitten yelling from the rubble. He searched in the dark for several minutes before finding the kitten trapped inside the remains of a wall. Video shows him pulling the frightened animal to safety and comforting it in his arms. The kitten did not appear to be seriously hurt.
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