"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nor-Rom.
The U.S. military says that shot down multiple Iranian drones and missiles aimed at commercial
ships in the straight-op-or-moose.
“Iranian officials say the ships were attempting to pass without Iran's permission.”
The House voted this week to invoke the War Powers Act in response to the war in Iran, it passed with the help of some Republicans. NPR's Ron Elving has more. This week, four members of the Republican majority cross the aisle to vote with the Democrats and invoke the War Powers Act on Iran.
This is legislation that's been on the books since the wind down from the Vietnam War, and it requires congressional approval after an overseas deployment has lasted 60 days. We're way past that with the war on Iran, but past efforts to invoke the act of falling short this time with the margin of majority down to the fingers of one hand the defection of four Republicans was enough.
And I will see if the Senate follows through. NPR's Ron Elving, the United Kingdom is condemning what it calls efforts to stir up division after the Trump administration commented on the wrongful arrest of a white student who was stabbed by a person of color in southern England. NPR's Lauren Freyer reports.
“The U.S. State Department accused the U.K. of having a two-tiered policing system”
a symptom it set of civilizational decline, while Vice President JD Bans blamed a mass invasion of migrants and what he called U.K. self-hatred. Without naming Vance the British government condemned efforts to interfere in U.K. democracy and stir up division on streets. 18-year-old Henry Novak was falsely accused of racial abuse and handcuffed by police as he
laid dying of stab wounds. His killer is now serving a life sentence, but the far right has seized on this case as proof of anti-white prejudice by police. Novak's family has said they do not want his death to be used to create division and data show people of color are twice as likely to get arrested here.
Lauren Freyer and PR News, Bath, England. More Ukrainian drones attack targets and rushes in period former capital as St. Petersburg overnight.
The strikes were the second this week, and appeared time to a marquee economic forum,
headline by Russian President Vladimir Putin. NPR's Charles Mainz has more in the story. The extent of the damage from the attack was not immediately clear, but authorities said their defenses had intercepted over 140 Ukrainian drones in all. The situation prompted the region's governor to instruct city residents to stay in their
homes. Authorities throttled mobile internet service thought to help guide the drones to their targets. The attack came on the final day of the International Economic Forum, event used by Russian President Vladimir Putin to project Russian economic and political might. In public remarks Friday, Putin dismissed an offer by his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelensky
to hold face-to-face peace talks and said Russia would meet its military objectives. Charles Mainz impure news, St. Petersburg. You're listening to NPR news in Washington. A start-up company tested a small nuclear reactor in Idaho this week that could someday help humans live on the moon.
The mountain-west newsboro is Hannah Merzwak has more. Thomas and Ali with the company and Terry says its microreactor could power lunar space missions and remote military bases. Where the grid might not be as reliable and where it's difficult to bring the liquid fuel supply.
A test model of interries is microreactor when critical at the Idaho National Lab.
That means the company safely controlled a nuclear-fission reaction, but didn't produce any electricity. This is the first reactor in a U.S. energy department program to meet a July 4th deadline. The Fed's fast-tracked reactor license is to assure a "nuclear renaissance."
“I think some experts worry could result in mistakes.”
For MPR news, I'm Hannah Merzwak in Jackson, Wyoming. The New York NICS now have a commanding lead in the NBA Finals, Bruce Conviser reports. It was a nail-biter, but the NICS-1 game two of the NBA Finals defeating the San Antonio spurs 105 to 104. Having won two games in Texas, the NICS will return to New York for game 3 on Monday,
leading the series 2 to nothing. The NICS have now won 13 straight playoff games, including 8 on the road. Only the Golden State Warriors have ever put together a longer playoff win streak, winning 15 in a row in 2017. The NICS will have a chance to tie that record if they can sweep the next two games
in Madison Square Garden. For NPR news, I'm Bruce Conviser. In women's tennis, Russian teenager Mira Andrea Eva won the French Open today. I'm Nora Rom, NPR News, in Washington. And indulge your cultural curiosity, follow it's been a minute wherever you get your podcasts
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