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the lack of progress at ending the war with Iran. In an interview with Christian
“Wilker on NBC's meet the press, he says patience is needed and Pierce Tamar Keith”
Husborn. Trump insisted going to war with Iran didn't break his anti-war campaign promises because he said this isn't a forever war. I'm moving very fast, I'm into three months. You know, Vietnam lasted 19 years, I'm into my third month. It has actually entered its fourth month. Trump said securing a piece deal with Iran could
take a long time.
They're proud. There are things they never thought they'd be doing that they're going
to have to do. They've got no choice. And it takes a little while, you know, you're talking about 47 years of getting away with whatever they wanted. I mean, we should, this should have been done a long ago. One major issue is what will happen with Iran's nuclear materials, Tamar Keith and Pierre News. In Peru, the presidential runoff election is still too close to call, but exit polls
shown early lead for the conservative daughter of a 1990s right wing autocrat, Simeon Tagle reports from Lima. The country's two principal exit polls gave KKW, a 1.4% and 1% lead over her far left
opponent, Roberto Sanchez, when voting stations close today at 5 p.m. local time. Voting took
place without major problems after a polarizing race between two deeply unpopular candidates. Both of whom have been linked to corruption and accused of undermining democracy. KKK was promised to dynamise the economy by cutting red tape and tackle surge in crime by building more prisons and putting soldiers on the streets. But she will also face distrust from a large chunk of the electorate who fear she will repeat her father's authoritarian abuses.
Official election results could take days. For NPR News, I'm Simeon Tagle in Lima, Peru. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky met with key European leaders over the weekend in London to discuss how to end the war with Russia. He told British broadcaster Sky News that he wants to freeze the current battlefield lines and why he thinks it's important for the world to stand with Ukraine. It was very important for me for Americans, not to forget about
us, with I understand with all the challenges in the Middle East, but this is the biggest
“war during this 80 years, the biggest in Europe, and that's why we're not that's why I”
thought with this so big, so many losses, human lives, we need to stop it. But Sunday's Tony Awards in New York City hosted by singer, songwriter Pink, "Best New Musical" went to Shmiga Dune, and Best Play Revival and Direction went to Death of a Salesman. You're listening to NPR News from New York City. How will the nation's kids doing? That's a question the kids can't report tries to answer
each year. It's out today, and it shows improvements in child poverty, but as NPR's Jonah Janaki met the reports, there were setbacks in education. For nearly four decades, the NE Casey Foundation has tracked the overall well-being of children, based on 16 different measures across economics, health and family, community, and education. The latest report gives a snapshot of how kids fared in 2024, and unfortunately, three
of the four education measures got worse when compared to 2019. Math and reading proficiency, as well as preschool attendance, all showed declines.
The good news is that more high school students are graduating on time, 87 percent, that's
up one point from 2023, and two states made progress in education, Louisiana and Mississippi, while South Carolina stayed stable. Ladies, China's President Xi Jinping has arrived in Pyongyang for a rare visit to North Korea. He was given a red carpet welcome by Kim Jong-un and his wife, East Sulju, while North Korean soldiers stood at attention, and then a 21-gun salute was fired in Xi's honor.
At the main square in the capital, children carried colorful balloons as thousands of people gathered to welcome Xi. Many waiting flags from both countries. ahead of Xi's visit the first in seven years, he told North Korea's official newspaper no-dung-shinwan that China and DPR case down at new, historical starting point. This is NPR news from New York City.
The surreal horror film "Backrooms" is a smash. The director is a 20-year-old YouTuber and it's based on his popular web series.
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