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That's an annual rate of 4.2% the highest level in three years. Surging energy and gasoline prices
“because of the war against Iran are the main reason for the spike.”
At the White House, President Trump insisted inflation will come down later this year. You know what, I really love the inflation. You know why? Because as soon as this war is over, you know, I can say it now. Something in NPR. You know, we've been taking out millions of barrels of oil. Nobody knows it. You know, who doesn't know about it? Iran until right now. We've took out the other night, 22 ships.
The late night with no lights because they don't have any radar because we've blasted the crap out of it. We took out this way. Well, it's 85 dollars a barrel. Democrats pounced on the President's remarks, Senator Elizabeth Warren says it shows the President doesn't care about the rising cost of living for Americans. For the first time in a decade and a half, the number of people displaced by war has decreased.
“That's according to the UN agency that tracks refugees.”
NPR is Michelle Kellerman reports. There was a bit of good news in the report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees.
The number of people displaced by war went down from over 123 million to just under 118 million.
Jeremy Kanandai, who runs the advocacy group called refugees international, says these gains are tenuous. And we still have the same fundamental problem that we've had for almost 20 years now that the world has just gotten pretty bad at ending conflicts. UNHCR says 14.7 million people returned to their homes in the past year. Many under pressure to go back to Afghanistan.
Many also returned to Syria, which is still emerging from a devastating civil war. Michelle Kellerman and PR News, the State Department. There are conflicting reports from Pakistan following air strikes in neighboring Afghanistan. We get a report from Shawitid Desai.
“Pakistan's Information Minister, Ataullah Tarar, said in a post on ex that the strikes were in response to a series of militant attacks,”
targeting Pakistani security person that included an incident on Tuesday that killed six police officers. Tarar said the strikes destroyed a training center and a hideout of militants who belonged to a Pakistani offshoot of the Taliban.
It's the first major clashes between the two sides since February when Pakistan declared an open war on Afghanistan.
It accuses the Taliban of sheltering militants who have been conducting deadly attacks, mostly against Pakistani security personal. The Taliban has denied those claims. For NPR News, I'm Shweta Desai. And you're listening to NPR News. The New York next stage to come back for the ages as Bruce Cornbaiser reports from New York City.
The next are now on the cusp of their first NBA title in 53 years. The San Antonio spurs lead game for at the NBA finals from the first minute to the 47th minute. And the third quarter their lead balloon to 29 points. But the next methodically chipped away at that seemingly insurmountable lead. Nick's captain Jalen Brunson poured in 36 points, but his long-range jumper bounced off the rim as the final second wound down.
But Oji Ananobi crashed the boards and scored a tip in that will likely live forever in NBA lore. It gave the Nick's a 107106 lead with just 1.2 seconds to play. The spurs failed to get a shot off in their final possession. The next now lead the best of seven series, three to one. For NPR News, I'm Bruce Conviser in New York.
Five law firms that represented 98 former national football league players have been banned by a federal court from handling any more cases concerning the league's one billion dollar concussion related settlement. The court found the law firms fraudulently steered their clients to doctors who deliberately misdiagnosed the players with Parkinson's disease. Whether they exhibit its symptoms of the disease or not. One of the doctors involved in the review of the players was not board certified and did not have the necessary medical training to diagnose Parkinson's.
Previously, the NFL had expressed concerns about doctor shopping and fraud in the disbursement of more than the $1 billion in funding. And from Washington, you're listening to NPR News. Support for NPR News. This is our glass. On this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery. Sometimes about really big things, but most times, the little mysteries are the best.
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