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President Trump says the straight-up horror moves will be reopened later this week once
the deal is signed with Iran.
“Pakistan mediated the agreement which is meant to end conflicts both in Iran and in Lebanon.”
It appears Michele Kelliman has more. Pakistan's prime minister says there will be a "immediate and permanent termination of military operations on all fronts," including in Lebanon. The official signing ceremony is set for this Friday in Switzerland and there will be technical talks before then.
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister tells state media that once the U.S. lifts its naval blockade and the deal is signed, there will be a 60-day period of negotiations on other issues. At the top of Iran's list, the end of all U.S. sanctions. President Trump wants Iran to give up its nuclear ambitions, but his message on
truth-social focused on the first step, getting oil flowing through the straight-of-hormoos.
Michele Kelliman and P.R. News, Washington. The U.K. says it has seized an oil tanker that was passing through the English channel this morning that it says is part of Russia's "shadow fleet." And here's Michael Levitt has more.
“The tanker flew the flag of Camaroon, but the U.K. says the oil it was hauling came from Russia.”
In the deal released by the U.K.'s Ministry of Defense, armed forces of the Royal Marine Commandos and the U.K.'s National Crime Agency to send from helicopters onto the ship's deck. They then patrol the interior corridors of the ship with their gunstrawn. U.K. Prime Minister Kyrstarmer said the vessel was part of what he calls Russia's "shadow
fleet." A collection of ships used to covertly export Russian fuel, allowing Russia to skirt international sanctions imposed in response to the war in Ukraine. In a statement posted to social media, Starma wrote that the operation, quote, "reminds those fueling Putin's war in Ukraine that we will not let them hide."
Michael Levitt and P.R. News, Washington. President Trump is endorsing Congressman Mike Collins, just days before a runoff election on Tuesday, in Georgia's closely watched U.S. Senate race. Alex Helmick from Member Station W.A.B.E. reports.
“Trump announced his endorsement in a post on social media.”
Trump called Collins a warrior and said he was supported by, quote, "the most highly respected maga patriots in Georgia and beyond." The endorsement, again, pits the president against Georgia's Republican Governor Brian Camp, who has endorsed Collins's opponent in the runoff, former football coach Derek Dooley, Trump and Camp had dualed over Georgia's election results in 2020 when the president
falsely claimed fraud in his loss to President Joe Biden. The winner of this runoff will face democratic incumbent Senator John Osloff and what is likely to be one of the most expensive races in the midterm elections. For NPR News, I'm Alex Helmick in Atlanta. And you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
President Trump is celebrating his 80th birthday today, watching a mixed martial arts UFC cage fighting event on the White House's South Lawn, as part of America's 250th anniversary events. The fights are underway amid showers with Trump sitting ringside, meanwhile polls show the public has concerns about Trump's age, mirroring doubts Americans had about former
president Biden's age. The World Cup kicked off Thursday with co-host Mexico defeating South Africa to Nill in Mexico City and appears Eleanor Bearsley reports 48 teams take the field this year up from 32 for years ago. Journalist Simon Cooper is just published World Cup fever, a footballing journey in nine
tournaments. He says soccer has brought him to touch the Amazon River and walk across the World War 2 battlefield of Stalin grad. He says there's nothing like the World Cup. The World Cup is a kind of form of geopolitical struggle between countries.
It's a very weird status ladder where the top country in the world is Argentina. The U.S. is just an ulcer ran and China doesn't even figure. 1,248 players will face off on 104 matches over the next 39 days, Cooper who lives in Paris, counts France among the favorites. France has reached four of the last seven World Cup finals since '98s.
One two of them, lost two others just on penalty. So you could say France is the dominant World Soccer Nation of the last 30 years. Eleanor Bearsley and Pierre-News, Paris. U.S. Futures contracts are trading higher at this hour. Dow futures up about a tenth of a percent.
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