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President Trump says there's a deal to end the war with Iran.

On truth social Sunday, Trump said the agreement includes a plan to end the US naval

blockade on Iran and reopen the critical shipping lane the straight-of-war moods.

Trump is promising to be has been promising a deal for several weeks. NPR White House Correspondent Franco or Donia's reports." "I mean, it was a very unpopular war. And gas and energy prices have been on the rise for weeks, really stretching the pocket books of everyday Americans.

Now we're heading into the midterm election campaign season, and this was the issue that was hurting Republicans the most. I mean, Democrats were painting the president and his party as being out of touch with everyday Americans." The president is scheduled to fly to France later today for the G7 summit.

The war with Iran is expected to be a significant topic of discussion. What summit opens in the French elps, the leaders of the world's other leading economies,

will be tackling some of the world's storniest problems.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports security will also be very tight. Thousands of protesters turned out Sunday and neighboring Geneva, Switzerland, against what they say is the over-concentration of political and economic power in G7 nations. The French town of Evianly buys under lockdown and practically deserted as it prepares for the arrival of leaders from the US, Canada, France, Germany, the UK, Italy, and Japan.

The two days of meetings will be secured by thousands of French riot police, cybercrime and anti-terrorism squads, bomb disposal units, drone pilots, helicopters and close to a thousand military personnel from the French air and space force. Eleanor Beardsley and Pair News, Paris. U.S. Senator Tommy Tubberville has overcome his latest challenge to run for Governor of Alabama

from member station WBHM Richard Banks reports. Tubberville has long-faced criticism from Democrats and Republicans that his main home is a $5

million beach house in the Florida Panhandle.

Tubberville instead says he lives in a 1,500 square foot home in Auburn, Alabama, which

record show has been owned by his wife and son since 2018 with Tubberville's name only appearing on the deed last year. Rubberville's primary opponent, Ken McFeeders, argued Tubberville hadn't lived in the state for seven years prior to the election, which the Alabama Constitution requires of candidates for Governor officials with the Alabama Republican Party said Sunday that Tubberville

proved his case and would remain the GOP nominee. For MPR News, I'm Richard Banks and Hoover, Alabama. Two of the winner sports leagues crowned champions over the weekend, the New York NX-1, the NBA Championship, Sunday night, the Stanley Cup won to the Carolina Hurricanes. This is NPR News from Washington.

Republican voters in Georgia go to the polls in a run-off election to select their candidate for the U.S. Senate to run against incumbent Democratic Senator John Ossoff in November. Now President Trump is endorsing Congressman Mike Collins, who is facing former college football coach, Derek Dooley, the son of the legendary University of Georgia football coach, Vince Dooley.

Taiwan's top space agency, I should say, spy agency, has launched a new website to make it easier for citizens of China to securely share sensitive information. A Sheesh Valentine reports from Taipei. The spy agency says it's engrowing response to what's going on in China. Taiwan's national security bureau says as political controls get tighter in China.

More and more sources, they are contacting Taiwanese authorities to share sensitive information. The website alliance with similar efforts by the CIA, which has shared Mandarin-language videos urging disgruntled Chinese officials to contact them. China's Taiwan Affairs Office also runs a platform encouraging sources in Taiwan to report on so-called "separatist activity."

China claims the self-ruled island is its own territory, an information is just one front of the expanding gray zone conflict across the Taiwan street. For NPR News, I'm Ashish Fallen-Time in Taipei. veteran character actor voice actor and comedian Ronnie Shell died over the weekend at the age of 94 on Los Angeles.

During his 60-year career, he appeared in more than 20 movies and hundreds of television shows. This is also the last surviving cast member from the show, Gomerpile, USMC. This is NPR. Support for NPR.

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