"Live from MPR news, I'm Jail Snyder, President Trump is in the French Alpsi ...
there a Monday for the G7 leader's summit, the BBC's Palatum says the tentative deal
“with Iran is likely to dominate the talks."”
This weekend's news that the U.S. and Iran have agreed to end the war will go some way towards establishing a positive mood among the leaders gathering in France. But they, like all of us, will want to know more, details of the memorandum of understanding have yet to be published. It's not a peace treaty, only the broad outline for a set of difficult negotiations to come. Iran's President Masood Pasechghian has called it an honorable
document. Meeting the summit's host, the French President Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump said the straight-of-home moves would be fully open by Friday. He said Iran had agreed not to have a nuclear weapon. That's hardly new. It's made the same pledge in the past. But he paid tribute to the leadership in Iran, which he now describes as "pregmatic."
“And Trump says ships are already moving through the straight-of-home moves, but Imperia's”
Camilla Dombanowski says it will take time for pump prices to come down to pre-war levels. Assuming this holds they'll get cheaper. So prices peaked at a national average per gallon of about $4.50, they have already dropped from those highs for several weeks, largely on anticipation of a deal like this. So the national average is now around $4.00. I will note obviously prices vary based on where you are. But they're dropping across the country and at current oil
prices likely to drop more. But again, just like with oil prices, this comes with the caveat that we are still looking at prices elevated if you compare them to pre-war. According to the triple layout of clubs, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is just over $4.60. Several large-scale fires burning across the Columbia basin in Washington State,
“air quality in Central Washington to tear your rating. A red flag warning is an effect for”
Tuesday for much of Central Washington and Oregon with high winds expected. Northwest Public Broadcasting's Anna King reports winds up to 30 miles an hour expected with gusts up to 45. Firefighters are being tested to get progress on multiple large fires in the Columbia basin that started over the weekend. An American flag whips just outside of a fire station in Benton City, Washington. Dennis Bates is a chief there. He says this is going to
be a very long season. The lower Columbia basin here is known for our wind patterns. You'll hire winds throughout this season and it gets hotter and drier and you know, through the summer. He says it's August fire weather already and Fourth of July is just weeks away. For NPR News, I'm Anna King in Benton City. This is in PR. As wildfires burn in the Pacific Northwest, the region has been dealing with a heat wave.
Officials in Seattle and Portland have opened cooling centers and outdoor employers are required to give their workers extra breaks. The National Weather Service says it expects temperatures to moderate on Tuesday. British Prime Minister Kira Starmer says UK will ban children under 16 from using social media apps such as Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube beginning early next year. The moving ounce Monday aims to protect young people from harmful content and excessive screen time,
YouTube and Facebook, parent, meta, warning that a blanket social media restriction could push kids into unregulated online spaces. Start a home set in a record number of cities now
cost a million dollars or more in PR, Center for Law and Reports as part of a surge in home
prices since 2020. New data from the real estate website Zillow finds 242 cities have million dollar entry-level homes. That's three times as many as before the pandemic housing boom. Most places are in California, but the fastest growth is in New York and New Jersey. Million dollar starters have also spread to interior states like Texas, Wyoming and Illinois. They're defined here as the lowest third of the market in a region. Despite that, Zillow finds
that nationwide, the typical starter home is still a lot less just under $200,000. Housing shortages priced out many first time buyers, but Zillow finds the tough market easing a bit, with more inventory and prices growing more slowly. Jennifer Latin and Pair News, Washington. This is MPR. 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 of
the best. Our lost and found is currently filled with pants. I don't know. I've never seen this
happen. This is true. This is true. Mysteries have every size each week. This American life.
