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Live from NPR News in Washington, on Corva Coleman, President Trump says he c...

to bombing Iran if he's not satisfied with the tentative deal with Iran.

And Beersforka Ordonius reports on some of the uncertainties surrounding the proposed agreement.

President Trump is wrapping up his final day of the G7 summit before heading toward Paris where he'll have dinner with the French president at the Palace of Versailles. In a meeting with the Egyptian President, Trump said the agreement that's been signed with Iran doesn't prevent the U.S. from taking action if he feels it's necessary. And Trump insisted that the agreement does not include any immediate sanctions relief.

The British government is investigating reports that a Russian warship fired warning shots at a British yacht in the English Channel. And Beersforka Ordonius says it's investigating an incident involving a Russian warship

near the aisle of white, just outside UK territorial waters. Crew aboard a UK registered yacht, say a Russian

navy vessel fired warning shots at them from a distance of approximately 500 yards. No injuries have been reported, and the yacht is now continuing its journey.

A royal navy boat has visited the yacht to gather details from crew and check their

safe. It's currently being treated as an isolated incident. It comes days after British Marines boarded in seas to Russian oil tanker in the English Channel, from Russia's so-called "shadow fleet of vessels" that transport oil in violation of international sanctions, Fatma Al-Qasab MPR News London.

Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis have charged 15 people for allegedly conspiring to impede federal agents. This comes from the Trump administration's immigration crackdown this year in Minnesota. Minnesota Public Radio is still T-Mart Wilcox reports. The 15 defendants are accused of coordinating blockades at a federal building in the Twin

Cities and threatening federal agents.

Among other actions, US Attorney Dan Rosen says the defendants put agents at risk.

They all joined an agreement, a conspiracy, to interfere with lawful immigration enforcement operations. The conspiracy was not to interfere by their voice, but to do it by force. Rosen did not say how many if any agents were harmed as a result. The Pentagon says the US military has struck an alleged drug boat in the Eastern Pacific.

One alleged drug smuggler was killed to other people survived. The Trump administration doesn't provide evidence of alleged drug trafficking in these cases. The Department of Education is shifting its offices that oversee special education and students' civil rights to other federal agencies and piers genaki metah reports.

The offices overseeing special education as well as rehabilitative services for adults with disabilities are moving to the Department of Health and Human Services. The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is now going to the Department of Justice. In a letter obtained by NPR, two top officials at the Ed Department say the moves are part of an administration commitment to end what they call "micromanagement."

These changes are part of the Trump administration's promise to dismantle the Department of Education altogether. Disability advocates are concerned that the rights of students with disabilities will suffer with a move to HHS, where they say disability could be seen through the lens of medical needs, rather than students getting a quality public education.

Genaki Mepha and Pyrenees. The family of the late former NFL player, Alden Smith, is sending his brain to the Boston University CTE Center for Research. Smith was 36 and a former player for the San Francisco 49ers. He died suddenly on Saturday after delivering pizza's to a charity.

No cause of death was announced. Lawyers for Smith's family say they want to learn if he had CTE or other brain damage from concussions. This is NPR. This is our glass.

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