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Vice President Vance's in Switzerland for talks this weekend with Iran, the discussions
“have been complicated by Iranian claims that it's shutting down the straight-of-foremuse once”
again. Iran says the tentative deal sign this past week requires Israel to stop its fighting in Lebanon, but it hasn't. Speaking on Fox News Saturday, Vance says the waterway is still fine. "No, we're not seeing any evidence that the Iranians are still closing down the straight-of-foremuse.
It is going to take some time to clear those minds, though." President Trump meanwhile is threatening to impose tolls in the straight-of-of-a-final deal isn't reached within 60 days. EU leaders are split over a top block official opening a diplomatic channel to Moscow without consulting them.
Terrestrial reports. European Council President Antonio Costa defends his decision to direct his chief of staff to reach out to the Cremland, despite not having the backing of the 27 EU governments he represents.
“"What I'm doing through my office is to establish a diplomatic channel because we cannot”
depend only on others to interpret Russian messages and we must be able to convey directly our own messages." Some countries including Belgium and Spain support the move at French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz were among those rejecting it, saying "if and when Moscow gets serious about peace talks, it should be leaders of individual countries like
themselves in the lead. For imperial news, I'm Terry Schultz and Brussels." There's a stand-off underway between Indian protesters and police in the country's capital of New Acapital of New Delhi. The protesters are from a movement of mostly young people who call themselves cockroaches.
They're demanding the resignation of that country's education minister, as NPRS-Dia Hadid reports from Islamabad. Police say the time for the protest is over, but people are refusing to leave, saying the Education Minister must resign. There's widespread anger after the Education Ministry cancelled the results of the exam in
May, citing paper leaks, and more than 2 million students were ordered to retake the exam.
“The Education Minister's resignation is a key demand for a movement that calls itself the”
cockroach party. It commands millions of followers online, but on Saturday only a few hundred people turned up. But it was noteworthy because protests against the Hindu nationalist government of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi are rare.
This was a six event of its kind in recent weeks. "Dia Hadid and P.R. News" Islamabad. Just weeks after President Trump ordered the refurbishing of the reflecting pool that sits on the Washington D.C. Mall to remove algae, that green stuff is back. In social media posts, Trump is blaming the problem on vandalism, but he's offered no evidence
to support that claim. A 67-year-old Maryland man says he was biking by the pool and touched a piece of partially detached paint, and was then arrested. You're listening to N.P.R. News. Russia used guided bombs Saturday to attack Ukraine's second largest city.
Officials say one person was killed at least nine others were injured including a six-year-old. The bombs hit a low-rise block of apartments in Haqib, early Saturday. Later in the day, Russia launched another attack on the outskirts of the city of Sumi. One man was killed and a woman was injured in that attack. Ties mugs and cards are in order this weekend because Sunday is Father's Day and its American
tradition that's rooted in more than dollars and P.R.S.A.M.E. health reports. "Prices are up, wages are down, but people are still spending on dad.
In record amounts, in fact, the National Retail Federation projects nearly $28 billion total
spent on the day. Consumers say they'll pull back in other areas to make it work, budgeting around $230 on average, withoutings, clothing, and gift cards topping the list. An American "mom" is credited with coming up with the idea more than a century ago. Sonorodod of Spokane wanted to honor her husband and her own dad, a widowed civil war veteran who raised six kids.
Inspiring Washington State to first recognize the day in 1910, more than 50 years later, the third Sunday in June was reserved for dad, after President Johnson signed a proclamation. In 1972, President Nixon made Father's Day a permanent national holiday, Amy Held and P.R. News. "Daten LaChance Homer twice Saturday, as Oklahoma beat North Carolina 9 to 3 in game one of
the college baseball world's serious finals in Omaha, as soon as used to four run fourth inning to break the game wide open, game two in the three game series takes place on Sunday. I'm Dale Willman and P.R. News." "This is our glass. On this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery.
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