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Fighting in Lebanon appears to have eased after a recent escalation in clashes between
“Israel and Iranian-back militants derailed Friday's planned negotiations between Iran and”
the U.S. and PR's carry-con reports those talks are expected to begin today in Switzerland between Vice President J.D. Vance and a delegation from Tehran. Vice President Vance told reporters that the "too big things to focus on are the nuclear issue and making progress in Lebanon." Finding an escalated there between Israel and Hezbollah as the U.S. and Iran signed a preliminary
agreement last week. In recent days, Israeli strikes killed dozens of people, Hezbollah killed five Israeli soldiers. The clash has scuttled Friday's schedule talks on the tentative agreement between the U.S. and Iran, which includes an immediate end of fighting on all fronts, including Lebanon. President Trump says he called Israeli officials telling them to "commed down," late Saturday
Israel's military said it received updated directors from political leaders to ceasefire in Lebanon. Kerry Con and PR News tell Evieve.
“The Russian appointed governor of Occupy Crimea has suspended fuel sales to the public and commercial”
businesses and response to growing Ukrainian attacks on supply lines and infrastructure. The BBC's James Reed reports official say the attacks killed four people and wounded 28 others. "Drones have repeatedly hit trucks on the road from Russia, and the link by sea has also been a target."
President Zelensky said facilities on both sides of the narrow-curtstrait were hit overnight, including an oil depot, maritime transport, and air defense systems. Russia seized Crimea in 2014, and used it as a base for the full-scale invasion eight years later.
But Ukraine has never given up its aim of recovering the lost territory.
It's the BBC's James Reed reporting. President Trump is suggesting, without evidence, that vandalism caused problems at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool after a multi-million-dollar renovation.
“Trump posted a social media that the pool may have to be drained again for repairs after”
a massive algae bloom appeared. Chris Gobler, a marine scientist at Stony Brook University, says warm temperatures and sunlight and stagnant water fuel algae growth. "The algae were here first. You'll find them in any aquatic water body.
You know, save for a very complex filtration system. They've been around and they're effective pool, they'll probably be back in short order." Some of the blue paint covering the bottom of the pool has begun peeling away. Proofs have been treating the water with hydrogen peroxide, which Gobler says is a strong oxidizer that can break down compounds, including paint.
This is NPR News in Washington. The longest day of the year and the official start of the summer season is today. The summer solstice occurs at the moment. The earth is at its maximum tilt toward the sun in the northern hemisphere. NPR's Amy Held reports modern celebrations stems from ancient tradition.
Cultures for millennia have marked the summer solstice. In China, the Dragonboat Festival is keeping up 2,000 years of tradition rooted to harmony with nature. Then there are stone circles. They appear to be one way neolithic people track the sun during the solstice.
Best known is Stonehenge in England. Now archaeologists Phil Harding says they've dug up a 5,000 year old structure that may have preceded nearby Stonehenge and served as its prototype. "You bet your life on it, there was feasting, there was celebrations." Still, today, thousands attend Stonehenge more log on to a live stream.
And elsewhere, there's a midnight sun festival in Fairbanks, Alaska. And perhaps the Zen Yin to the New Year's Eve Yang, yoga at Times Square in New York. Amy Held and Pyreneuse. Visitors to Grand Canyon National Park are being warned about dangerously high temperatures this week.
After officials say three hikers apparently died from the heat in recent days. Jacob Lewandowski is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Flagstaff. "We do have an extreme heat warning in effect for the Grand Canyon starting Monday and continuing into Tuesday, specifically the lower elevations of the Grand Canyon, below 4,000 feet." Forcasters say highs are expected to reach 112 degrees at the bottom of the canyon.
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