"Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright.
Iran says it did not agree to anything new on nuclear site inspections during the Iran U.S. meeting in Switzerland.
“That's despite statements from Vice President Vance that international nuclear inspectors”
could be back in Iran as soon as this week. And Pierre's carry-con reports." "The spokesman for Iran foreign ministry told state media that there are "no new commitments on nuclear inspectors. And any new engagement would take place according to previous procedures set by Iran.
U.N. inspectors have not had access to Iran's nuclear sites. Since Israel and the U.S. bomb them last summer in the 12-day war, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant said Iran committed to keep the straight of our moves open and allow inspectors in. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman says "no concessions were made, and quote, "we only managed
to reclaim some of Iran's violated rights from the Americans." Carry-con and Pierre News television." "It's primary election day in Maryland, New York, and Utah. Voters are deciding on congressional races and other offices.
“Democrats are trying to flip seats to get back power in Congress.”
In South Carolina's runoff, the Lieutenant Governor and State Attorney General are vying for the Republican nomination for governor." Now plan to make the cost of buying a home more affordable is moving through Congress. The House will take up the bill next, and Pierre Stephen Bessantha reports it passed the Senate with bipartisan support.
Before passing, 85 to 5, the bill's co-sponsored Republican Senator Tim Scott said the bill is meant to boost the country's housing supply.
When you put more housing supply on the market, more people have a chance to become a first-time
home buyer. The bill does not order the construction of new homes, that's up to the private sector. Instead, Scott says that legislation is meant to encourage home builders by reforming parts of the permitting process. "When you cut red tape, you actually reduce the cost of housing."
The bill also bans institutional investors from buying up large numbers of single-family homes, Stephen Bessantha and Pierre News. Europe is sweltering, a heat wave has pushed temperatures well over a hundred degrees in countries where there isn't a lot of air conditioning. The Iphal Tower is closed, and hundreds of schools have closed their doors across Britain,
as NPR's Lauren Freyer reports from London. "I'm on London's equivalent of Fifth Avenue Oxford Street, a busy shopping thoroughfare. London is where people crave sunshine, and yet everybody's across the street to walk on the shady side. Everyone's in a while.
A door opens, and I feel this glorious breeze of air conditioning coming from a department store, AC is rare in offices and schools and homes in Britain, so people are flocking to these stores to just hang out." Lauren Freyer reporting, this is NPR. Tiny transforming robots have landed on the moon, and Pierre's Regina Barber reports on
these companions to the first successful lunar mission from Japan.
A tiny sphere the size of a baseball and only half a pound in weight crack down the center to transform into a rover on the moon. In a study published this month in Science Robotics, researchers outlined this unique design and how this robot performed on the moon. The first rover of its kind to do so, taking images of the lander and the lunar terrain.
"These are not expensive devices, and if one or two fails, then you still have others." That's Roger Weans, a planetary scientist who didn't work on this program. He was thoroughly impressed and said redundancy was a huge benefit. Weans said in the future we could be seeing these rovers exploring other planets and even asteroids, Regina Barber and Pierre News.
In the world cups group stage matches, Uzbekistan is taking on Portugal in Houston in about an hour. Portugal and Cristiano Ronaldo are looking for redemption after the team's draw in its opening match against the Democratic Republic of Congo. It surprised many people, England takes on Ghana this afternoon, later it's Panama versus
Croatia and then Colombia will play the DRC. Multiplatform Popstar, Olivia Rodrigo, is starting a new women's music festival this summer. It's called Daisy Chain Fields and brings together women in music to support and uplift women in girls. The festivals on August 29th in Irvine, California, money raised will support non-profits
advocating for women in girls' rights.
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