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Sancom says the U.S. military today carried out retaliatory airstrikes on Iran for the
“second day in a row, after Bahrain, home of the U.S. Navy's fifth fleet, said it was attacked”
by Iranian drones, and the U.S. has Iran attacked a tanker in the straight-of-hormous. After the U.S. conducted new strikes against multiple targets in Iran yesterday. Meanwhile, President Trump is again threatening Iran, saying on social media, if Iran isn't reasonable, he may be forced to militarily complete the job, saying quote the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist.
And Iranian state media says, "Taihran just responded, saying violating the ceasefire or robbing all ongoing processes to a standstill." The head of Hezbollah says the agreement between Lebanon and Israel won't work and its demanding Israel leave, and if his carry-con reports Israel says that won't happen until the group disarms.
Hezbollah's leader, Nain Kazim, posted a lengthy criticism of the framework agreement signed between Israel and Lebanon. The deal links in Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon to Hezbollah's disarmament. Something Kazim says won't happen until Israel withdraws.
“He says the deal gives away Lebanon's sovereignty, which he called a great sin.”
According to the new deal, Israel would withdraw from small villages or so-called pilot zones whose security would be turned over to the Lebanese Army, to ensure Hezbollah does not return and be able to fire on northern Israel. Despite the ceasefire, Israel struck near the village of Nabatiyan Saturday, Israel's military says the targeted strike killed the militant posing a threat.
Kerry Con and PR news to live. In Venezuela, the death toll from twin earthquakes this week has risen to more than 1,400 tens of thousands are missing, and here's A to Pearl to Hezbollah. What we're seeing here is sheer devastation. Right now, I'm in front of a building, and I get count.
Five floors, pancake, on top of each other. Rescue crews are racing against time trying to find survivors under the rubble. Thousands of citizens have also joined the effort they came here with picks and shovels some are digging through the rubble with bare hands. And here's A to Pearl to.
“Germany hit a new record high temperature for the second day on a row, as we Nicholson”
has more. According to preliminary readings, temperatures in Germany have exceeded 106 degrees Fahrenheit again. This time, in the eastern half of the country, National Railway Operator Deutsche Bahn is warning that its infrastructure is struggling with extreme sun exposure, and one of Germany's
busiest highways near Hamburg, shut down after the asphalt, buckled in the heat. The shade, typically given by the capital's oak trees is out of bounds as authorities struggle to contain a plague of toxic caterpillars. Police in the capital are patrolling the city with two water cannons, usually deployed during riots, to help people cool down.
For MPI News, I'm Asmonicalson, in Berlin. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. In men's world cup soccer, Cape Verde, the surprise star of the 2026 soccer tournament, is advancing to the next stage, and becoming the smallest country to ever reach the knockout stage.
Police the first world cup with a small island nation as African teams are playing big
in this year's tournament, and appears Jasmin Garves reports, African soccer, is having a moment. Many of these teams are powered by the return of the diaspora, meaning immigrants and children of immigrants who instead of deciding to go play for big European teams are going to play for their home countries, or their parents' home countries.
Here's Jasmine Garves. And Egypt is having a historic run, animated, impossible for England to score in the Democratic Republic of Congo tied the mighty Portugal. The U.S. plays Bosnia and Herzegovina next Wednesday. In Texas, students will be required to read Bible passages as part of a new statewide reading
list that starts in the 2030-2031 school year. The literacy list typically includes Shakespeare, but now there will also be Psalm 23, and the prodigal son, the King James Version. The state board of education gave final approval yesterday, capping up a week of meetings and often tense public discussion.
The board also approved rewritten K through eight social studies lessons that narrow the view of history from a global one to one that focuses on the U.S. and Texas history. I'm Janine Herbst and P.R. News in Washington. This is our class. On this American life, when they mean like, it's a good mystery.
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