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The surf continues in Venezuela for tens of thousands of people, still believed to be missing after twin earthquakes last week.
“More than 1,400 people are confirmed dead, NPR is the Fernando Nero reports from Caracas.”
Across the street from the coastline, search and rescue teams worked on city block after city block of collapsed or heavily damaged buildings. Junior Laya and Jesús Gallardo sit on the shade across the street from a shattered building. They're covered in dust and are eating a repas and rice. I have family members missing my brother and some cousins Gallardo says.
We don't know anything about them. We've been looking for them for four days. It's a hot and humid day. Polycopters plus in the sky. People wait next to damage structures hoping to hear news of anyone who might get pulled
from the rubble. NPR's Fernando Nero, Ukraine hit Russia's oil refineries again this weekend. As part of a long-range drone strike campaign, to weaken Russia's ability to wage war.
“NPR's Juana Cassis reports from Kiev, Russia also continues near daily attacks on Ukrainian”
cities. On social media, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said the long-range drone strikes targeting Russian oil and military infrastructure are aimed at reducing the resources fueling Russia's war. This brings us one step closer to peace, he wrote.
Zelensky said Ukrainian drones hit one Russian oil refinery about 186 miles from the front line and another one more than 400 miles away from the border.
Russian authorities said one person was killed in another injured in the second strike.
Meanwhile, Russian drones damaged a major pharmaceutical manufacturer, in Kiev. Joanna Kikis's NPR news, Kiev, representative Julia Letlow, one of Louisiana's Republican nomination for U.S. Senate yesterday, NPR's Matt Bloom reports. Letlow defeated state treasureer John Fleming in a run-off, after the two finished ahead of Senator Bill Cassidy in the GOP primary in May.
“Trump backed Letlow in an effort to ask Cassidy, who voted to convict Trump on impeachment”
charges in 2021. Letlow a former college administrator and ardent Trump supporter has been in the house since 2021. Her husband, Luke Letlow, died from COVID-19 complications after being elected to Congress in 2020, and she won a special election to fill the seat.
Letlow is promised to work in lockstep with Trump to advance his agenda, which will face the Democratic nominee winner, Jamie Davis, a farmer, and former parish official from Northeast Louisiana. Matt Bloom and PR News New Orleans. This is NPR News.
House Speaker Mike Johnson says he plans to send a housing bill to the White House tomorrow. Both chambers had approved it last week, but President Trump refused to sign it, saying
Congress must first pass his proposals to tighten election laws, which under the Constitution
are the responsibility of the states, sending the bill to the White House starts the clock if the president does nothing and Congress's incestion, the bill becomes law in 10 days. The State Department has created a commemorative passport book featuring an image of the president alongside the Declaration of Independence, Bill and Mark's reports. President Trump on Friday posted a rendering on his social media platform of the new
limited edition US passport describing how the document says "Welcome, but be good." The White House had previewed the concept in April, calling it the "Patriot Passport" and describing it as "Limited Edition" and stamped for America 250. The State Department confirmed it has created a commemorative version of the standard passport book to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the US.
The document features custom artwork and enhanced images on the front back and inside covers and carries all the same advanced security features as a regular US passport. The NPR News, I'm Villa Mox. Francis Public Health Agency reports a surge in deaths more than 1,000 people more than usual during the heat wave that has gripped Europe for more than a week.
In Germany, authorities found a way to cool off tourists at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. They used water cannons, usually used to disperse unruly protestors to spray cool water on the crowd. "I'm Nora Rom, NPR News in Washington." This is our glass.
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