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President Trump says the U.S. military conducted additional strikes against multiple targets

in Iran's Saturday for violating the ceasefire agreement, and President Trump has shunnyly

stuster. "U.S. Central Command says his forces launch strikes against several Iranian military assets on Saturday. Those assets included Iranian air defense sites, communication systems, and drone storage facilities. Command com says the strikes were direct response to an Iranian drone attack on an oil

tanker transiting near the straight of Hormuz. Bahrain has also accused Iran of targeting it with drones. President Trump said in a social media post on Saturday that the U.S. may be forced to militarily complete the job, and if that happens, quote, "Aran will no longer exist." Late Friday, U.S. military forces targeted several Iranian military sites in response

to an Iranian drone attack, Thursday on a cargo ship navigating the straight of Hormuz. St. Com says commercial vessels are continuing to travel through the straight of Hormuz. Shondalese Duster and PR News."

Iran responded to those strikes by launching drone and missile strikes on U.S. military

targets in Bahrain and Kuwait, a building has been damaged but no injuries have been reported. In Venezuela, the death toll from two earthquakes this week has risen to more than 1,400, and more than 68,000 other people are still missing. And PR is later per auto has more from Venezuela. 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. That's in PR is either per auto.

By heat wave in Central and Eastern Europe this weekend is setting record high temperatures in Denmark, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. Residents of Denmark saw their hottest day since 1874 in Germany.

The Autobahn suffered damage from the heat and the government issued warnings.

Experts say the heat wave is connected to climate change. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear has declared a state of emergency after flash floods that have left at least four people dead in that state and in and undated a number of counties. It is Curtis Tate from Member Station W.E.K.U. reports more rain could fall through the nights.

Beshear said parts of Kentucky had already received six to seven inches of rain Saturday and he warned people to stay off the roads. He also said search and rescue teams were on the ground. Thank you.

To all the first responders out there we've seen dozens upon dozens of rescues.

Multiple counties have declared states of emergency. Beshear said Madison County, which is just south of Lexington, was especially hard hit. He encouraged people to avoid calling 911 for updates on road conditions and directed them to KY.gov instead. For NPR News, I'm Curtis Tate in Richmond, Kentucky.

And you're listening to NPR News. Officials at NASA Hospital say in Israeli drone strike Saturday killed two Palestinians and siblings in southern Gaza. In wounded at least seven other people, the strike targeted tents in a refugee camp that were sheltering displaced Palestinians.

At least 12 other people were injured in another attack that targeted a separate refugee camp in western Gaza City. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising its response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. NPR's ping-wong has our reports.

There have been more than 1100 cases and 300 deaths attributed to Ebola, the viral hemorrhagic fever that is circulating in the DRC and Uganda. The Africa CDC warns it could become the largest Ebola outbreak ever. In the past, the CDC has mounted level 1 responses a few times, including to Hurricane Katrina, the 2009 swine flu pandemic, and the 2020 COVID pandemic, ping-wong and PR news.

Victor Hovelin took the lead Saturday in the PGA Championship underway in Connecticut. He hit a sandwich shot to six feet from the cup on the 18th and took a one stroke lead into tomorrow's final round. Scottie Sheffler had been in a lead all day, but he three put it on the 18th for a bogey and he dropped into second.

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