Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman, sporadic clashes are continu...
Lebanon, despite a new framework between the Israeli government and the Lebanese government,
“this to end the fighting that has devastated large parts of Lebanon, NPR's Ruth Schurlock”
reports. Some accept the framework agreement because they want the water and, at all costs, others like freedom or redeemed, says it's a capitulation, she calls it the sale of South Lebanon. They are selling South, and they give the Israeli part to do whatever they want. So that's why we came here to say no.
The deal would have the Iran-backed militant group, Hasbala disarm before Israel leaves parts of South Lebanon that it is occupied. Hasbala has rejected the deal entirely, and Nuredine, who's from the South, says she doesn't believe that in practice, Israel would withdraw from the land, it holds Ruth Schurlock and Bionnih's bay route.
In Germany, temperatures exceeding 107 degrees Fahrenheit, hit a record high for a third consecutive
day. As Asmin Nicholson reports from Berlin, Europe's extreme heat wave is being linked to hundreds of deaths over the past week.
“The World Health Organization says that, as of Sunday, more than 1300 excess deaths have”
been recorded in Europe since June 21st, underlining that heat stress is a silent killer. It warns that European homes workplaces and schools are not built to withstand extreme heat, and calls for action across the continent to safeguard against temperatures that are rising at twice the global average. In Germany, two forest fires have broken out in regions with a high density of unexpected
ordinance. One of them still contaminated with World War II ammunition. In Poland, the entire railway network ground to a halt, leaving passengers stranded on broken down trains. For MPI News, I'm Asmin Nicholson, in Berlin.
Runoff elections were decided in Louisiana this week, and several among them, including the primaries for the U.S. Senate. From Member Station, W.W. and O. Aubrey, U.H.S. reports, President Trump's pick secured the Republican nomination.
The first person U.S. representative Julia Letlow thanked in her acceptance speech was President
Trump. She beats state treasurer John Fleming with 57% of the vote. Fleming is also a loyal Trump supporter. Letlow will face Democrat Jamie Davis, a former intense operation November, to fill Republican Bill Cassidy's U.S. Senate seat.
Cassidy, one of seven Republican senators who voted to remove Trump from office after the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, finished third in the May primary. For MPI News, I'm Aubrey U.H.S. in New Orleans. Venezuela's acting president says 33 people were rescued this week and days after two earthquakes rattled the nation killing more than 1,400 people.
It's NPR. 90-year-old Kedita Ferrican, the longtime wife of nation of Islam leader Louis Ferrican, his died, the nation of Islam announced her death in a statement, often called the first lady of the nation of Islam. She was married to Louis Ferrican for 72 years and they helped lead the religious and
social political movement from a mosque on Chicago's south side. Louis Ferrican assumed an international leadership role in the nation of Islam after the assassination of Malcolm X more than 60 years ago. The multi-millionaire is backing off his complaints that China is funding opposition to a data center project in Utah and PR's Jeff Brunfield is more.
Canadian investor Kevin O'Leary is best known as a member of the cast of Shark Tank. But he's also tried to build a massive data-centered Utah after he ran into local resistance he went on cable news to accuse several organizations and individuals that being paid by the Chinese government. One of them was Gabby Fin Lason, a Utah native.
“I think it's difficult for some of these votes to fathom the idea that real people wouldn't”
just say, like, thank you Kevin O'Leary for ruining our environment. So it has to be China. In a post on X, O'Leary now says he has no evidence that Fin Lason or others are funded by China. Fox News has also issued an apology for allowing him to speak about it on their programs.
Jeff Brunfield and PR news. Luxury retailer Sachs has emerged from chapter 11 bankruptcy in a much scaled-on mode with a new name, Exilemplar, and a new business plan. The company says it will now focus on luxury retail. I'm Dan Runnan, NPR News.
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