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Fire crews in Colorado are continuing to work a blaze that's now consumed more than 74,000 acres. Officials say the Aspen acres fire has destroyed more than 160 structures and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents. Custer County Sheriff Lloyd Smith says they're getting more equipment to help.
>> 90 extra fire engines come in from as far away as California, Utah and Grand Johnson in fact they've actually pulled fire trucks off of those fires to come help us. >> The fire is one of about 40. Uncontained large fires burning mostly in the western U.S. this weekend, among them is the cottonwood fire in Utah, which is burned 147 square miles.
The Trump administration is elected not to extend a trade deal between the U.S. Canada and Mexico, but there's still a decade to renegotiate.
“Because NPR's Camila Damanoski reports, the agreement is especially important to U.S.”
automakers. >> The U.S. M.CA, as the deal is now known, was the replacement for NAFTA. It allows tariff free treatment for qualifying goods made in North America.
That's crucial for automakers because automarts can cross borders multiple times in the
production process. Every major automotive trade group has expressed support for preserving the trilateral nature of the agreement, calling that framework essential for the U.S. auto industry. The United Auto Workers Union, meanwhile, has called for major changes, including a continent wide wage floor, and without those changes, supports withdrawing from the deal.
Camila Damanoski and Pianoski. >> The Iranian government has begun a day's long funeral for the Iranian Supreme Leader who is killed in an Israeli air strike last February. But as NPR's ideal else-shaltchi reports, not all Iranians feel this is a moment to note. There will be memorial ceremonies and possessions for Ayatollah Al-Hamenei in Tehran and
the city of Khom, then the remains will be taken to Shia Holy Sites in Negef and Kervila in Iraq.
“He will be buried next Thursday in his birthplace of Meshhad.”
Iranian authorities are expected to shut down streets and the air space. Some Iranian say the funeral is a time to say good riddance to the authoritarian leader who led the country since 1989. A 38-year-old doctor who wants to remain anonymous for fear of government retaliation, says she hopes this funeral will mark the end of a dark chapter in Iranian history.
>> I don't care about which pit the body will be dumped in. She says, "Had you outshaltchi and PR news, Istanbul." >> Two people are dead and the third was injured during a fight that is shopping mall and Dearborn Mishigan Friday. The fight led to a shooting that sent mall patron scrambling, including one person who
was hit by a vehicle outside the mall. The police chief Isa Shaheen says the two groups knew each other and the fight began when they came in contact with each other. So far police have questioned people from both of the groups, but so far they have no one in custody.
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“Conservative politician Kiko Fujimori has been declared the winner of Peru's presidential”
runoff election held in June the 51-year-old is the daughter of a disgraced former president. It was her fourth time running for the country's highest office and she'll be Peru's ninth president in 10 years, Fujimori will take office later this month. A former bookseller in Hong Kong who was seized by Chinese authorities in 2015, Lam Winki has died, that's according to the official Central News Agency in Taiwan where he resided
until his death and appears Jennifer Pack reports from Beijing. >> In Hong Kong, Lam ran the cause-way bay bookshop that specialized in selling gossipy
paperbacks critical of China's leadership, the shop was popular with mainland Chinese visitors.
In 2015, Lam was among five men linked to the bookshop who were taken into custody by Chinese authorities. Upon release, Lam gave his own account of what happened, contradicting Beijing's official narrative. Later, he reopened the bookstore in the self-governing island of Taiwan.
The local news agency did not give a cause of death, but said Lam's cancer had relapsed last year. Taiwanese President lighting the sent his condolences in the Facebook post. He applauded Lam for never-stained silent in the face of fear and authoritarian repression. He was 70.
Jennifer Pack and PR News Beijing. >> A Turkish comedian was ordered to jail on Friday for allegedly insulting the country's president. Dennis Gaktus was recorded a stand-up routine last month during which he called a president a dictator insulting the president as a criminal offense in Turkey.
He's also being held pending a trial. He's also charged with insulting the country's religious values. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.
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