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Iran began the funeral procession for the Iodholi-Hameini today.
“Iran's 86-year-old leader and four of his family members were killed in the U.S.”
Israeli air strike in February. NPR's Hadeel Al-Shaltchi reports. The caskets of Ayatollahi Hamanai and his four family members were placed in the back of a huge semi-trailer, adorned with white paneling. Iranian state TV show tight angles of crowds of people swarming the truck, a line of men
held up red signs that red hashtag kill Trump, tens of thousands of people gathered into Iran over the weekend to visit Hamanai's caskets, high-ranking Iranian officials made rare public appearances to perform the ritual Islamic funeral prayers, including the head
of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Notably absent was Hamanai's fourth son and successor, Mustafa, many leaders in Iran staying hiding to avoid assassination, Hamanai will be buried in his birthplace of Meshhad. Hadeel Al-Shaltchi and PR news, Istanbul. President Trump spoke this weekend with the president of FIFA, the world governing board for soccer.
“He spoke with Johnny Infantino about the red card in one game suspension, given to a player”
on the U.S. men's national soccer team last week. Then yesterday, FIFA announced the player will be able to play in tonight's match. NPR's Becky Sullivan has more. U.S. striker Flynn Balagan was shown the red card in last Wednesday's match against Bosnia Herzegovina, the referee at first declined to call a foul of any kind, but a video
official stepped in after reviewing the play in slow motion. Normally a red card would mean a suspension in the following game. In the phone call, with Infantino, Trump wanted to understand why the red card was given and why a suspension was necessary, according to an official with knowledge of the call who was granted anonymity to discuss a private conversation.
The news of the call coupled with FIFA's decision to allow Balagan to play has ignited a huge response in the soccer world. Belgium's football Federation said they were astonished by the decision and would pursue any path to recourse.
“Becky Sullivan and Pierre News see Apple.”
France is in the midst of its third heat wave since the spring and with summer barely underway. The 100 degree plus heat has set off fire's fire's fires in the south. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports. Fires raging in the Piranha Oriental region have forced thousands of evacuations. The blazes have also pushed organizers to divert the third stage of the tour to France
Monday. In Paris, temperatures are expected to reach the mid 90s this week where the large majority of buildings and homes do not have air conditioning. France had its hottest June-on record this year and recorded some 2,000 excess deaths caused by the extreme heat.
That's an increase of 30 percent, deaths rose by 62 percent in the Paris region.
Scientists say Europe is heating faster than any other continent, partly due to melting glaciers and the changing atmospheric and ocean currents surrounding the continent, Eleanor Beardsley and Pierre News Paris. This is NPR News in Washington. A preliminary hearing gets underway in Provo, Utah today in the shooting depth of conservative
activist Charlie Kirk, 23-year-old Tyler Robinson is charged with seven counts, including aggravated murder, Kirk was killed while speaking at Utah Valley University. Kirk's parents and widow are expected to attend the hearing, which may last all week. Millions and monstered minions and monsters and toy story 5 each sold more than $30 million worth of tickets this weekend.
But NPR's bottom-modella reports Hollywood is buzzing about the historical biopic that came in third. As the film Young Washington begins, America's first president's dreams are modest. Why can I not become a British officer? Because you are not British.
Young Washington, which had tickets sales of just over $20 million is from Angel Studios, the faith-based media company that opened sound of freedom on the 4th of July three years ago. That one also had a three-day total around $20 million, then played so well in Rocky Mountain States, the Midwest and South, that it ended up making over $250 million globally. The Angel Studio Playbook hasn't changed.
Young Washington also has its best numbers in America's heartland. It's top theater as Utah's megaplex 18 Thanksgiving point midway between Salt Lake City and Provo. The studio has already announced a George Washington sequel called 1776 by Mandelo NPR News. The eSports world cup gets underway today in Paris and features professional gamers competing
in a variety of genres, including fighting games, sports, racing, and strategy. It runs for several weeks and offers $75 million in prize money. I'm Nora Rom, MPR News in Washington.
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