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President Trump will travel to Turkey for the NATO summit today.
“He's still pushing allies to spend more on defense.”
Iran has began the funeral procession for the Ayatollah Ali Hamanay, Iran's leader and his family were killed. In a U.S. Israeli air strike in February, NPR's Hadil Al-Shalti reports. The caskets of Ayatollah Ali Hamanay 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 Hamanay's casket. High-ranking Iranian officials made rare public appearances to perform the ritual Islamic
funeral prayers, including the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Utilably absent was Hamanay's fourth son and successor, Moshtaba, many leaders in Iran staying hiding to avoid assassination.
“Hamanay will be buried in his birthplace of Meshhad.”
Hadil Al-Shalti and PR news, Istanbul. American celebrated the 4th of July and the 250th anniversary of the nation's independence this weekend. President Trump used his speech to criticize Democrats and PR's mayoralizing reports. The President's speech was overtly political.
He excoriated Democrats using his latest epithet for them communists. He's trying to use to his advantage the fact that a handful of members of the Democratic Socialists of America won some primaries, which in deep blue districts and places like New York City may not matter that much since the districts are likely to elect a Democrat in the general election.
But there are many Democrats who are worried that in some swing states and districts, they could be nominating candidates who are too far to the left to win. That's NPR's more Eliason. Some people in Colorado had to evacuate their homes this holiday weekend as a wildfire has grown into one of the largest in-state history.
Colorado Public Radio's Kevin Bady reports on efforts to help residents. This Fourth of July barbecue took place at an evacuation center, sheltering people displaced by the Aspen Agress Fire. Michael Cringlin, who was ordered from his home on Monday, said people had been needing joy, like this, in an otherwise traumatic moment.
And we have to find things to keep us grounded in a sense of community and normalcy. Shanna Farmer is head of United Way of Southern Colorado, which is helping to coordinate a donation center here. Publico has shown up in a big way for its neighbor, she said, but this is nowhere close to finished.
Even once the buyer is under control, recovery is going to take months and months for folks that have lost everything that they have. Authorities have issued evacuation orders across Colorado in the last week, as multiple serious fires continue to burn. For MPR News, I'm Kevin Bady in Pueblo.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. People in Guam and the surrounding northern Mariana Islands are assessing the damage from super-super typhoon Bobby. The eye of the category five storm passed over the island of rota with destructive 180 mile per hour winds and brought 35 foot surf and flash floods.
Researchers say a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides more evidence why children should routinely get vaccinated against the flu, and Piers Rob Stein reports. The CVC analyzed the risk that children would die from the flu over eight seasons between 2016 and 2025.
In the latest issue of the journal Pediatrics, the researchers report that getting vaccinated cut the risk of dying from influenza by 80%. That's regardless of whether children had other health problems that put them at increased risk for life-threatening complications or not. The researchers say the findings provide strong evidence for why Piers should get their kids
vaccinated against the flu every year. A record breaking 289 children died from the flu in the 2024, 2025 season. Most were unvaccinated, Rob Stein and Piers. The federal government has launched an investment savings program for children. Parents can now open Trump accounts for kids under 18 and eligible babies born between January
1st of last year and the end of 2028 will get $1,000 of seed money from the government to start off the accounts.
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