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President Trump says the U.S. ceasefire with Iran is over.
“He said it on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey this morning as reporters asked”
him about the U.S. as the latest retaliatory strike on Iran overnight. And Pierce Daniel Kurtz-Layman reports on Trump's remarks in Ankara. These strikes extend the conflict that European countries just didn't want to be a part of. And now, Trump, of course, has said that he considers the ceasefire debt. Now, add on to all of that, the other Trump NATO baggage, which is considerable.
The White House had gone into the summit prepared to continue pushing NATO countries to spend more on defense, as they have been pushing forth throughout his presidency. And Trump this morning also repeated that he wants the U.S. to take over Greenland, so taking territory from a fellow NATO member, which doesn't go over well with other NATO members. And Pierce Daniel Kurtz-Layman traveling with the president.
Kentucky Governor Andy Bashir is trying to find out what's going on with one of his state's
“U.S. senators, or Republican Mitch McConnell.”
The Democratic Governor sent a letter to McConnell's office inquiring about the former Senate majority leader after the 84-year-old was admitted to the hospital weeks ago. His NPR is glad he could be silent. "Top Senate Republican leaders said they had lengthy and substantive conversations with McConnell by phone this week," Senate Majority Leader John Thun, who succeeded McConnell in the jobs,
said they discussed national security. While Senate Majority Web John Brasso said over a 20-minute conversation, he and McConnell caught up on Senate races, the July recess, and a defense funding bill. The 84-year-old Apolio survivors not been seen or heard from since his June 14 hospitalization. Public safety scanner traffic posted by streaming platforms captured a medical call to McConnell's D.C. home. D.C. Fire near M.S. dispatch reported an unconscious person,
later saying C.P.R. was in progress. "Cloridie Saliff's NPR News." At least 17 states are affected by an intestinal parasite known as Cycle Sporeup. Use some public media as Sonia Canua has more. Cycle Spore us typically bread to the contamination of food and water with feces and can be linked
to several raw food sources. While the condition is not easily past person to person, the symptoms can be troubling. They include nausea, cramping and bloating associated with diarrhea, and fatigue. Katherine Choisi, a professor of epidemiology at UT Health School of Public Health,
“says the intestinal bug is rarely fatal, but "If you are sick, it is important to contact your”
health care provider because the illness can be treated with antibiotics and left untreated, particularly in the elderly. The very young people with immunocompromising diseases, it can be quite serious." Choisi advises to wash their hands and produce with hot water when preparing raw foods to avoid getting sick. For NPR News, I'm Sonia Canua, in Houston. "This is NPR News."
Supporters of a federal agency that helps farmers protect soil and water say they're worried about staff cuts. W-W-N-Os-E-V-Tas-F-I-H-S-A-Tales. In the first six months of last year, the Natural Resources Conservation Service lost more than 2,500 of its 12,000 employees. Then the USDA proposed to eliminate another 3,000 next year. Andy Brown, with the Louisiana Farm Bureau, says NRCS offices are one of the main ways that farmers work directly with the USDA.
"We have fought back, we have a voice, we think that's a little deeper cut than we really want to see."
An agriculture appropriations bill puts about $600 million back into NRCS,
which would meet a smaller staff cut. It still needs to clear the Senate. For NPR News, I'm Eva Tessfai in New Orleans." Birds routinely shed and regrow their feathers. Well, there's new research looking at how a red-tailed hawk still manages its aerial acrobatics. Here's NPR as already Daniel. Researchers at UC Davis installed high-speed cameras to record the hawk as he was
molting and once he regrow all his feathers. They tracked his 3D movements as he flew between perches. The birds subtly altered his body to accommodate the missing feathers by positioning his wings slightly closer together and angling his tail farther downwards. "How birds adjust their flight may help rehab centers to tailor specific exercises to strengthen those muscles." There may be broader engineering lessons as well,
says aerospace engineer Alfonso Martinez-Cutmana. The findings could inspire alternative aircraft designs, or suggest how an aircraft might compensate once physically compromised. It's NPR. This week on Up First, President Trump heads the NATO summit with a stark warning for Iran, make a deal where the U.S. will quote "finish the job." We're tracking what the escalating
tension means for energy prices. Plus, a critical Senate race upended as Democrat Graham
Plattener faces sexual assault allegations. That's this week on Up First, listen every morning on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
