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"Live from MPR News, I'm Jial Snyder.

President Trump is in Turkey, and he arrived in Donka-Rotus Day for a NATO summit, where

divisions have emerged between the U.S. and its European allies over the Iran War and

Greenland. Trump criticized Europe for failing to support the war and repeated his argument that the U.S. should control Greenland, the BBC's Frank Gardner." "At this summit, President Trump is the wildcard. He is the big potential disruptor, potential glue that could hold this summit together,

would just waiting to see how he's going to treat those countries over the next 24 hours that are not fulfilling their quotas on defence spending that were agreed last year at last year's NATO summit." "Trump is to deliver remarks to Turkey's presidential compound shortly with Turkish President

Rajep Erdogan and NATO Secretary-General Mark Ruta, despite divisions at the NATO summit

Steve Walsh with Member Station WHRO reports that NATO military partners remain committed to business as usual." "At the recent Fleet X 250, ships from NATO partners coordinated with each other off the coast of Norfolk.

U.S. Rear Admiral Doug Perry says allies were closely together despite clashes among the

alliance's political leadership." "While we have challenges of sorting where we've been in the past to what we need to be capable of doing in the future, we are stronger than we've been in years." Perry heads NATO joint forces command Norfolk, which will soon be led by a British commander under a re-organization begun last year.

President Trump plans to hold a press conference Wednesday, which may spark more changes in the transatlantic alliance. Trump, your news, I'm Steve Walsh." U.S. and Iran are trading attacks leading to questions about the interim agreement to halt the fighting.

Iran says it targeted U.S. military sites in Iran and Bahrain and Kuwait. After the U.S. military said it responded to attacks on three commercial ships in the strait or foremooze with a wave of strikes on Iranian targets. Israeli military raids into the occupied West Bank, stoking public outrage after an incident over the weekend involving a Palestinian family and PR's no-amuse labor force.

"A four-month-old Palestinian infant, needing urgent care, was prevented from reaching the hospital. After Israeli soldiers closed down a checkpoint west of the Palestinian city of Ramallah this weekend. She died on Sunday as a result. They Laganam, the governor of Ramallah, criticized the Israeli military, saying one close

military gate killed this baby. The same weekend is Israeli soldiers fatally shot a 16-year-old boy during a raid. The Israeli military and police did not respond to an NPR request for a comment on either incident. This is NPR, Ramon Senator Bernie Sanders is urging main democratic Senate candidate

Graham Platner to withdraw from the race. Sanders is a highest profile Platner supporter to call on him to back away from the campaign following a sexual assault delegation that Platner has denied Sanders as an independent who caucuses with Democrats. At least 17 states have been affected by an intestinal parasite from Houston Public Media

sonny can you a report on what to look out for." Cyclospora is typically bred through 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 can be quite serious." Choisi advises to wash their hands and produce hot water when preparing raw foods to avoid getting sick.

For NPR news, I'm Sonny Kinnuah in Houston. "Major financial markets in Asia largely down in Wednesday trading at oil prices are rising, following the latest attacks launched by the US and Iran, shares in Japan and South Korea have declined tracking a return on Wall Street oil prices up more than 3%. This is NPR news."

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