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President Trump says he believes the ceasefire between the United States and Iran is over after U.S. forces carried out a new wave of strikes on Iranian military targets overnight. Speaking at the NATO Summit in Turkey, Trump called Iranians "skum" and blamed Iran for shattering the temporary truth. "The allies, their sheets, their sick people, they've hurt their people, they killed
54,000 people as of now that were protesting.
“You know, when people say, "How come they haven't taken over?”
They can't take over," because they're dead."
Iran's revolutionary guard says that launch strikes on U.S. military targets in
pop-rain and Kuwait in response to U.S. air strikes. The White House says its military operation was in retaliation for Iranian assaults on commercial ships in the straight-up harm moves. NPR's Hedil al-Shalty reports the latest military escalation is threatening to derail efforts to reach an agreement between both sides.
U.S. central command said it launched the attacks on Iran to "impose heavy costs for targeting and attacking commercial shipping in an international waterway referring to the straight of harm moves. Iran has not claimed responsibility for any attacks," but said it would deliver a "crushing response."
Soon after the Kuwaiti army said it was confronting missile and drone attacks, and sirens went off in Bahrain.
“The strikes come amid a shaky ceasefire between the U.S. Israel and Iran, talks were meant”
to resume after the funeral of Ayatollani Hamanai. This comes on the same day that the U.S. revoked permits that allow Iran to sell for
the first time on the international market for U.S. dollars.
Hedil al-Shalty and PR news, Ankara. The price of oil rose about 6% this morning after Trump's comments on Iran climbing to $78 a barrel, that's the highest level in more than two weeks. Democratic leaders in Maine and across the country are waiting to hear whether a gram platinum will drop his Senate campaign after he was accused of sexual assault, main
publics Kevin Miller reports it's unclear who would replace him or how they would be selected. It's been more than 24 hours since Platner announced he was weighing his options, even as he denied accusations that he sexually assaulted a former romantic partner five years ago. But national and state party leaders have already called on him to step aside.
And the political fallout seemed complete on Tuesday when his highest profile backer Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders urged him to withdraw. Platner has to do so by next Monday in order for the main Democratic party to place another candidate's name on the fall ballot. The party leaders haven't said how they would choose the person to challenge Republican
Senator Susan Collins in one of this year's highest profile Senate races. For NPR News, I'm Kevin Miller. They're listening to NPR News from Washington. Construction crews work through the night to stabilize a high-rise building in Midtown Manhattan after official said two of its support columns buckled.
Lorenzic engineer Joe D. Pompeo says the risks are especially high in a density like New York. This is a perfect example of why between the size of these buildings and the density that they're stacked on top of each other, a failure of a building could be catastrophic to a whole city block.
Contractors were cleared to start emergency repairs after inspectors found no additional movement during a floor by floor assessment. Prosecutors in Utah wrapped up a second day of testimony Tuesday in the preliminary hearing for the man accused of killing political activists Charlie Kirk. Sean Higgins of Member Station, KUER reports they're trying to persuade a judge there's
enough evidence to send the case to trial. The prosecution and defense spared over the line between religion and politics. The state is claiming Robinson deliberately targeted Kirk for his political views, which could lead to a harsher sentence. But defense attorney Richard Novak objected to evidence submitted by the prosecution that
he said went beyond Kirk's political beliefs and into his religious beliefs, and so should not be admissible. This is not a case about religion. The state doesn't even alleged this is a case about religion. It will be up to district judge Tony Graff to determine whether there is enough evidence
to move the case to trial at the end of this week's hearing, which is scheduled to last until Friday. For NPR News, I'm Sean Higgins in Salt Lake City. On Wall Street, town futures are down 677 points.
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