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"Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.

of his sharpest rhetoric yet against Iran declaring the ceasefire over and casting doubt

on any near-term diplomatic breakthrough. His comments came just hours after U.S. strikes

on Iranian military targets, and PR's Danielle Kurt Slaven reports Trump spoke from the NATO summit in Turkey today." He said he considers the ceasefire finished, and he had more harsh words for Iran's leadership after that. "Let's listen."

"I think it's over. I don't want to deal with him with this come."

However, he didn't quite say that talks are over. When a reporter asked him if talks would continue, he said this. "I don't care, they could talk, but I think they're wasting that time. They're a bunch of lying guys." So a long story short, things are pretty unclear right now. Meanwhile, Trump also criticized

fellow NATO members in Europe for not assisting the U.S. more in their war with Iran, as he has done in the past."

NPR's Danielle Kurt Slaven reporting from Ankara, oil prices soared more than 5 percent

to about $78 per barrel after the President said the ceasefire with Iran was over. A new lawsuit accuses the Department of Homeland Security of sharing asylum application details with the Iranian government, and PR's have an abustio reports. The allegations are based on interviews with detainees. Lawyers with the left-leaning public citizen litigation group argue that the administration

began sharing information about the applications with Iran in March 2025.

Michael Kurt Packtrich is an attorney with public citizen. "Information within an asylum application can not be shared, particularly with the government that the individual is fleeing." In a statement provided to NPR, ICE says that the allegations that ICE shared asylum application records with the Iranian government are false.

Kurt Packtrich says the Trump administration has so far sent 3 deportation flights, and over 100 people to Iran. Others have been deported to so-called third countries like Panama and the Central African Republic. He menabustio and PR news Washington. The International Olympic Committee has opened the door to Russia's return to competition,

and PR's Brian Mann reports the reversal could come in time for the Los Angeles Summer Games in 2020. After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the IOC hit Russia and Belarus with tough sanctions, speaking at a press conference yesterday, IOC President Kirstie Coventry said Russian athletes shouldn't be blamed for Moscow's actions.

"We do not condone any wars, including this one. I don't believe athletes should pay the price." Coventry says some restrictions will remain place, at least for now, the Russian flag and national anthem still aren't allowed at the Olympic events, but the IOC has signaled that too could change before the LA Games.

NPR's Brian Mann reporting, you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Birds, routinely, shed and regrow their feathers, a process called "multing." New research looks at how a red-tailed hawk manages its aerial acrobatics, even with gaps in its plumage, and PR's are a Daniel explains. Researchers at UC Davis installed high-speed cameras to record the hawk as he was

"multing," and once he regrow all his feathers. They tracked his 3D movements as he flew between purchase. 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, such as aerospace engineer Alfonso Martinez Carmana, the findings could inspire alternative aircraft designs, or suggest how an aircraft might compensate once physically compromised. Our regional NPR News Construction crews work through the night to stabilize a high-rise

building in Midtown, Manhattan, after official said two of its support columns buckled. Forensic engineer Joe Deepham Hayo 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 blocks. The contractors were clear to start emergency repairs after inspectors found no additional movement during a floor by floor assessment. I'm Windsor-Johnston and PR News in Washington.

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