Live from NPR News in Washington, Igenine Herbst.
The U.S. and Iran are continuing to trade attacks for the second day, leaving the fragile
ceasefire agreement in limbo.
“The Pentagon says the U.S. hit more than 170 targets in Iran over the past two days.”
Iran says it fired at U.S. targets in Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain. Ambassador Nicholas Burns, who served in President George W. Bush's administration, and led negotiations on Iran's nuclear program, says the U.S. has faced many challenges dealing with Tehran. They suffered through it.
They didn't flinch. We're dealing with an exceedingly difficult and often very untrustworthy government in Tehran, and it appears to be a government that's divided. There seems to be one faction that does want to ceasefire of the United States, but the stronger faction is defiant.
Speaking there to NPR's all things considered. Summer Olympic canoeists pleaded not guilty today to a felony charge of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
“David Herne made his appearance at a court in Washington, D.C. impures Jacqueline Diaz, was there.”
In a crowded, stuffy courtroom today, Herne's attorney entered his not guilty plea. Herne sat between two defense attorneys in kept his comments to a minimum. Outside a group of supporters chanted in health signs and support. Herne and his attorneys claim this charged is trumped up, and that he simply touched the pool he did not damage it.
The federal government says he purposely caught into the reflecting pool and caused serious damage.
President Trump had the pool renovated for $14 million earlier this summer, but shortly after
paint was peeling and algae started growing, Herne's next hearing is set for next month. Jacqueline Diaz and PR News. The median price for existing homes is at an all-time high. The National Association of Realtors says the average price reached $440,000 in June. And Pierre Stephen Bassaha says sales of existing homes were down from the previous month.
“Despite that record high, housing affordability actually improves lately from the year”
earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors, wages rose faster than home prices. Of course, more affordable is not mean actually affordable. That median price is still at a reach for most American families. The spring home biing season also ended with a whimper.
Existing homes sales dropped 2.4% in June compared to a year ago. Mortgage rates are partially the blame, they're at about 6.5% for the average 30 year fixed mortgage. Right that could rise higher if the war against Iran continues to escalate and raises the cost of borrowing.
Stephen Bassaha and Pierre News You as features contracts are trading lower at this hour, you're listening to NBR News from Washington. France beat Morocco to Nil to advance to the World Cup semi-final and Pierre's Eleanor Beardsley reports from Paris where the game drew thousands into the streets to watch.
It's a hot night in Paris. There are screens set up everywhere at all the bars and cafes and crowds watching. There are just tons of people out here and many are wearing Moroccan flags on their back. France has a large Moroccan diaspora and they say they're showing pride in their roots. But these Morocco fans say they're also rooting for their blood.
The score remains 0-0 until halftime, but France's killing and embapay soon scored is 8th goal of the tournament, the crowd erupted. Six minutes later, France's Eastman Dembelle scored a second goal, a bully at fans sang the Marseilles and celebrated it into the night. Eleanor Beardsley and Pierre News, Paris.
American countries are getting $900 million in funding from the International Energy Agency
to expand access to clean cooking. The money builds on the $2.2 billion secured at the Africa Clean Cooking Summit in Paris bringing total commitments to over $3.1 billion. Nearly a billion African still rely on polluting cooking fuels like charcoal and firewood, which contribute to around 850,000 premature deaths every year.
The agency is working with the African Union to strengthen clean cooking policies. I'm Jeanine Herbst and PR News in Washington. Fram Platner is out. On the latest in Pierre politics podcast, we are unpacking the downfall of a candidate once seen as a standard bearer for Democrats.
Plus, what Platner's exit from the main Senate race could mean for the balance of power and Congress. Listen to the in Pierre politics podcast every afternoon to stay a step ahead of all the
