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In a new step of public statement, the Iran leader defined, delivered a defiant message days after his father.

I atol the al-Habhami was buried, he was killed, in the U.S. is where theirstrikes

in February. His son, Mochabot, Kamani, has not publicly been seen since he took power in March, and B.R.'s hal-deal al-Shashi reports."

In his second audio address, Iran's current leader, Ayatolama Shta-Bahamene, called his father's

killers, quote, "criminals," and promised to uphold the late Supreme Leader's legacy. We pledged to take revenge for your pure blood and all the martyrs of these two wars, Mshta-Bahamene, said, "referring to Iran's war with Israel in June 2025, and the current war with the U.S. and Israel." Like his first address in March, Mshta-Bahamene's speech was read by a news anchor on Iranian

state media, and the leader did not appear on camera. Three of Ayatolahli Kamene's sons attended his funeral this week, but his fourth son and successor, Mshta-Bahamene, was not seen publicly during the day's long procession. Hadil al-Shashi and P.R. News, Istanbul.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, "In American, in the Democratic Republic

of Congo, his tested positive for Ebola, Michael Coloki reports." In a statement, the agency said that the individual, "A U.S. citizen who works for a humanitarian organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has tested positive for the Bundesliga strain of Ebola, which has been identified in the current outbreak in Congo." The CDC added that it is working with the patient's employer, other U.S. federal agencies,

and partner organizations in Congo, to help prevent further transmission of the disease by performing risk assessments that would identify people that the patient had been in contact with. Earlier this week, the U.S. said that Ebola is continuing to spread in Congo, warning that the true skill of the outbreak has not yet been fully established. For MPR News, a Michael Coloki in Nairobi.

A widespread dangerous heat wave is building across the U.S. triple-digit temperatures are expected next week across the southwest, and the great planes before moving to the Midwest and East Coast. Joe Wegman is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Weather

Prediction Center in College Park, Maryland.

The next big heat wave follows right on its heels across the northern planes, particularly, but also including portions of the Inter-Mouth and West around Utah, and also down into the Los Angeles basin for next week. The Weather Service is forecasting temperatures at 90 locations across the U.S. could be broken or tied by the middle of the week.

July 27 is now the date that the New Gordi-How Bridge linking Detroit to Windsor on Tereo is scheduled to open. It has been closed because of a trade dispute with Canada in the U.S., you're listening to NPR News. Today is a World Cup double-header.

It starts with Norway facing England and Miami. In a quarter-final matchup later Argentina and Lionel Messi will face Switzerland and Kansas City in another duordi match to decide the two semi-finalists. K-Von Antonio Herdani reports from Miami.

Norway, a nation of five and a half million people faces England, a former World Champion,

and home to the birthplace of the sport. But Norway, absent from the World Cup since 1998, has been a dark horse with one spearhead, Erling Holland, whose two goals helped eliminate Brazil. He's tallied seven goals so far. England eliminated Mexico, three to two.

The five o'clock eastern time start means the heat and afternoon storms of the South Lord of Summers could be a factor. The winner will face Argentina, Switzerland, and next week's semi-final in Atlanta. If England and Argentina advance, it will be a repeat of one of the game's fiercest World Cup rivalries.

They faced off in 1966, 86, 1998 and 2002. For NPR News, I'm K-Von Antonio Herdari in Miami. The German automaker Volkswagen says it's cutting its model line by up to 50% and will reduce

its overall annual production capacity to 9 million vehicles compared with 12 million vehicles

earlier in the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic. The cuts come at a time when Volkswagen is increasing competition, facing increased competition from China. The cuts could mean significant cuts at Volkswagen and Germany. This is NPR.

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