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The U.S. military is carrying out another round of air strikes in Iran, after its revolutionary
“guards closed the Strait of Hormuz, following a confrontation with a cargo ship.”
Iran says the vessel was using what it calls an illegal shipping route, but it stopped when a warning shot was fired upon it. Kashiai Johnody of the BBC is following our story. "The Americans announced that in retaliation to this attack, they have hit several positions along the Iranian shoreline.
This attack comes as the Islamic Revolutionary Guards for issued a statement announcing that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed till further notice. That's after these talks between Iran and Oman and Qatar in Moscow actually ended without any agreement. The Omanyside is insisting that there should be two sea lanes open one and the Omanyside
one under Iranians side and they Iranians are insisting on a joint management." This is the BBC's Kashiai Johnody. Wildfires in Europe are continuing to burn with the most deadly blaze this past week in Spain. As Villa Marks reports, at least 12 people are dead, including four suspected British
“nationals, and nearly two dozen people are missing.”
This severe wildfires are located in the country's Andalithia region. Hundreds of firefighters are working to contain the blaze that may have begun thanks to a downed power cable near the town of Al-Mereya. Temperatures in southern Europe have been above 100 degrees Fahrenheit for weeks, so far the summer with major wildfires in France and Portugal too, thousands of residents have
been forced from their homes. Across Europe officials have detected more than 1,000 fires since the start of the year, double the long-term average, and since January wildfires have earned almost 400,000 acres of land. The NPR news under the Lamonts.
A dangerous heat wave is building across much of the U.S. this weekend, officials say triple-digit highs are expected in the south-west and the Great Plains, and the heat is expected to travel to the east under a dome of high pressure that meteorologists say could trap high temperatures for a week or more in as much as two-thirds of the U.S. Temperatures will be 15 to 25 degrees warmer than normal in many areas.
The Justice Department has issued subpoenas to at least four journalists at the New York Times. They've been reporting on concerns about the security of the new Air Force One aircraft, which entered service last week. And Piers David Folkanflick explains just what's happening.
This involves reporting by the Times over the course of past several days and involves the new Air Force One, which was given to the federal government by the Qataris. There was a lot of controversies when the gift occurred because of the question of both security and the question of whether President Trump intended maybe to hold on to it when he left office.
But the security concerns have apparently been real Trump left Turkey this past week.
“On the old Air Force One craft, apparently, the Secret Service intervened.”
The government has already spent $400 million to retrofit and upgrade that plane.
You're listening to NPR news. A U.S. citizen working for a humanitarian organization in Congo has tested positive for the Ebola virus. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is confirmed in the news. They're now working to identify any close contacts.
In outbreak of the virus in Congo is the fastest growing ever recorded on that continent. So far, there are 1,830 confirmed cases, including 648 deaths. England has advanced to the semifinals of the World Cup after defeating Norway to one NPR's Russell Lewis reports. At kickoff in Miami Gardens, a heat advisory was in place because of temperatures that
felt like 108 degrees. Both England and Norway seemed sluggish at first, fighting through the Mugginess as much as the other team's defenses.
But Norway struck first, going up 1-0, England answered next, Jude Bellingham, the English
Savior, who scored twice against Mexico in the round of 32 equalized, tying it up late at halftime. The score remained 1-1 through the second half, forcing 30 minutes of extra time. Bellingham needed just 3 to score his second goal, and that was enough, ending Norway's deepest run ever at the World Cup and putting England through to the semis.
Russell Lewis and P.R. News, Miami Gardens, Florida. In Saturday's second game, following a controversial second yellow card ejection, Argentina beats Switzerland 3-1 in extra time. Twenty-one-year-old Lynda Nuskova survived a second set meltdown Saturday to win the women's singles title.
She beat Carolina Machova in three sets, 625-763. It's her first grand slam win. Nuskova became the third check woman in four years to win the coveted trophy. I'm Dale Wilman and P.R. News. Is there a glass of the American life?
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