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South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has died, a social media post from his communications
“director, says Graham passed away Saturday night after a brief and sudden illness.”
Graham was 71 years old. Earlier in his career, he was a major critic of President Trump before he became one of his most loyal allies on Capitol Hill. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster said his family was devastated by the news of Graham's passing. He called him a fierce fighter for South Carolina and for America.
Graham was first elected to the Senate in 2002 before that. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives. The U.S. military Saturday carried out another round of various strikes in Iran.
The strikes came after Iran's revolutionary guards closed the state of Hormuz, following
a confrontation with a cargo ship. Iran says the vessel was using what it calls in a legal shipping route.
“Kashyaya, Georgia Day of the BBC, is following developments.”
The Americans announced that in retaliation to this attack, they've hit several positions along the Iranian shoreline. This attacks comes as the Islamic Revolutionary Guards for issued a statement announcing that the state 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. The BBC is Kashyaya, Georgia Day. President Trump's borders are Tom Hormuz is not commenting on the fatal shooting of a man by ICE agents in Houston last Tuesday, except to say that if there was wrongdoing, those
responsible will be held to account. The Department of Homeland Security Charged will Lorenzo Salgado Arraha was shot when his vehicle rammed an ICE vehicle. Attorney Hugo Del Deris Abara says he represents three witnesses to the shooting. All three of my clients reiterated that at no point was there ever an agent standing in front of the vehicle. Nor was an agent ever placed in the line of danger.
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 new Air Force One aircraft, which ended service last week and PR's David Folk and Flick explains 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.”
That's NPR's David Folk and Flick. And once again South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham has died, he was 71 years old. You're listening to NPR news. Typhoon Bobby is made to landfall on mainland China this week. And officials say more
than 1.7 million people were evacuated in advance of the storm. Bobby had sustained
winds of about 89 miles an hour. It's the second typhoon to effect China in the past week. Bobby had previously brought high winds and rain to Japan and Taiwan. In tenets, newcomer Lyndor Naskova has won the Women's Singles title at Wimbledon, the Kibarka reports from London. Wimbledon's first all-check women's final turned into unnailbider. 21-year-old Lyndon Naskova dominated the first set, beating her one-time Olympic
doubles partner 6-2. But the more experienced Carolina Mukava came from behind in the second set, winning that 75 with an agonizing five missed championship points for Naskova. But the Naskova fought back in the third set. The final score was 6-2-7-5-6-3. The match was played under blistering hot skies before 15,000 tennis fans, including the Princess of Wales. The check republic is a rising superstar in the world of tennis, Naskova is
the third of her country women to win Wimbledon in four years. For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London. In the men's singles final Sunday, Yannick Sinner will try to defend his title against Alexander Swarov. The Kosa family investment group, including Vinod Kosa, who co-founded Sun Microsystems, is handed into a formal agreement to purchase the defending Super Bowl
Champions Seattle Seahawks. The sale price has not been made public, but the associated
press reports it was $9.6 billion. The agreement is subject to approval by the NFL.
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