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For term U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham has died from a brief and sudden illness," his Senate office says.
“The South Carolina Republican died last night, two days after marking his 71st birthday.”
The day before he died, Graham was in Ukraine, meeting with President Falodamir Zelensky.
NPR's Joanna Kikisis tells us that Ukrainian president says his nation has lost a powerful
advocate. Seeing on social media, Zelensky said he was deeply saddened by Graham's death and called him a true defender of freedom. Graham visited Ukraine ten times since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022. His last visit was just last week.
He met with Zelensky and toured a drone production facility. On Friday, Graham told reporters in Kiev that the White House was ready to support a new sanctions bill on Russia. We have a magic moment in time here, and the coming months, if we do this right, we can end this war.
He said the plan includes strengthening Ukraine's military, Joanna Kikisis, and PR News Kiev. In the Middle East, the U.S. struck more than 100 targets in Iran early today, according
“to U.S. central command, taking aim at missile and drone launch sites, ammunition dumps,”
and communication equipment.
The command says the attacks degrade eronsibility to attacks of billion mariners and commercial
vessels moving through the straight of Hormuz. The U.S. attacks follow an Iranian strike on a vessel in the straight that set the container ship on fire, and forces crew to abandon ship. And PR's carry consensus, efforts to talk about peace are now very much up in the air. We don't really know the status of talks right now.
They have been on hold during the week-long funeral for Iran's former eye at all of that was killed in the first days of the war on Iran by Israel. President Trump did say last week that, in his opinion, the ceasefire was over, but then he also left open a window for more negotiations. And PR's carry con, a historic rainfall has left several communities across Missouri
and Kentucky underwater prompted water rescues, including an evacuation of a summer cap, and PR's Shandali's Duster reports. Getting in parts of Kentucky and Missouri has led to rescue operations for stranded motorists and a summer cap along the Black River.
“More than 200 children and counselors were airlifted from flood waters that camped Tom”
sock on Friday. In Lesterville, Missouri, they were flown to a nearby elementary school where they were reunited with family. And to field, says she is grateful for her two sons and their fellow campers are home safe. It was a whirlwind, and in my boys when they got home were like, I mean, I couldn't hug
them long enough, but they were fine. Like they really just thought it was all a big adventure. At least one person has died from the flooding in Missouri. Portses of Kentucky are under a flood wash through Sunday. Sandalice Duster and PR News.
This is NPR. The final four teams in the FIFA World Cup are now said that the quarterfiles, finals have wrapped, France will face Spain, then England will face the defending champion, Argentina, and PR's Becky Sullivan has details.
Saturdays two games both went to extra time, first in Hot and Muggy Florida, England outlasted
Norway, and they're thrilling, hooking star striker, Erling Holland. The 23-year-old English phenom, Jude Bellingham scored both goals in a two-to-one victory to send the three lines through, and Kansas City, Argentina, was taken to the brink yet again. Switzerland went down a man after a video review led to a second yellow card for forward
Braille and Bolo, yet they clung to a one-to-one tie for the rest of the second half and much of extra time before Argentina finally took the lead. Superstar Lionel Messi did not score a goal, breaking a streak of nine straight world cup games in which he had found the net. Still he has eight goals overall for this tournament, and now two more chances to score
even more. Becky Sullivan and PR News, Kansas City. On the grass courts at the All England Club in London, Yannick Center faces Alexander Sparaven, the men's final at Wimbledon, starting a couple of hours from now. Yesterday, 21-year-old Lyndon Oscova won the Women's Singles title at Wimbledon.
She beat Carolina Mushova in three sets. Eastern China is facing torrential rain and high winds from Typhoon Bavvy, which is now weakened to a severe tropical storm. The system is expected to linger into Monday, according to China's Weather Center, after the storm made landfall yesterday there were massive vacuations in Shanghai and other
cities and hundreds of flights were canceled. I'm Louise Skivoni and PR News, Washington. This is our glass at the American Life. Do you know our show? Okay, we're the way I'm going to tell you about it.
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