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Wildfire Smoke from Canada is seeping into large parts of the United States pushing
“air quality to unhealthy levels from the Dakotas to the Midwest and East Coast.”
NPR's Kristen Wright reports pollution has reached dangerous levels in some areas, with the Washington monuments sitting behind a haze of smoke." The air quality is expected to get worse throughout the day in DC, where you can smell the smoke at times. Officials issued a code red alert and categorize the air quality as very unhealthy.
Detroit Chicago and New York are experiencing some of the worst air quality in the world, according to rankings by IQ Air. And meteorologists say it's among the worst in years. Parts of Pennsylvania hit code purple, which is worse than red.
Smoke from more than 800 wildfires burning in Canada is able to travel long distances,
and the summer heat can make the air quality even worse. Officials are advising people to stay indoors, especially older adults, children, and those with health issues. Kristen Wright and PR news, Washington.
“President Trump used a prime time speech from the White House last night to address election”
security. The White House also released declassified documents that says support the President's claims of voting irregularities and foreign interference in the 2020 election. NPR's Miles Parks reports. He hit on a bunch of the themes that will sound really familiar to anyone who's heard
the President over the last few years. The idea that voting machines can't be trusted. The idea that non-citizens are voting in mass in American elections, shadowy schemes by foreign governments to try to influence voting. That's sort of thing.
But our team and NPR started looking through all of these documents at the White House published. It's not really clear what is actually new here that impacts our understanding of a security of America's elections. It's NPR's Miles Parks reporting. President Trump also accused China of interfering in the 2020 election, a claim Beijing denies.
The United States is expanding its air-strike campaign against Iran. The U.S. military struck Iranian bridges and power infrastructure overnight. NPR's General App report, Tehran, retaliated by hitting military targets across the region. The U.S. military says it struck dozens of Iranian targets overnight. In attacks meant to degrade Iranian military capability.
The targets included six bridges in a southern Iranian province along the straight of harm moves and electrical installations. Deliberate attacks on civilian infrastructure could be considered war crimes under international law. Iran said it struck U.S. military targets and cut our Bahrain Kuwait and Oman in retaliation.
In the Kurdistan region of Iraq, an opposition group set at least eight Iranian Kurdish fighters were killed in an Iranian air-strike. Jainarath and Pernu's, Aman. This is NPR News. Andy Burnham has been sworn in as the new leader of Britain's Labor Party, clearing the
way for him to become Prime Minister. The 56-year-old is expected to take office Monday following Kierstarmer's resignation. On a return to parliament last month after winning a special election, he'll become Britain's 59th Prime Minister facing a weak economy, strained public services, and questions about his limited foreign policy experience.
The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the fastest growing on record, despite progress in containing the virus and PR's Jonathan Lambert reports the response is still falling behind the spread. Over 2,000 Ebola cases have been confirmed, and over 700 people have died, according to health officials in DRC.
“Still, key elements of the response have improved.”
The country can test thousands of samples a day, and clinical trials have begun evaluating drugs to treat and prevent disease, but there are still major problems. Over an 80% of new cases are popping up outside of known contacts of existing cases, which means officials aren't detecting a lot of transmission, and about 2/3 of deaths are occurring
in people who never reach a health facility.
In the WHO says that just yesterday, another health center was attacked. They say more money is needed to make progress as the response plans still faces a $400 million shortfall. Jonathan Lambert and PR News Hi, I'm Windsor-Johnston, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.
