Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman.
Israeli lawmakers voted unanimously to end the current session of Kinesiad and set new
“elections for the fall, the parliament with a far-right coalition majority pushed through”
a number of laws favoring the ultra-religious, as well as laws the current government has been advocating for. NPR's Karycon reports. The vote to dissolve the government occurred early Friday. National elections are set for October 27th.
It was the first time in nearly 40 years that in Israeli government completed its entire
four-year term, Critics say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu achieved that longevity by placating far-right and ultra-orthodox coalition partners. A move they say he repeated this week by rushing through laws. They say our anti-democratic, including one that will weaken the power of the Attorney General and another giving the government more control over the media.
Israel's far-right finance minister also pushed through hundreds of millions of dollars for new settlements and accompanying roads in the occupied West Bank. Karycon and PR News Tel Aviv. Thick smoke continues to blanket large parts of the Midwest in eastern U.S. leading to unhealthy and potentially dangerous air quality in several states.
It's the result of extreme heat and dry conditions in parts of Canada and northern Minnesota
where officials say about 900 wildfires are burning.
Some visitors in Washington D.C. said the smoking conditions are impacting activities. And regardless of a Maryland resident who was on the National Mall Friday.
“Honestly, I just wanted to ride, I ever wore like a week, so I'm like, you know, it's”
time to get back out here, you know, and I set up my car and it's so kind of smoky. Because of the heat wave temperatures and some parts of the Upper Midwest and Canada hit the high 90s, there's also been a lack of rain giving the fires additional fuel Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan are experiencing some of the worst air quality levels. South Central Texas, it has been drenched by rain causing historic levels of flooding
in multiple communities in the hill country of the state. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed a major declaration for the hardest hit communities. He says more assistance is on the way.
The newsrooms blaze Blaney has more on the story.
While the disaster declaration will help unlock federal recovery assistance, officials say the immediate danger isn't over because rivers are forecast to continue rising as flood waters move downstream. Abbott says people across the state should still be cautious.
“Presidents and leaders need to understand the rivers will still rise and still pose”
life threatening danger. Officials are urging people to stay away from flooded roads as rescue operations continue and communities begin preparing for recovery for NPR news. I'm Blaise Gane. Stocks closed lower on Friday and from Washington, you're listening to NPR news.
A Moscow court has convicted a prominent Russian politician who opposed the war in Ukraine on extremism related charges. His NPR's Charles main reports from Moscow, the case as implications for the range of debate when Russians vote in parliamentary elections this September. The real politician Boris Nadezhda had hoped to run for Russia's parliament, the Duma on
a platform demanding an end to the war in Ukraine. Instead he was in court defending himself against charges of promoting extremist content on social media, a jailable offense. In finding Nadezhda and guilty, the court imposed just a $13 fine, but the conviction and his designation by the government as a foreign agent earlier this month, disqualify him
from holding public office. In an interview with NPR ahead of the verdict, the Degitans said the legal pressure on him reflected growing pressure inside the Kremlin as Polesho majority of Russians want the war in Ukraine now on its fifth year to end. Charles mains NPR news, Moscow.
Wall Street trading firms and other institutions may soon be able to buy special high-speed access to President Trump's truth-social media post a new division it's called Truth PSI. The move announced this week is raising ethical questions since those traders could possibly profit and stocks bonds and interest rates before that information becomes public. The President's social media post often impact the markets.
The program would be similar to paid platforms that some companies offer, but the information would be coming directly from the White House. Truth-social did not respond to a comment if the President would profit from the venture. This is NPR. The last time Antonio May's senior heard from his son, it was in a note, the 16-year-old
left and the family's garage. "He told me he was going to make me cry." Antonio Junior left home to join a protest in Seattle, a week later he was shot and killed there. "I need some a ref me, just as for my son."
