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military launch new air strikes against Iran to punish the Islamic Republic's Revolution

or guard after deadly attacks on U.S. troops Friday in Jordan. That is really Air Force also

said it carried out strikes. Meanwhile Iran's supreme leader called on Iranians to be steadfast as fighting in the war in the region escalates. And President Trump's signature on their memorandum of understanding "worthless and invalid." He warned of "unforgetable lessons of the U.S. continues its strikes on Iran. "Hominay urged Iranians not to let the U.S. quote receive any signs of weakness." Iranian state media said that a power station and a desalination facility

and bridges were struck. Iran warned that if the U.S. attacks continued, it would target airports

in the United Arab Emirates. U.S. Central Command said for U.S. service members were also wounded and one is missing in the Iranian attack on a base in Jordan. Hedil Al-Shaljee and PR News is

stable. Heavy rain and fast-moving storms in the northeast are clearing toxic air, but poor air

quality is expected to linger in the mid-Atlantic and Midwest through Sunday. And PR's Christian Wright reports. The wildfires in northern Minnesota and Canada are still going strong and firefighters are having a hard time. With the heat and other weather conditions, this means the smoke and poor air quality will stick around in some places. National Weather Service Forecaster Brian Hurley says the bad air will linger in the midwest. As we start clearing out

here in the east, they're going to get the next next batch of smoke across areas from upper Michigan east to Wisconsin into Illinois, Indiana, including Chicago. President Trump is threatening to impose new tariffs on Canada and accused the country of not maintaining its forests,

Christian Wright and PR News. And PR has learned that the ice officer who allegedly shot Joann

Duran Guerrero in Maine, he is an army veteran who has a long history of violent behavior. And PR's Sergio Martinez-Biltran reports on what the Department of Homeland Security says about officer David Britt. The HS got without naming the officers said the agent involved had nearly a decade of law enforcement experience and had their required use of force training. There are also a lot of questions surrounding the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Arajo in Houston

Texas. The father of three was also killed by federal immigration agents. Like the main shooting Salgado Arajo was not the intended target of the ice operation and no publicly available video evidence. So far shows that either driver was clearly using their car as a weapon or thread. This is NPR. Federal officers have arrested two controversial online influencers. Andrew and Tristan Tate were taken into custody Saturday evening in Miami by US marshals in connection with

an investigation by Britain's Crown Prosecution Service or CPS. Police in Bedfisher just outside London said 38 new charges of sexual offenses and trafficking have now been authorized against the brothers. In a statement the local assistant chief constable urged the public not to speculate and to allow the legal process to be carried out correctly. Joseph McBride in attorney for the brothers told the BBC the world knows Andrew and Tristan are innocent. One of the longest standing

world records in track was broken on Saturday by an Edinburgh native at London Stadium. Vicky Barker has that story. Britain Josh Kerr an Olympian at World Champion Middle Distance Runner ran the

mile in three minutes and 42.6 seconds knocking nearly half a second off the previous world record

set back in 1999. BBC commentator Steve Cram himself a previous world record holder for the mile noted Kerr will collect a $50,000 prize for his achievement not bad. Cram quipped for less than four minutes work and years of preparation and training. I'm Duahli Psych Hotel NPR News in New York City. The last time Antonio May's senior heard from his son it was in a note the 16 year old left in the family's garage. Antonio Junior left home to join a protest in Seattle a week

later he was shot and killed there. Listen to we keep us safe on the embedded podcast from NPR.

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