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The United Kingdom has a new Prime Minister.
“Kierstarmer has tended his resignation to King Charles, and Andy Burnham is taking office,”
and PR's "Lorn Fair" reports from London. Outgoing Prime Minister Starmer had dismal approval ratings and was ousted by his own Labour Party. And his final speech as Prime Minister Starmer told a crowd outside 10 Downing Street that he's proud of his accomplishments in office over the past two years, but that his work
is done. Starmer wished his successor, fellow Labour politician Andy Burnham well, saying he has his full support. Burnham follows Starmer to Buckingham Palace for a separate meeting with King Charles,
who will invite him to form the next government.
Starmer now reverts to what they call a back-benther in Parliament, and Burnham is expected to name his Cabinet Ministers later today. Lauren Fryer and PR News London.
“Kierrand attacked Kuwait in the Gulf as well as Jordan, during the 9th consecutive round”
of fire exchange between the US and Iran, and NPR's Emily Fang reports a vote of the coast of Oman was also hit. Kuwait said it fended off Iranian drone attacks Sunday evening local time. Some presidential neighborhoods have started to use portable electricity generators due to power outages caused by Iranian attacks.
Over the weekend, a water decalination plant in Kuwait was also hit. With many of the dry hot countries in the Gulf, Kuwait depends heavily on such plans for drinking water. Sirens also went off in nearby Bahrain, and the US embassy there said Iran may be targeting sites in northern Bahrain.
And Jordan, on Sunday, said it intercepted three Iranian missiles with a fourth hit or remote rural area with no people. Jordan summoned Iran's ambassador to Jordan over the weekend to protest what it called Iran's "savage attacks." Emily Fang and PR News, Tel Aviv.
The US House only has one more week of work in Washington before lawmakers head to their home districts for the August recess. There is a lot in play, including more money for defense, President Trump's push to tighten voting laws, and to stock trading ban for lawmakers. And PR's Eric McDaniels has Republicans have a very narrow margin, and they're about
to go home to defend their record to voters, and the record of President Trump. "Jerrymandering in partisan sorting all mean that fewer lawmakers are actually at risk of losing their jobs than you might assume. But when the margin of control in Washington is so slim, there are still maybe it doesn't or so Republicans who are probably sweating the idea of casting a vote to say, give billions
more to an expanding war effort, as part of what's known as a reconciliation bill, without anything new to pay for that spending, when political headwinds are already blowing against them." President Trump is focused on seeing his election integrity bill passed before the mid-terms, which would tighten voter ID laws, House Republicans are attaching it to unrelated legislation,
but it doesn't have enough votes in the Senate. Spain is celebrating yesterday's World Cup victory over Argentina. This is MPR. A tropical depression is churning off the Florida Panhandle, and forecasters say it could
become the second-named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, and PR's Matt Bloom reports.
Forecasters say the biggest threats are heavy rain, flash flooding, and wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour. A tropical storm watch is in effect for parts of the Florida Panhandle, where some areas could see up to eight inches of rain. The National Hurricane Center says residents of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas are also expected to see impacts as the system crawls west this week.
It's only the second big storm so far this hurricane season. Forecasters have predicted a slower than usual season overall due to a strong El Nino. Matt Bloom and Piano's New Orleans. Russian President Vladimir Putin met with North Korea's Foreign Minister on Sunday, and thanked Piano Yang for supporting his war against Ukraine.
North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has made Russia a foreign policy priority in recent years, sending thousands of troops and weapons supplies to aid Putin's war. Americans are now paying an average of $4 a gallon for regular gasoline, that's according to AAA. A year ago, the average price was $3.14 a gallon.
The recent rise in price comes as the United States and Iran launch more attacks and fight
“over the straight-of-war moves, a crucial waterway.”
Last week, U.S. crude oil and international-brank crude oil both rose more than 15% in price. This is NPR News Live in Washington.
