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The U.S. launch more air strikes on Iran overnight and Iran hit back against targets in the Gulf and Jordan, more from NPR's "Jayneraf." U.S. central command said targets overnight included aircraft hangers in drone storage sites. Iranian state media reported explosions in seven Iranian provinces and said U.S. attacks included a strike on an electrical installation close to a nuclear power plant.
Iran said it attacked targets in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait. Countries with an extensive U.S. military presence, meanwhile Yemen's "Houthi Rebels"
“backed by Iran, declared that a key red-sea waterway, Babel-Mandab, would be off-limits”
to Saudi Arabia, Jain-A-Raf, and Pyrr-News, a man. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi today on the sidelines of a regional summit in the Philippines, a Shishwalantine, has more from Taipei. "The senior ministers of the world's two largest economies spoke about the fragile truce in Trump's trade war with China and the future of the Middle East conflict."
Rubio and Wang also used the summit to pitch their respective nations as guardians of regional stability. Tensions in the region were reignited after a clash between China and the Philippines and disputed waters. Rubio reiterated Wang Yi's treaty obligation to help defend the Philippines, while saying
it was important to continue dialogue between the U.S. and China. Xi Jinping is expected to visit President Trump in Washington in September. For NPR News, I'm Ashish Valentine in Taipei.
“Trump back candidates, our celebrating wins, and yesterday's Republican primaries in Arizona.”
They include races for a congressional seat, and the governor's mansion, and Pyrr-Sage Miller reports, armed with Trump's endorsement, former NFL kicker Jay Fili is the Republican nominee in Arizona's first congressional district. He be a candidate to his right. His Democratic opponent has not been decided yet.
This seat is critical for Democrats to win if the party wants to take control of the
house in November. Conservative Congressman Andy Biggs, Trump's pick for Arizona governor, also won the Republican nomination, Biggs refused to certify the 2020 election results over Trump's unverified claims that the election was stolen. If elected, Biggs would have power over the election process in the swing state.
Biggs will challenge Democratic governor Katie Hobbes for the office. Hobbes is considered one of the most vulnerable Democratic incumbents this midterm. Sage Miller and PR News.
“As Senate panel is voted eight to four to advance President Trump's nominee to lead the”
federal emergency management agency, Cameron Hamilton, temporarily led the disaster response agency at the start of President Trump's second term. He clashed with Trump in defense of keeping FEMA open and was abruptly fired. The former Navy SEAL is now a full Senate vote away from retaking the helm. From Washington, it's NPR News.
Millions of people along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandler in the path of a tropical storm. Earth that is forecast to generate several inches of rainfall that could trigger flash floods and dangerous storm surge. An independent autopsy of the body of Nolan Wells shows the cause of death is undetermined
pending and investigation during a press conference at the NAACP conference in Chicago today family attorney Bank Trump called for transparency from Mississippi Public officials investigating the 18 year old's death. Wells was found dead on an island two days after he left there. He was left there by friends on July 4. Last year, the Trump administration made major cuts to a program designed to prevent the
spread of HIV and PR's Dury Biscayan reports on new data showing 77,000 fewer kids were served.
The State Department credits pap far with saving 26 million lives since it was established
under George W. Bush, one of the programs provides anti-retro viral medications to children born with HIV. But newly released data showed that 10% fewer children were served by the program after aid cuts over the last fiscal year. In South Africa, the program served half the number of kids as the year before.
Researchers from the Heidelberg Institute of Global Health, which analyzed the data, found that the loss was substantially greater than what is normally seen from year to year as fewer babies are born with HIV, Dury Biscayan, and Pair News, Washington. I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News. One year ago, Congress eliminated over a billion dollars in funding for public media, yet
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