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Authorities have ordered evacuations in Southwestern France, where wildfires are burning out of control, more than 200,000 people were forced from their homes. Wildfires are also out of control in neighboring Spain, and Puyesma-Calmissias is covering the story there.
We're facing some critical hours when it comes to fighting these fires.
There are many two big fires raging in the center of the country.
“When it comes to Minister Fernando Grande-Malázca, did not sound very upbeat on Saturday?”
No, she did. Well, she did well. She said Saturday was not a good day, they wouldn't make things very difficult to talk about more than the 100,000 people evacuated across the regions of Madrid and Avila. NPR's Miguel Micea is reporting from Sevil.
Germany's Interior Minister said today the attack in Berlin last night was the work of an Islamic leader. Someone drove into a crowd near a pride festival, killing one person, and injuring 29 other some had been stabbed. The suspect is still at large.
Officials identify him as a German citizen with Lebanese roots, and may have been armed with a Micea-Di.
But in authorities say, as million as a million people participate in the LGBTQ+ parade
every year. It is 100 days until the mid-term elections.
“NPR's Mar-Laisen reports on where things stand for both parties.”
Republicans are facing strong headwinds. President Trump's approval rating is under 40 percent, and voters are sour on the economy. The Iran War and Trump's tariffs are keeping prices up. But Republicans have some advantages too. They've raised much more money than Democrats, and Republican Jerry Manders have reduced the
number of competitive house districts to less than 20. Democrats have the advantage of enthusiasm. Democratic voters have turned out in larger numbers than Republicans in primaries and special elections this year. To win the majority in the Senate, Democrats need to pick up of net four seats, and to win
the House, they need three seats. Mar-Laisen and PR news. While straight is heading into a busy rig with the Middle Reserve facing a big decision on interstrates, and earnings reports from big tech and big oil, NPR's Reffel Nom reports. The Fed is set to hold this latest policy meeting at a time of high uncertainty.
Although investors for now believe policy makers will hold right steady, many are betting the Fed may have to raise them this year if inflation picks up as expected. That's because the continued war with Iran has led to a spike in energy prices. We'll also get a first read of economic growth in the second quarter, which covers from April to June.
“And we have a slew of important tech earnings, including from Microsoft and Meta.”
Officers will also carefully eye the earnings of Chevron and Exhton Mobile at a time of big volatility in the energy markets, Reffel Nom in PR news. This is NPR News in Washington. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky says his forces bomb to ship in the Kaspian Sea, see between Russia and Iran.
He said it was transporting military cargo in cooperation with Iran. He did not provide details. Iran condemned the attack, saying it was a commercial vessel, and that one sailor was killed. Israel's military continues to carry out mass raids in the occupied West Bank, arresting dozens of Palestinians.
This comes after a deadly confrontation that left two Israelis and four Palestinians dead. NPR's Emily Fang reports. Videos on Friday show Israeli settlers from an illegal settlement in the West Bank confronting residents in a Palestinian village sparking a gunfight. Israeli Army has sealed off the area and set up checkpoints.
The Israeli advocacy group, physicians for him and rights, says two Palestinian women were forced to give birth inside cars because of those checkpoints blocking roads to hospitals. There have also been a wave of retaliatory attacks against more Palestinian villages. The mayor of the village of Kusura says a Moscow there was set on fire and Hebrew slogans of revenge sprayed on its walls.
In Israel, initial blanket outrage of the deaths of the two Israelis has turned into questions about why the settlers were in an area of limits to Israeli citizens. Emily Fang and Pyrenees, Tel Aviv. UNESCO today designated the Normandy D.D. beaches in northern France as a protected world-heritage site.
The UN organization said the beaches formed an exceptional cultural landscape shaped by the events of 1944 and by their enduring remembrance. I'm Nora Rom, NPR News in Washington.
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