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It's really a prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is heading to the U.S. tomorrow, where
“he'll meet with President Trump, and he says, "Speak about the Iran War."”
There's been a pause the last two days in American strikes in Iran, but Israel has indicated it's willing to join the U.S. fight if military actions escalate. NPR's Emily Fang reports. Netanyahu convened a cabinet meeting before departing for the U.S., where he'll attend the funeral of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, who is staunchly pro-Israel, and then
Netanyahu will meet Trump on Tuesday. Iran's military spokesperson said Tehran believes Israel is trying to push the U.S. to
expand attacks on Iran, and in his really polled last month, more than 90 percent of his
rarely said they believed that now a band and ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran favored Iranian interests. In addition to Iran, Netanyahu was concerned about a nuclear energy agreement, the U.S. just signed with Saudi Arabia, something Israel has long opposed, because they fear the kingdom a one day try to develop a nuclear weapon.
Emily Fang and Pyrenees, Tel Aviv.
“Officials say more than 300,000 people have been evacuated across parts of France and Spain,”
as wildfires continue to ravage southern Europe. NPR's Eleanor Bearsley reports, "The landscape is parched after three deadly heat waves, so far the summer." The evacuation orders were issued in five more villages around the southwestern French city
of Bordeaux, Saturday night.
More than 200,000 people have been forced out of their homes, as the main blades continues to rip through the pine forests of the Jérône region, propelled by strong winds. Thousands of firefighters are being assisted by around 3,000 soldiers and other security forces. European Union firefighting aircraft and helicopters have also been deployed. In Spain, wildfires are continuing to burn throughout the Madrid region, the Spanish
government has declared a national emergency, and around 100,000 people have been evacuated. Eleanor Bearsley in Pyrenees. It's now 100 days until the mid-term elections.
“Democrats in Maine yesterday made their choice to try to take the seed away from Republican”
Senator Susan Collins, who was held since 1997. The outcome could decide which party controls the Senate.
They selected Troy Jackson, a fifth-generation logger from rural northern Maine, who has
served as the president of the state Senate. He's expected to campaign on affordability, along with other issues, Steve Missler for a member-station Maine public has more. Democrats are really trying to draw this contrast between the Trump administration's coziness with wealthy interests and the conditions of ordinary Americans, and it's a direct play
into the affordability case Democrats want to make during the mid-terms amid rising gas prices and inflation you name it. And Jackson can credibly talk about those struggles because he comes from a poor rural family that's struggle to get by it. Steve Missler reporting, this is NPR News.
German authorities now say they suspect that last night's attack in Berlin was an Islamist terrorist attack. The Interior Minister said the suspect is a 21-year-old man who had been radicalized by Islamists, someone drove a van into a crowd near the pride parade in Berlin, one person was killed and 29 others were wounded, some of the injured had stab wounds.
According to eyewitnesses at least one man had fled the vehicle, a thwarty say the suspect is still at large and maybe armed with machete. The Interior Department says new rules for managing the Colorado River will come this week after years of negotiations. For member station KJZ, Alex Hager reports the agency brought seven Western governors
together for a last minute round of talks. Those governors represent the seven states that used the shrinking Colorado River. Their under pressure to rain and demand but can't agree on how to share water in the future. It appears the meeting did not break their deadlock.
In a post on social media, Arizona Governor Katie Hobb says she remains committed to ongoing negotiations but steadfast in calling on Arizona's upstream counterparts to share the pain of shortages. The plan's expected to slash the water supply for cities in the Phoenix area, the federal government had to come up with its own plans since the states couldn't agree.
Interior may take input from Arizona, California and Nevada which are likely to bear the brunt of cutbacks. For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix. Carlos Beltran and Rujones and Jeff Kent will be inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame this afternoon at a ceremony in Cooperstown, New York.
I'm Nora Rom and PR News in Washington. This is the story of how violence came to occupy an anti-violence occupation in Seattle. Listen to We Keep Us Safe, a new true crime series on the Embedded Podcast from NPR.
