"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
President Trump says he's paused threatened attacks on Iran because Middle Eastern countries
asked him to call it off. He says the U.S. was set to go and that it would have been a massive attack. Trump also says Middle Eastern allies agreed to the perimeter of a deal. "There's a deal on our bones, and then there will be a deal on the nuclear, or you might call it the D nuclearization of it.
I call it the D nuclearization." Iran, Ariana Tabatea, is with the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and also served in the state and defense department during the Biden administration. She says the pattern of threatening attacks and then halting them is familiar. "There's the cycle that we have entered into for months now where we're seeing periods
of escalation and escalatory rhetoric followed by, "Hey, we're very close to a deal.
We're going to get there and essentially walking back the threats."
“So, you know, I think President Trump had over-estimated how much he could achieve militarily,”
and I think Iran might now be over-estimating what it can achieve the dramatically based on the cycle that we're in." Speaking there to NPR's weekend edition, thousands of people are still displaced in Spokane, Washington after a 10-stay of wildfires. Doug Ned Warnick from Spokane Public Radio has more.
Three major wildfires continue burning in and around Spokane, charring several thousand acres, vacuations remain in place for all the areas affected. 20 to 30 mile an hour winds spread the fires quickly yesterday. Local authorities say several hundred structures burned. Spokane police chief Kevin Hall says he knows people are eager to go back and check
on their homes, but he's urging patients. "We understand there's a consternation about your property about your pets that you may need medication. Though we cannot allow you back into the area when it's unsafe to do so."
“The winds are abating a bit, but conditions remain challenging for firefighters.”
For NPR News, I'm Doug Ned Warnick in Spokane." Through people are dead nearly two dozen injured after a bomb detonated outside a restaurant in Central Moscow. Empire's Charles Mayans reports Russian authorities are labeling it a terrorist attack. The explosion happened outside an upscale Italian restaurant in Kudronsky Square, one of the
so-called seven sisters of Stalin-era skyscrapers, ringing Central Moscow. Russia's anti-terrorism committee said an unidentified woman tried to enter the restaurant's terrorist carrying a box, which was stopped by a security guard when the bomb exploded, killing them both as well as a restaurant patron. Russian media reports several high-ranking military officials were at the restaurant at the
time of the explosion for a private dinner on the terrorist. Security of the restaurant was heavy. Russia has stepped up protection of its top brass amid a spade of assassinations and attempted killings that it blames on Ukraine. Transmines in Piano's.
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points. You're listening to NPR News." The federal government has released a new plan for managing the Colorado River. Alex Hager of Member Station KJZZ reports it sets a 10-year framework for sharing the shrinking water supply.
After long failed negotiations, the new plan would force policymakers back to the table every two years to adjust the rules. Some water experts say that could make it hard to create long-lasting changes that are needed in response to drought and climate change. Elizabeth Kobili researchers the river at the University of Nevada, Reno.
"I'm not very confident that there's a lot in here that would get us beyond the sort of challenges we've seen over the last couple of years, and this pattern has managing crisis to crisis, and the basin has really been in lately." Kobili says the 10-year plan adds some predictability to river management, and negotiators could use it as an opportunity to find new agreement.
For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix. "By primaries will be held Tuesday, including Michigan, Missouri, Kansas, Virginia, and Washington State, Tennessee holds its primary on Thursday. At the weekend box office, Spider-Man brand new day made box office history in its debut
weekend, becoming the second biggest North American opening ever, with an estimated $355 million
in ticket sales. The film also made $572 million internationally, adding up to a $927 million worldwide debut. The film attracted a mostly young male audience. In second place, the Odyssey, with $51 million dollars.
On this season of Planet Money Summer School, we follow the money, and not just the dollars, we're following the Yuan, the Naira, the Kroda, and more. Every Wednesday this summer, we're taking you on a world tour to meet the people, trying new solutions to old economic problems. Planet Money Summer School, perhaps in friends, pack your bags, and don't forget the sunscreen.
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