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Iran has denied negotiations with the U.S. to end the war are ongoing, contradicting
“President Trump's weak end announcement that talks will start today.”
This comes as Trump backed off from threats to strike Iran once more. NPR's Heldiel Al-Shaljye reports. The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that it was only holding talks with Oman about temporarily reopening the Strait of Hormuz and denied any direct talks with the United States. Iranian State media quoted the foreign ministry spokesman as saying that Iran was not hosting
or sending any delegations for negotiations. This comes as President Trump walked back a threat to strike Iran over the weekend, saying that there was an imminent deal. Trump had posted online that the quote "perimeters of a deal were reached to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end Iran's nuclear capabilities.
Iran did not confirm the statement.
Heldiel Al-Shaljye and PR News Istanbul." European Union countries plan to meet tomorrow over the crisis that unfolded in Seyu to Spain days ago when tens of thousands of migrants rushed in from Morocco.
“The incident has exacerbated deep divisions on migration and travel privileges among EU governments”
as Terry Fultz reports. EU ambassadors will hold a video conference as the block grapples with deep differences of opinion on how to respond to the sudden surge of migrants rushing through the land and sea borders between Morocco and the Spanish X-Clave of Seyu-Tah. 22 Prime Ministers asked for the meeting of ministers in a letter to EU leaders calling
for a strengthening of resolve and measures to combat what they termed uncontrolled mass crossings and the instrumentalization of migration.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has written Brussels a letter of his own criticizing
those who called for Spain to be suspended from the EU agreement on passport free travel. Sanchez noted it not one of the unauthorized migrants made it through Spain and almost all were quickly returned. For MPR news, I'm Terry Schultz and Brussels. At least 60,000 people have been forced from their homes in and around Spokane, Washington
because of three wildfires that are burning out of control. They've already destroyed at least 600 homes, businesses, and other structures. Spokane Mayor Lisa Brown says that nearly half the county's population are in neighborhoods that aren't risk. For the time being, we have both our downtown convention center and we have backup centers.
People are not completely surprised. We have had fires before just not of this magnitude. So there is a massive relief effort already underway, but I'm sorry to report that the winds have shifted and the fires are not contained at this point. No deaths have been reported.
The fires are among dozens burning across the Western US. On Wall Street this hour, the Dow is up 516 points. This is NPR News. A new Trump administration policy is now an effect for people who want to come to the US.
It requires those from 50 countries mostly in Africa to pay bonds as much as $20,000 to apply for a visa. But as officials say they want to discourage people from overstaying, critics say it could put visiting the US beyond the reach of people in lower income countries. The lumpy of Eastern North Carolina won federal recognition as a tribe last year, but that
may not meet their most pressing need, healthcare, and through Jones with our partner KFF Health News reports. Robison County in the heart of old tobacco country is where most of the tribe live. For years, the regions had the worst health in the state. Andrea Blackburn is a lumpy family physician.
She says the people she treats will just get sicker if nothing changes. They're not getting better, because we just don't have the resources or the grant money to heal. Federal recognition opens the door to healthcare delivered through the Indian Health Service.
But that agency is so underfunded and so understaffed that change may not be enough. New lumpy thought building a casino could make up for what the federal government can't fund, but that idea was voted down. Now, better healthcare is in limbo. Andrew Jones with our partner KFF Health News.
The military government in Myanmar released a statement today that detained former leader ungsung Succi met with a representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross. She has a missing in public since 2021, when the Army seized power from her civilian government. I'm Nauram, NPR News, in Washington.
Zendaya and Tom Holland are back in Spider-Man brand new day, and the movie has a more grounded tone than we've seen from the franchise.
“But does it strike the right balance of fun and darkness?”
We'll talk about it on NPR's pop culture happy hour. Listen via the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
