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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is rejecting the 15-point roadmap for Gaza
“discussed with the United States by President Trump's Board of Peace.”
Netanyahu says Israeli forces will not withdraw until Hamas is fully disarmed. NPR's Honest Baba reports from Gaza. Speaking of the opening of a government meeting Sunday, Netanyahu said, Israel rejects the roadmap and will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas gives up all the swippens. He called for what he described as, "real disarmament, not fictious disarmament." The position poses rail at odds with last month's roadmap from President Trump's Board of Peace,
which envisions Hamas disarmament alongside the phase Israeli military withdrawal. The transition toward Palestinian governance. That dispute comes as Israel still controls roughly 70% of Gaza according to Palestinian officials and aid agencies. Netanyahu also saved that, as long as he remains Prime Minister, there will be no Palestinian state in Gaza or the West Bank.
And a small one, and for a news, Gaza. To helicopter pilots, Hamdide fighting a massive wildfire in Central Utah, Caroline Ballard, a member station, KUER reports the blazes about 24% contained.
“The Friday morning crash ignited a fire around the craft, which made it unsafe to get close to the site.”
On Saturday, search and rescue crews were able to access the area and confirm the two deaths. The heavy lift helicopter was one of seven assigned to the massive widemouth two fire. So far, it's burned more than 110,000 acres in Central Utah, about three hours south of Salt Lake City. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash. Intense and at times unpredictable fire conditions have fueled a deadly summer.
For NPR News, I'm Caroline Ballard. Trading on Wall Street this week will likely be dominated by the latest report on inflation. NPR's Rafael Noms says the updated figures committed time of uncertainty for the economy. A big question is whether we'll see inflation pick up again after a fairly benign report for June. The Federal Reserve last month kept interest rates steady.
But it was a divided vote, with some policymakers believing the central bank should reference them. But a rate hike is still very much on the table. A lot will depend on what happens with inflation. It may not be an easy call, though. A report last week showed significant weakness in the labor market.
And that could make some policymakers hesitant to raise rates at a time of weak employment. The Fed has some time, though. Next policy meeting is not until September or from now in PR News. This is NPR News in Washington. Popstar Taylor Swift's music has disappeared from several videos posted on President Trump's
TikTok account. The muted posts include an November montage honoring Trump that featured Swift's song's Father figure. It's unclear why the audio was removed. Swift had endorsed Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.
Hollywood is continuing to set summer box office records and P.R.'s bomb Mandelo has more. Going into this weekend after just seven days in theaters,
Spider-Man brand new day had posted half a billion dollars in ticket sales in North America.
That's faster than any movie in history. You're in danger, what? Please, you just have to trust me. You've come on. And there's no snappy Otis spider catchphrase for them as a box office phenomenon.
They're doing better than Barbineheimer did in 2023. Hi Barbine. Hi Ken. All of which has industry analysts predicting a $4 billion summer for North American movies.
And Hollywood's first $10 billion domestic year since 2019.
Bob Mandelo and PR news. A new Reuters episodes poll finds broad bipartisan support for tougher oversight of social media companies. 61% of Americans favor stronger regulation while 66% support age verification laws to keep children under 16 off the platforms. 85% say social media can be addictive for children.
This is NPR. 50 years ago, Congress set out to protect coal miners from black lung disease. Today, it's back at rates not seen in half a century. These guys are being treated like disposable widgets, not human beings.
“On the Sunday story, why coal miners and Appalachia are getting sicker faster?”
Listen now to the Sunday story from the up first podcast on the NPR app.
