Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing back against claims that Israel is
“retreating on several fronts from Iran and Lebanon to Gaza.”
Netanyahu says Israel will stand firm even against pressure from his closest ally, United States. And here's Anasbabah has more from Gaza. Netanyahu went front by front this Sunday. On Iran, he praised President Trump and the U.S. Israeli partnership against Iran's nuclear
ambitions, saying that with or without an agreement Iran will not get nuclear weapons. On Lebanon, he said Israel has recently carried out forceful operations and killed what he called terrorists. And on Gaza, Netanyahu rejected the 15-point document being discussed with Washington. He said Israeli forces will not withdraw until Hamas is fully disarmed, saying, quote, "The
heavy weapons, the lists heavy weapons, all the weapons." He also said there will be no Palestinian state in Gaza or the West Bank as long as he remains prime minister. And Asbabah and Pyrenees, Gaza.
“The growing number of Americans are relying on artificial intelligence for financial”
advice. A survey by J.D. Power found 40% of people say they've used AI in the last three months to manage their finances, and if your statement was on how reports the technology can give good guidance, but often misses nuances. Most people using AI for advice are trying to find ways to stretch their budget according
to J.D. power. The advice could also strengthen their long-term finances, too, according to a yet-to-be-published paper. Taha Shokman co-authored the paper and is an associate professor at the MIT Sloan School Management.
He says AI offered the kind of big picture tips you would expect from a finest professor like him. He says to push people toward saving more participating more into stock market, the risking as they get older, and so he gets a lot of things right.
“AI did worse when asked about specific life circumstances, like after losing a job.”
Steven Bassaha and Pyrenees. In Utah, a helicopter fighting one of the country's biggest wildfires crashed Friday on navigating a remote area, killing the two crew members on board. The intensity of the fire initially kept first responders from reaching the site yesterday, Sheriff Nathan Curtis.
The train is over 7,000 feet in elevation, steep, it's a lot of brush in there, a lot of trees. When we first got there, we could see two different plumes of smoke, one from the crash site, one from an active fire coming towards us. The helicopter was one of several aircraft fighting the fast spreading wide mouth to fire
that's burning through fish lake national forest in the surrounding communities. The NTSV is investigating. Officials think it started with a lightning strike last month, so far it's burned 100,000
acres and is around 25 percent contained.
This is NPR. Over a million people have been evacuated from China's east coast as typhoon dolphin made landfall earlier today. The tropical cyclone is the strongest to hit China this year. It's bringing with it heavy rain and winds up to 93 miles an hour, that's affecting
the entire region. From Taiwan, young Kamenzin Brumby has more. Authorities warn that the typhoon could dump up to 20 inches of rain in some parts of the country. In the eastern province of Jujang authorities warn rainfall has raised flooding and landslide
risks. In the Chinese city of Shanghai more than 1,300 flights have been cancelled while the nearby city of Wenzhou has opened more than 1,000 emergency shelters for those in need. Before making that for, in China, typhoon dolphin passed by both Taiwan and the Philippines where it exacerbated monsoon rains.
In Japan, the typhoon has already injured six and left more than 50,000 buildings without electricity. Femper News, I'm young Kamenzin Brumby, in Taipei. After years of complaints from residents, France is now banning unsolicited telemarketing. The new law that starts this week is aimed at protecting consumers from intrusive sales pitches and shielding vulnerable people from fraudulent commercial practices.
Companies that make the calls will face heavy fines. Calls to existing customers are those who have given explicit consent though are still allowed. The measures have been implemented in neighboring Germany, other countries like the U.S. and Britain rely on opt-out systems.
I'm Janine Herbst and PR News in Washington. 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, Y Co-minors and Appalachia are getting sicker faster.
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