Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman.
The stop-and-fighting between the U.S. and Iran continued to hold this weekend, but it's
“not stopped Iranian proxies from causing problems.”
On Sunday, Houthi militants and Yemen said they hit a refinery in Saudi Arabia. Peter Salzbury is a professor at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He says Iran's proxies are becoming more advanced in their efforts. Most of these groups now have their own fairly sophisticated international supply chains.
They work with businessmen, with traders in China, across the world, in the Gulf to get things onto ships and either brought into ports or smuggle that kind of last mile into the territory they control. So again, fundamentally different than 10, 15, 20 years ago when most of what they got had
to be shipped directly from Iran.
President Trump has named Will Sharf as the new White House Council, his NPR's Franco-Redonia's reports. He starts on September 1.
“Sharf takes over as the White House's top lawyer after overseeing the administrative”
work of the Oval Office as the White House staff secretary. He also led the National Capital Planning Commission, which approved the President's construction of the White House ballroom. He is perhaps best known, though, as the attorney who presents and explains executive orders to the President before he signs them during public Oval Office signings.
The President wrote on social media that Sharf is tough, strong, and smart, and loves the country. Trump's set David Warrington, the current White House Council, is heading to the private sector, Warrington formally served as a personal council and lawyer for Trump's 2024 campaign. Franco.
Verdernia's NPR News has much of the UK wakes up to its fifth heat wave of the summer British health officials are warning that a number of common medications can put users at Added Risk. Vicky Barker has a report from London.
“Britain's top health officials warn that the pain killers, ibuprofen and naproxon, as”
well as some, arthritis drugs and certain anti-biotics, contain chemicals that seep into the skin and absorb solar radiation, raising the risk of sunburn. They say many blood pressure and heart drugs can affect the body's ability to stay hydrated and some anti-depressants, anti-psychotics, and beta blockers can impair the body's ability to handle heat.
Their advice to all Brits stay hydrated, stay out of the midday sun, and use protective clothing and sunscreens for NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London. Parts of Europe meanwhile continue to cope with triple digit temperatures. Region stocks are up by market clothes on Monday, South Korea's Cosby Gainmore than 2% recovering part of last week's 5% slide in Singapore's market was closed for trading for a holiday.
This is NPR News. Today in Las Vegas, a former gang member goes on trial for the 1996 murder of hip hop icon two-poxychlor, Steve Futterman, has a report. During Davis, a former influential gang member is accused of orchestrating the killing of Shakur, Prosecutors say it was a retaliation hit, two hours after Shakur and his entourage were
in an altercation with another gang member Orlando Anderson. The case against Davis focuses on what he himself has said previously, former federal prosecutor Lori Levinson. "If Davis is convicted, it's likely to be based upon his own words. He wrote a memoir in 2019 that talked all about his involvement in the crime."
Davis claims his comments in the book were an embellishment to increase sales. In addition, he says he wasn't even in Las Vegas the night of the shooting. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman, in Las Vegas. Wildfires continue to burn across the Western U.S. in Canada at this hour. More than 20,000 people were forced to evacuate from communities in British Columbia this weekend,
as a fast burning fire there destroyed homes and dozens of people had to be rescued by aircraft. Peter Parker continues to rule movie theaters in its second weekend of distribution, Spider-Man Brand New Day, brought in another 144.5 million dollars in domestic ticket sales. Worldwide, it's already taken in more than 1.6 billion, and it's heading to being a major blockbuster hit.
The Odyssey remains in second and brought in another 31.5 million, and the just released
one night only tallied 5.7 million. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News 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 MPR app.
