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Iran says it is close to a final deal with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but
“before that happens, Iran has some tough conditions for the U.S. and PR's had deal”
all-shalty reports. Among other demands, Iran wants the U.S. to lift a naval blockade and sanctions and pay it reparations for war damages. High prices for the United States. Usla identashbash is a fellow at Brookings Institution who's been following the talks.
She says with this set of tough conditions, Iran wants to force President Trump to cave as he heads into the midterms with a weakened economy and an angry base. Iran wants to use this time, use their leverage, but also the midterm calendar, for a stronger agreement that establishes their sovereignty over Hormuz. Iran strategy may come with some of their own risk.
If it doesn't strike a deal soon, Iran could face more internal unrest as its economy
gets worse. Russia and Ukraine continue to launch deadly air strikes at the other side simply can't stop offensive attacks far outstrip air defenses and there's no sign this huge gap will be closed anytime soon.
“Ukraine continues to push for its allies, especially the U.S. to send more Patriot”
missile systems, but they've been made more scarce by the Iran war, as NPR's Greg Myri explains, Ukraine has run out of defensive missiles just as Russia is ramping up its production of offensive missiles. Now about 20 countries have Patriots, but the Trump administration is not sending any of them now.
No other country is publicly pledging to help Ukraine. The U.S. stockpiles are way down because of the war and Iran, European countries have provided some previously, but have limited stocks and appear unwilling to part with them now. So Ukraine is talking about building a new anti-missile system with European countries,
but this is complicated and will take time. There's talk about testing a new missile, but not until the middle of next year. NPR's Greg Myri reporting nearly 30 years after two parks of course death, a trial started today for the man accused of orchestrating his killing, Steve Futterman reports. "Doesn'ts a potential jurors jammed the courts room as lawyers began the process of selecting
a jury? The main Davis, a former gang leader, is accused of putting together a plot to go after Shakur, after Shakur assaulted another gang member. Some of Shakur's relatives were at the courthouse including his cousin William Lassane. He is reluctant to call this justice being served."
"We hear 30 years later, so justice is a little bit weakened.
“I think now I will prefer to call it accountability that accountability may be served."”
"The prosecution case will center undrain Davis's own words from his memoir and interviews where he says he supplied the gun that was used. The defense claims those were embellishments and fabrications. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman, in Las Vegas." "This is NPR News."
Turkey's parliament has opened debate on a proposal to suspend sentences and trials for thousands of Kurdish militants. It's part of the government's piece initiative with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, which ended its decades-long armed campaign against Turkey last year. The proposal excludes those convicted of intentional killings and those who received life
sentences before 2005, which applies to its imprisoned leader, Abdullah Agilon. A beloved bald eagle has died, Jackie's life with her mate Shadow, in California's Big Bear Valley captured hearts through a popular live stream that can accramor from LA as it has more. The OI Raptor Center announced Jackie's death after weeks of intensive care for severe
anemia. She was found on the ground last month after fighting with two younger eagles and brought in for treatment. Jackie was the matriarch, the Big Bear bald eagle nest for about a decade. Many thousands of fans regularly followed the live stream cameras, trained on the
nest in the San Bernardino Mountains. People watched as Jackie and her mate Shadow tried to hatch chicks each nesting season, with a pair successfully raising six eagles together over the years. It's already been a tough season for fans. Sandy Stears, the leader of Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit that runs the live
stream, died in February. For NPR News, I'm McKenna Kramer, in Los Angeles.
The first and only person to break the sound barrier in a car has his eye on another speed
record for its driver Andy Green, set the land speed record 20 years ago at Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats, he returns tomorrow to try to beat that 350.092 miles per hour mark. This is 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. Please announce to the Sunday story from the up first podcast on the NPR app.
