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President Trump's war on Iran and the on-again off-again threats appear to be stalling.
“Earlier this week, Trump said he was "low-keying efforts to come to a deal, but Iran”
says it won't talk to him until the midterm elections in November. And here's a deal, Oshachi, has more." Trump has said that the U.S. has involved in talks with Iran, but Iran has denied that. But both things could, in fact, be true because the talks are being carried out through intermediaries, like Pakistan and Qatar.
Pakistani delegation was in Tehran today, and the Qatari foreign ministry said that the talks between Iran and its neighbor, Oman, that lies across the state of Hormuz, have
reached what it called an advanced stage, and said they were at, quote, "a critical juncture."
Last week, the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Iraq, she said that, "until the U.S. makes a men's for its attacks, there's no way they're going to go back to negotiations with Washington." But he said that talks with Oman were in their final stages, and that Iran's demands
“were communicated to the U.S. via intermediaries.”
And here's Hadeel Oshachi reporting from Istanbul. Many public health experts are worried the President Trump's call to change childhood vaccinations will unnecessarily confuse and frighten many parents. And here's Rob Stein has more.
President Trump wants to cut the number of vaccinations children get and space out the
shots they do receive. In fact, the activists are welcoming Trump's executive order calling for that, but most medical experts are denouncing it, and while the President's order won't change anything right away, Dr. Aaron Milstone from the American Academy of Pediatrics says it can still be harmful.
"The most tangible thing that will come out of the announcement is confusion and confusion amongst parents are going to lead to delaying vaccination." Rob are Gilman, a former U.S. Marine, who has been detained in Russia since 2022, is landing in Washington, D.C. tonight, impures Emily Fang reports his family had been pushing for his release in recent weeks due to his worsening health.
32-year-old Gilman was traveling in Russia when he was arrested for allegedly kicking a police officer, a charge that Gilman's advocate in the U.S., Kieran Ramsey, has strongly denied. Ramsey also said Gilman became severely ill in Russian prison due to mistreatment and had to be hospitalized in early July after falling into a quote "disassociative stupor." President Trump writing on the social media site truth, social, said Gilman's release
was on humanitarian grounds, and Russia did not ask for anyone for the U.S. to release. Trump also wrote that he'd spoken to Gilman before he landed in the U.S. and that Gilman's one request was quote, "a great cheeseburger," Emily Fang and Pierre News, Washington. "You've as features contracts are trading slightly higher at this hour, you're listening to NPR news."
The death toll in the Ebola outbreak in Congo has risen to at least 2,000 people, which has become the fastest growing spread of the virus on record. Government data shows more than 4,300 confirmed cases, this has health authorities struggle to reach remote areas due to rebel conflict, bad roads, and work stoppages over payment issues.
It's the second biggest Ebola outbreak in history behind one in West Africa, from 2014 to 2016. The virus responsible for this outbreak has no approved vaccines or treatments, though clinical trials have started. A superior court judge in Washington ruled that the Kennedy Center has to pay a musician
more than a quarter million dollars in legal fees, if Arizona Stazias Hilux has more.
The musician, Viber Phoniston drummer Chuck Red, had hosted a Christmas Eve Jazz Concert at the Kennedy Center for nearly 20 years, but in 2025 he canceled the performance after President Trump's name was added to the Arts Complex. The Kennedy Center vowed to sue Red for a million dollars, but in June the judge dismissed the Center suit, citing an anti-slap law designed to protect public interest speech.
In her ruling, Judge Tonya Jones Boiser said, "The Kennedy Center must pay Chuck Red over $252,000 to cover attorney fees and other legal costs." The Center has 45 days to pay him, on the Stazias Hilux and Pierre News. All street, higher, or lower by the closing bell, the doubt on 184 points, you're listening to NPR News.
"This week on sources and methods is Iran trying to hack US water systems."
“"What is it that you can do to potentially quote unquote scare the American people?”
Well, water is one of those things that's in the necessity of light." We unpack the week's biggest national security news on sources and methods, listen
