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President Trump's envoy and son-in-law Jared Kushner visited Egypt and held a rare meeting
today with officials from Hamas. He meets with Israel's Prime Minister tomorrow. Emperor Daniel Estrin has more." An official with knowledge of the meetings spoke anonymously to divulge details. The official said Kushner wants to advance a new road map for Gaza.
For Hamas to give up its control of Gaza to a transitional Palestinian committee, to begin the process of giving up its weapons to get an international stabilization forced to enter Gaza and to get the Israeli military to gradually withdraw from Gaza. Hamas said it supports the U.S.-backed plan. Israel has publicly rejected the plan, saying Hamas needs to completely demilitarize before Israel
withdraws its troops. A group of mid-East countries, including Saudi Arabia and the ceasefire mediators, Qatar and Egypt, said quote, "Israel now bears responsibility for obstructing peace efforts. Daniel Estrin NPR News Tel Aviv."
“President Trump says the U.S. will reduce military exercises with long-time key regional”
ally, South Korea. He cited his good ties with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Kim has criticized these exercises, Trump says he requested the South Korea help with the Iranian war but the country's president said no. U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche refused to commit to a justice department wholly independent
from the White House. He spoke on NBC's Meet the Press with Kristen Welker, and Pierre Jacklandias has more. After the scandal of Watergate, it was standard that the DOJ and the White House were kept completely separate, even though the president would nominate an attorney general.
The DOJ handled its own affairs and prosecuted cases without input from the president. Blanche refused to pledge an independent DOJ when asked by Meet the Press host, Kristen Welker. "No, I'm not going to pledge that, and no attorney general should ever pledge that." Blanche's comments were made just days after a close confirmation vote.
“He replaced Pan-Bondi, who Trump fired after Bondi was seen as having not moved fast enough”
prosecute his opponents, including former FBI director James Komi. Jacklandias and Pierre News. At least six people are dead after his historic flooding in parts of Indiana, and Pierre Shondali's stuff to report. "Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hawksett says the city is experiencing its most severe flooding
in more than 30 years. The Indianapolis Department of Public Works says some of the flood waters have started to recede, and the city has reopened some floodgates. While some of the worst hit areas are beginning to recover, severe weather is expected to impact the region again through Sunday night.
President Trump also approved an emergency declaration for Indiana. FEMA says federal disaster assistance is available to support response efforts. Shondali's Duster NPR News. U.S. features contracts are trading slightly higher at this hour. You're listening to NPR News.
“Canada's trying to re-chadil with the U.S. to avert President Trump's threats of 50 percent”
tariffs that are set to take effect Wednesday morning. The tariffs are expected to be placed on Canadian hockey sticks, wine and cement, along with other goods. If a deal is reached, it's expected to provide momentum for the ongoing re-negotiation of a North American trade deal reached in Trump's first term.
Italian police recovered three paintings stolen several months ago from a museum near Parma, but as Villa Mark's reports a day later, separate the install for "Renison Works" from a museum far to the south in Sicily. The Italian police branch known as the Caribbean Yary announced on Friday they'd recovered a Suzanne, a Renewa, and a Matisse stolen back in March from a museum outside Parma.
That hall was worth around $10 million, and nine suspects from the small European nation
of Moldova remained under investigation. But for the dedicated police squad focused on protecting Italy's cultural heritage, the celebrations were short-lived. For an Saturday night at the height of nationwide summer celebrations, known as Fedagostot, Thieves, broke into a museum in the Sicilian city of Messina.
They made off with panels by a local Renaissance master and Tonello de Messina, the latest in a wave of highest targeting museums and galleries across Europe. The NPR news on the Lemons. A hearing takes place in Los Angeles, tomorrow, in Nick Friner's bid to get access to a one-and-a-half million dollar trust fund to pay for his defense against murder charges in the death of
his parents, actor producer Rob and Michelle Reiner. He's pleaded not guilty. His previous attorney Allen Jackson left the case, and he now has a public defender. You're listening to NPR news from Washington.
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