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between the U.S. and South Korea begin this week, President Trump says he has instructed
“the Pentagon to substantially reduce future war games. NPR's Anthony Cune in Seoul reports”
that these hints at a concession and possible attempt to restart diplomacy with North Korea." President Trump said he was ordering the drills to be scaled back because of his good relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and North Korea's unthreatening attitude towards the U.S. while Trump has been president. He said that the drills are costly and send a hostile signal to Pyongyang. He also noted that South Korea had declined his
request for help in military operations against Iran. South Korea's defense ministry said that 10 days of exercises with the U.S. military aimed at defending South Korea against threats from the North began as planned. Monday is a substitute day off after a Saturday holiday in South Korea and there was no immediate comment from South Korea's government.
Anthony Cune in P.R. News, Seoul.
Public safety officials in Indiana say at least 7 people have died during days of heavy rain and historic flooding in the state, Samantha Horton reports.
“"Burgers show Indianapolis had more than 20 feet of muddy water in some areas when it”
crested in parts of the white river that flows through the city. Sunday City officials started to put away floodgates and people were out on the trails that had been closed off the day before. Marion County emergency management director Jacob Spence says, "Some people with homes along the river will need to wait before it is safe to return." "It may be about Tuesday as the earliest that the water gets far enough away and back
towards the river banks that a majority of those homes will be safely accessible." As recovery efforts are underway, businesses and nonprofits have jumped in with supplies
for basic needs and a relief fund to support people impacted.
Friends, I'm Samantha Horton in Indianapolis. "A voter advocacy group in New Hampshire is challenging a new state ban on using student IDs to check in at polling places. As NPR is Hansi Lohong reports, other Republican-led states have also recently passed similar laws."
New Hampshire and Indiana have stopped allowing registered voters to check in at the polls with student IDs. A similar ban in Florida said to start next year, "Republic and State officials say these bans support election security. There is no evidence, however, a widespread voter fraud involving student IDs. The coalition for open democracy, voter advocacy group is now suing over
New Hampshire's ban. They argue it violates the U.S. Constitution for burning eligible voters right to vote and discriminating against younger voters. In April, a federal judge ruled Indiana's ban is likely unconstitutional, but that ruling was paused after Republican officials appealed. Voting rights advocates in these states are now trying to help make sure eligible students
have a state ID or another accepted identification to vote in upcoming elections on Zilawang and PR News. You're listening to NPR News in Washington. Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the death toll from the current Ebola outbreak is now more than 2000, making it the deadliest outbreak of the disease in the country's
country. And as Michael Cologie explains, Congo's confirmed cases have reached almost 5,000. A new report from the Democratic Republic of Congo's public health institute shows that the total number of Ebola deaths recorded so far has surpassed those during the 2018-2020 outbreak, which had previously been the country's worst on record. The current outbreak is caused by the Bondibogio species of Ebola and has no approved vaccines or treatments.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that violence against healthcare workers is among factors making response efforts challenging. For NPR News, I'm Michael Cologie in Nairobi. President Trump says bandels are to blame for large swaths of dead grass on the National Mall near the World War II Memorial. That's the same spot where the President had a stage
built and hosted crowds for his July 4th celebration. Trump made the accusation on social media, but did not say why he believes vandals created the damage, rejecting that the trampled turf was due to the Independence Day celebrations. The President has repeatedly blamed vandals for damage to his renovation projects in Washington, D.C., like the reflecting pool. Those accusations often without evidence and sometimes,
despite opposing accounts from his own administration officials. I'm Lynda Kenyan, NPR News in Washington.
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