"Live from NPR news in New York City, I'm Duahalisa Keltel.
between the U.S. and South Korea begin this week, President Trump says he has instructed
“the Pentagon to substantially reduce future war games, and PR's Anthony King reports from”
Seoul that the move suggests 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 Koon and P.R. News Seoul.
“President Trump's newly confirmed attorney general and former personal attorney Todd Blash”
is declining to pledge to act independently from the federal justice department. He told NBC's meet the press host, Kristen Welker, that no attorney general should ever pledge that.
"The president will never ask me to do something unethical or legal or illegal. He never has.
He never will. And I know I saw to the Constitution of the United States like every cabin at Secretary has done and like every attorney general before me has done." Later on Fox News Blash said he was not afraid to push back against the president. President Trump's son-in-law and on-vide Jared Kushner met today with met Saturday with top Hamas leadership from more than two hours in Egypt. He'll head next to Jerusalem for scheduled talks with Israel's Prime Minister
former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Board of Peace Director Nikolai Maladanov. And P.R. is Daniel Estrin is in Tel Aviv with the latest.
“"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 force 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 "Israel now bears responsibility for obstructing peace efforts. Daniel Estrin NPR News Tel Aviv." "And you are listening to NPR News from New York City."
Ukraine's defense ministry says it launched another major overnight drone attack against Russia and confirmed in a telegram post that, quote, "Ukraine has taken out of operation 7 out of the ten largest wildberries logistics center." Meanwhile Russia's task news agency reports that Russian drones hit Ukrainian facilities in the Black Sea that produce parts for boats that are used to attack Russian energy infrastructure. A four-time all-star left-hander who won 288 major league
games over three decades and whose name is synonymous with a groundbreaking elbow surgery has died the age of 83. The LA Dodgers called Tommy John an exceptional pitcher whose impact both on and off the field has been left by has been felt by ball players of all ages as defutterman reports. In 1974 Tommy John pitching for the LA Dodgers tore the older collateral ligament in his elbow and the past it would have been career ending. The doctor Frank Job who worked with the Dodgers
had an idea, replaced the torn ligament with a tendon from the opposite arm. Steve Lombardo was
a young doctor in the operating room. Tommy knew it was something that had never been done before
and he had faith and trust in Dr. Job. The procedure worked in a revolutionized modern sports medicine. John came back in one more than 160 games. What's now called Tommy John surgery has been performed thousands of times since on such pitching grades as Justin Verlander, John Smolts, and Showhail Tony. For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman. And I'm Dwallie Sikowtow and PR News. One A is named for the first amendment which protects the freedom of the press and your freedom
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