"Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Skivone, US envoy Jared Kushner...
today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ended. He's an Israel pushing
“for progress on a postwar plan for Gaza. Yesterday, Kushner held a rear meeting in Egypt”
with leaders of Hamas, and PR's Daniel Estrin has more from Tel Aviv." An official briefed on the meetings, speaking anonymously to offer details, said the US wants Hamas to start disarming and hand over control of Gaza to a new Palestinian committee. Hamas says it accepts those terms. But Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opposes Israel withdrawing from Gaza until Hamas completely disarms. There's been no real progress
on a postwar transition since major military operations ended in Gaza 10 months ago. Netanyahu is wary of making public concessions on Gaza with Israeli elections just 10 weeks away. Daniel Estrin NPR News, Tel Aviv. U.S. Service members and their families are concerned about conditions aboard some U.S. warships at sea. Steve Walsh from Member Station W. HRO in Norfolk has more.
Families of sailors on USS Lincoln have reported food shortages in mental health issues after more than 200 days at sea. Former Navy captain Sam Howard says his son told him that supplies ran low on the ships of the U.S. Tripoli amphibious ready group, which carries sailors and marines during the early months of the war with Iran. "They commented that he may wish, you know, not knowing when you're going to get a break.
It was really that among the toughest things that he experienced." The ship's return to Japan in July. USS George Washington is now on its way to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln in the Middle East. "For MPR News, I'm Steve Walsh." In Hawaii more than 100,000 homes at businesses are without power after Hurricane Lala passed
by the islands over the weekend. The storm has now been downgraded to a tropical storm, but heavy rain is causing widespread flooding in the area. Hawaii is not the only state dealing with extreme weather, a stretch of thunderstorms is brought severe flooding across the Midwest, including Indiana, where at least seven people have died after heavy rain and record shedding floods. Indy star reporters Sophie Hartley describes a scene near Indian
apolis. "I'm seeing a lot of water and a lot of confused people who are just like struggling to make it through our by-hour. I was in Anderson on Friday and seven eight blocks south of
the river that had flooded. The intersections were basically lakes. I saw people swimming
“out to their cars to rescue really important memorabilia in the city of Indianapolis. I saw”
hundreds of volunteers fill 15,000 sandbags to try to reinforce a levy. All hands on deck. "Indy star reporters Sophie Hartley. Walsh read the Dallas off 261. This is NPR." "There are visuals around the UK for Jason R. Day. The Black British professor was found dead after resigning from Cambridge University. He had denied accusations of plagiarism and faking his resume. NPR's Fatima Al-Qasab has more."
"The head of Cambridge University, Lord Chris Smith, said while accusations of plagiarism should be rigorously investigated, there had been a racist feeding frenzy over Jason R. Day. In Cambridge, hundreds gathered at a vigil for the professor. One of his students, Shannas Khan, address the crowd." "Today we hear his words. Paul is loved once in our prayers. And promise to see justice to what was done to him." "Tens of thousands of people, including
politicians and public figures, have signed a petition calling for a government inquiry into how R. Day was treated by the press, describing the coverage as quote "relentless harassment and a witch hunt." Fatima Al-Qasab MP-on-use London. The Italian official say a 29-year-old Kansas man was fatally stricken by lightning while hiking on Sicily's Mount Atna, Europe's largest volcano. The man was rescued by helicopter about 4,600 feet up and later
declared dead by medical personnel. Officials say in recent years, more people have died on Atna from lightning strikes than from volcanic activity. More than 800,000 Chrysler vehicles in the US are being recalled by parent company Stellantis at issue radio software that could prevent rear view cameras from proper operation among the affected models from 2026 and 27, the Pacifica, the Dodge Charger and the Jeep Cherokee. I'm Luis Skivoni and PR News.
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