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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

Iran has dismissed President Trump's threats of unprecedented economic sanctions against

it, calling them "failed policies," which would further increase anti-American sentiment. If you're as generous as more. Trump on Wednesday in a social media post said Iran had missed the chance to make a deal, and would face unprecedented economic warfare and isolation. A 60-day deadline expired this week, without a return to negotiations to end the war

on Iran, begun by the US and Israel in February. A US blockade is still in place, and Iran is still heavily restricting traffic through

the straight of Hormuz, a crucial oil-waterway.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Iraqi, on Thursday, called Trump's threats "economic terrorism" meant to divert attention from US economic problems.

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At least 12 people are dead more than 40 wounded following a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, it comes as Ukraine says its air defense capabilities remain dangerously low as NPR's Charles Mains reports. Russia's defense ministry said it had attacked Kiev with missiles and drones, hitting drone production factories as well as a military depot and a logistics hub, yet at least

some of the Russian fire destroyed apartment buildings as well, driving civilians out of their homes in the middle of the night. Russia's stepped up air attacks on Ukraine in recent weeks, trying to exploit Ukraine's lack of interceptors to down ballistic missiles, and turn Ukraine as up long-range drone attacks

on civilian and military infrastructure in Russia, and the latest Ukraine struck an oil

terminal in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, part of a wider campaign targeting Russia's energy sector that has caused gas shortage of nation-wide. Charles Mains and Pyrenees, Moscow. California has adopted the nation's strongest wildfire regulations for landscaping around houses.

If you're slow in summer reports, residents will soon be required to manage flammable plants within five feet of their homes. California has lost almost 60,000 homes and structures to wildfires in the last decade, so regulators have been looking at how to protect communities. Most wildfires are spread by tiny burning embers carried by the wind.

In those catch and dry plants next to houses, they can ignite. Now, California residents in wildfire prone areas will have to manage plants within five feet of their house, only low-lying plants are allowed, or well-maintained trees. The rules were delayed several years of our concerns from homeowners about the cost and impact on landscaping.

For existing houses, they go into effect in three years, lawn summer and PR news. The Treasury Department says the national debt is now risen to more than $40 trillion or record, as spending surpasses revenue by $2 trillion a year. Whilst restraining lower this hour, the Dowd on 285, the Nasdaq down 145, you're listening to NPR News for Washington.

At the trial of Duane Davis, the man accused of orchestrating the 1996 murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur, jurors have heard testimony from a witness who says Davis acknowledged his role in the killing. Any judgment has more? A former law-sangeless police detective Darren Dupree gave details of a 2008 police interview

with Duane Davis, initially it was supposed to be a confidential interview. Dupree told jurors Davis admitted driving up to the vehicle, containing both record-producers Shug Knight and Tupac Shakur, and then supplying the weapon. The prosecution calls it a revenge killing, hours earlier Orlando Anderson had been beaten up by Shakur and others, the defense argues Davis was in bellachine and fabricating the story.

For MPR News, I'm Steve Futterman. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are moving back to the UK for an extended stay, but won't be resuming their roles as working members of the royal family. And a source familiar with their plans tells NPR that couples to children, Prince Archie, who's seven and five-year-old Princess Lilibet, have been enrolled in a British school

that starts in September. Last month they came back to the UK on vacation visiting Harry's father King Charles, who was notified of the couple's plans last weekend, Charles says he welcomes the news. I'm Jeanine Herbst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington. It's hard to refine your taste when everything in your algorithm is vying for your attention.

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