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

The U.S. has really worn Iran as now in its sixth month, and oil is still struggling to get through the state of Hormuz.

President Trump has tried bombing Iran, threatening them, and he's now pivoting to economic

warfare, warning that any country, that there will be economic consequences if they helped Iran avoid sanctions. >> Well, we have things that we could sanction. We have very draconian sanctions, and we'll see what happens right now. The state is open.

We have a lot of boats coming through. People aren't reporting that, and that may slow down a little bit at some point, but right now, a lot of boats are coming through. >> Iran's Foreign Minister is accusing the U.S. of economic terrorism. The U.S. and Canada are working to finalize the deal on tariffs.

President Trump held off on implementing 50 percent tariffs on billions of dollars worth

of imports from Canada that were set to take effect yesterday, citing progress in negotiations. Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney is voicing optimism as Dan Carpenterek reports. >> President Trump has called the deal yet to be finalized, fair for both countries.

His trade representative, James and Greer, has also called it one that protects American

workers and strengthens the North American economy. For his part, Prime Minister Carney provided details to provincial leaders and personally ask them to bring back American liquor to store shelves. As negotiators try to hammer out the final details of a deal. That's been a hot-button issue and major irritant for the White House.

Nova Scotia's Premier Tim Huston said he would be willing to lift the liquor ban, Quebec's Christine Frischet wants more details, and Ontario's Doug Ford has already said he would do so if there is a fair deal. For NPR News, I'm Dan Carpenterek in Toronto. itarian is wife Megan, say they're planning to move back to the United Kingdom.

Relations between Harry and his British family have been strange since he and Megan gave up royal duties and moved to California more than six years ago. Impirs Lauren Frayer has more. An official familiar with their plans tells NPR, Harry and Megan, plan to move sometime this month and have enrolled their children's seven-year-old Prince Archie and five-year-old

Princess Lilibet in a British school starting in September. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as they're still known, have no plans to resume royal duties, though. They'll live in a non-royal residence outside the capital. Last month they came to the UK on vacation, visiting Harry's father King Charles, who

is 77 and undergoing cancer treatment.

It was the first time the King had seen his grandchildren in person in more than four years.

The official tells NPR a possible move did not come up during that visit. The King was notified this past Sunday and welcomes the decision. Are in fire and PR news London. Less than a half an hour to go to the opening Bell on Wall Street, U.S. Futures Contracts are trading lower, Dow Futures down 400-8 points, Nasdaq Futures are down 179, you're

listening to NPR news. testimonies expected to resume today in a federal courtroom in California where meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is on trial over allegations that it designed its platforms to be addictive for children. A former employee of meta-tolder is yesterday that the social media giant pushed safety

issues to the side, and Pierce John Ruich has more. Arturo Behr worked as an employee and consultant in meta focused on user safety. He testified that the culture of the company, created by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, made it "practically impossible to effectively address known risks to teens." Behr said features that the company has introduced are "designed to fail" because

they're optional and not the default. Behr is a key witness for a consortium of states that have sued meta, alleging that it violated consumer protection and child data protection laws, and lied to the public about risks its platforms posed, metiddenized the accusations, and to note the Chan Zuckerberg initiative, a charity founded by Zuckerberg and his wife is a financial supporter of NPR.

John Ruich and PR news. The attorney's general of California, Colorado Kentucky and New Jersey are the primary plaintiffs in the case. After dying, the founder of the Chinese property developer Evergrande Real Estate Group

has been sentenced to life in prison and as companies find $2.3 billion after being convicted

of engaging in large-scale financial fraud. This after the group collapsed with more than $300 billion in liabilities after Chinese authorities cracked down on excessive borrowing in the real estate industry in 2020 that sparked a downturn in the property market that's weighed on China's broader economy ever since. This is NPR.

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