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President Trump is changing his approach to Iran, this in an effort to get Tehran to agree to his terms for a peace deal, NPR's moral bias in reports." Months of bombing haven't worked to subdue Iran, and with no obvious face-saving off-ramp, the president is now turning to economic pressure. Trump is threatening a "economic d-day," saying there will be a crushing operation of sanctions
to cripple Iran financially. It's unclear if he will back off that threat, as he has with other threats. Trump is also threatening economic action against any country giving Iran a "life line." That would describe China, Iran's biggest oil customer. But in the past, Trump has been reluctant to press China with tough sanctions.
Maralaya and NPR News. Iran's president, Mahshud Paesian, says the memo of understanding that was agreed to
“between the United States and Iran is the best way to end the nearly six-month-old war”
in a speech published by state-run media. He said the agreement was neither war nor peace. In Israel, the leading candidate running to unseat the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is speaking out against establishing a Palestinian state, and PR's Daniel Estrin has more from Tel Aviv.
The issue came up after the leader of an Arab political party in Israel, said a Palestinian state already exists and called on Israel and the U.S. to recognize it. Supporting a Palestinian state is an unpopular position in the Israeli electorate. Centrist candidate, Gadi Eisenkut, said if he's elected in October, his government would not allow the establishment of a Palestinian state.
But Eisenkut may need the Arab party's support to help unseat the Prime Minister. Separately, a chief rabbi of Israel late last week said there is no such thing as a Palestinian people. Daniel Estrin and PR news, Tel Aviv. The U.S. and Canada are now locked in a trade war with President Trump imposing 50% tariffs
on $20 billion worth of Canadian products, and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney is promising
to match the tariffs dollar for dollar. On CNN, former Vice President Mike Pence, said the escalation of trade hostilities between the two neighboring nations will pose risk for U.S. consumers.
“I think the last thing we need right now, as our economy is getting back on its feet,”
is a trade war with Canada. The rhetoric between the two nations increased over the weekend. Prime Minister Carney said Canada was attacked by the U.S. and President Trump said Canada is trying to get the benefits of statehood without being a state. Florida's Kyle Kirkwood won the checkered flag in Washington, D.C., today at the Freedom
250 Grand Prix race on the 1.7-mile road course through the streets of Washington, D.C., speeds on the race course reach 200 miles per hour. This is NPR. The father of a U.S. sailor who was serving on board a record-long deployment aboard the aircraft carrier, the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, has been arrested by immigration authorities
in Q.S. Florida and ICE plans to deport him. 48-year-old Luis Manuel Everes was arrested as he was taking his car to be repaired. His wife told the AP he was living in the U.S. for 19 years and has a permit to work here. He has originally from Nicaragua. In a statement to NPR, the Homeland Security Department, said he entered the U.S. illegally
and having a family member in the military is not a free pass to violate our nation's laws.
Hawaii is facing down its second powerful storm at a week.
The latest wins in rain have not had a catastrophic impact, but concern remains. Hawaii Public Radio has billed dormant reports some 66-hundred people on the big island are without power. Tropical storm mocha is bringing wins and heavy rain to parts of Hawaii Island, but the storm is having less severe impact than feared.
Governor Josh Greens says that five to ten inches of rain is still possible on the big island, but adds quote, "We're getting a little bit more hopeful. It'll be less." Crews are working to restore power to those who have lost it. Most of the outages are in the east and southeast parts of the big island,
which is where concerns remain about the impact of further rain. A floodwatch remains in effect in parts of the island through Monday afternoon. For NPR News, I'm Bill Dorman in Honolulu. Senator Darling Graham will face congressman Ralph Norman in the South Carolina runoff on Tuesday. This is NPR.
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