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Treasury Secretary Scott Bescent is expected to unveil additional economic sanctions against
“Iran today, which is already suffering because of previous sanctions and the U.S. war that's”
now in its sixth month. President Trump has pledged to go after other countries that give Iran an economic lifeline, this S.P.S. talks stalled. It appears Emily Fang has more. "I talked to Alan Air about this.
He's a long-time American diplomat, and he's a former member of the U.S. nuclear negotiating team until 2015." "And when it comes to sanctions, we've done the low hanging fruit, the mid-hanging fruit, the high hanging fruit, the tree, and also there are no new sanctions that are effective." So he's skeptical.
This economic sanctions playbook will work in changing the Iranian regime. And here's Emily Fang reporting. Tehran says, "Any country that supports U.S. sanctions would be a quote active war, and it's threatening to see ships that violate transit rules in the straight-of-war moves."
Economists say President Trump's additional 50% tariffs on around $20 billion worth of
Canadian goods, which went into effect over the weekend, will mean higher prices for U.S. consumers. At the same time, polls show more voters say the cost of living as a top issue, and just a third approve of Trump's handling of the economy. If your smile alias and reports, Trump's ramping up his efforts to support Republican candidates
in the mid-term elections. Trump has concerned that Republican voters will not turn out in November if he's not on the ballot. Here he is at a rally for Republican Senator Darling Graham in South Carolina. "What I really want you to do is pretend, please, that I'm on the ballot, just come and
vote it's so important." That argument may encourage Trump's supporters to turn out even if he's not on the ballot, but if Republicans do poorly in November, it will also allow him to argue that it wasn't a repudiation of him since he wasn't on the ballot. Mara Lyerson and PR news.
Ukraine is continuing its drone attacks on Russia and infrastructure, most recently destroying
a warehouse in southwestern Russia that belongs to the country's second biggest online retailer.
This despite warnings from Russia, it will escalate attacks and response, as NPR's Charles Maynes reports. In an interview with state media, Putin said in attacking Russian energy in commercial infrastructure, Ukraine had opened "Pendor's box." The criminal leaders said Ukrainians could expect Russia to now attack what he called their
most sensitive economic sectors.
“Putin said that included grain shipments, Ukraine's key export, that of ports like Odessa”
on the Black Sea, Putin also rejected claims by critics that Russian targeting of Ukrainian grain stores at harvest time risked a global food shortage this winter. Russia, Putin said, could make up the difference with its own agricultural exports. Despite Ukraine's own recent targeting of Russian sea freight shipments out of the region, Charles Maynes and PR news Moscow.
You're listening to NPR news from Washington. The hawkfire in Reno, Nevada, has grown to more than 15,000 acres, and its 0% contained. Hundreds of people spent the night at an evacuation center, other slept in cars after being evacuated, Maria Palma, a member station K-U-N-R has more. The Red Cross is running the evacuation center, which has a capacity of 900 bets.
About 90,000 people are in the combined evacuation and get set to evacuate areas. The Washer County School District canceled classes for all schools today, and the energy says about 10,000 customers in northern Nevada are without power. Fire officials say several homes have been lost, but don't have an exact number. Both closures and evacuations are causing traffic delays in the area.
Some residents reported being stuck in traffic for up to 4 hours as they tried to evacuate, and the Washer County Sheriff's office says the fire was human cost. For NPR news, Maria Palma and Reno. And that fast-moving fire is being fueled by erratic winds, and also extremely dry conditions. In China, humanoid robots set records over the weekend, beating Olympic champions saying
bolts 100 meters sprint record at the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, finishing the 100 meters sprint in 9.39 seconds that beat bolts 9.58 seconds set in 2009.
The five-day event in its second year features more than 2,000 robots in 51 events, including
running table tennis and soccer, highlighting China's rapid progress in robotics. You're listening to NPR news. Honey is named for the first amendment, which protects the freedom of the press, and your freedom to speak out.
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