"Life from NPR News and Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston.
Today marks six months since the United States and Israel went to war with Iran with
“direct talks essentially at a standstill.”
NPR's Hedil Al-Shanti reports, Tehran and the meantime, has turned the straight-of-hor moves into its strategic weapon." When Israel and the U.S. went to war with Iran on February 28, one of the stated goals was to bring down the regime into Iran, while the killing of Ayatollahi Haminay delivered a blow to the Islamic Republic.
Iran's leaders have managed to hold on to power, and instead of collapsing, the regime has taken an even harder line. In the past six months, Iran blockaded the straight-of-hor moose, disrupting global oil supplies that have been felt at the gas pump worldwide. The war has had severe economic consequences for Iran, the cost of living has skyrocketed.
Some Iranians say they're buying groceries on credit and find it hard to track down medicine. The Al-Shanti NPR News is done. Devastating floods have killed at least 538 people in Nepal with more than 1500 others still missing, including 90 Americans.
“NPR's Michelle Kaliman reports international aid is moving into the region as rescue crews”
struggle to reach some of the hardest-take communities. The head of the U.N. mission in Nepal, Lila Peter's IAS, says the floods have wiped out 35 bridges and destroyed about 25 miles of roads in Nepal. And that's making humanitarian efforts all the more complicated. So you have one municipality where, you know, it's impossible to reach by road.
And all the aid is being delivered by the government, by helicopter. She says the Nepalese government is deploying temporary bridges. And the U.N. is trying to help with that.
The U.N. has offered an initial $2.5 million in humanitarian aid for Nepal.
And this was government is pitching in a million dollars more. Michelle Kaliman and PR News, Washington. A federal judge is weighing in another effort to put President Trump's name back on the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. And PR's Anastasi is a Lucas report.
“So previous court decisions said that only Congress has the authority to change the venues”
official name. The board and Trump in Israel, as Kay Center Chairman, are all being represented by lawyers from the Department of Justice, from the civil division of the DOJ. And they're arguing that an enormous renovation is desperately needed. And that Trump is the only person who can do it.
And they're saying that adding Trump's name is not the same as changing anything. And PR's Anastasi is a Lucas that a reserve chair, Kevin Marsh, will deliver a speech today in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Investors will be listening for clues about how he plans to tackle inflation and where interest rates may be heading.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak is over in Uganda, but NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports that's not the case in other parts of the region. It's been over 42 days since Uganda reported a new case of Ebola. This milestone marks the end of their outbreak, which only infected 20 people.
The outbreak in DRC is still growing fast. Over 5,700 people have gotten sick and over 2700 have died, according to Africa CDC. The true toll is likely much greater, official say, but the response has improved in recent weeks. More people are seeking treatment at clinics,
and the number of beds has increased by about 40% compared to last month. While there are no approved vaccines for the kind of Ebola that's spreading, tens of thousands of doses of a different Ebola vaccine just arrived. Officials are hopeful it can provide some protection, and health workers will start receiving shots today.
Jonathan Lambert and PR News. A town council race in Gilaband, Arizona, came down to the luck of the draw after both candidates finished with exactly 67 votes. Under Arizona Law, a tight election can be decided by chance, so officials used a high-card draw.
Athena Guerrero drew the three of clubs while Hazus Rubikava drew the three of spades, giving him the win because spades ranked higher.
It's not the first time Rubikava has won office this way.
In 2014, he tied another candidate with 105 votes of peace and one back council seat when a judge flipped a dollar coin and it landed on tails. This is NPR. Hey, you know that nagging voice in your head,
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