Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Duah Lee, Psycho Town.
The U.S. and Iran today exchange fresh fire, the first action in a month.
“Central Command says U.S. forces hit two Iranian rocket launchers that they say were attempting”
to deploy mines into the state of Hormuz, Iran according to its Islamic Revolutionary
Guard, said it had fired missiles at U.S. jets at Air bases in Jordan. NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalci is in Istanbul and confirms the U.S. military struck those launch sites and Iran retaliated. To early to tell, if this will turn into full-blown, days long exchange of attacks, but the rhetoric coming out of Iran is forceful after last night in a statement today, the Iranian
ministry of affairs said that Iran will "not hesitate to exercise the inherent right of self-defense." U.S. said, "respondents saying that Sunday's strikes were not an act of aggression," instead calling them "limited and precise to prevent Iranian forces from laying more mines." NPR's Hadeel Al-Shalci reporting, more than 900 people have died and more than 4,700 are still missing, including dozens of Americans along the border of Nepal and China.
That's where deadly floods struck last week, since NPR's Jennifer Pack and Beijing.
“More Chinese rescue teams have arrived at the worst hit area, the G-Long Raswa border”
checkpoint. And when they got there, it was packed in mud, as shown on state broadcaster CCTV. Some men had to crawl to avoid sinking into the mud. The constant rain doesn't help. Severe weather is also affecting rescue operations across the border in Nepal, where some
areas are only accessible by helicopter. Nepalese authorities are focusing on reaching hundreds of workers trapped on hydropower projects. Few teams on both sides of the border face risks of further floods, landslides, and avalanches. Jennifer Pack and PR News Beijing. The price of French fries on final cake at the Minnesota State Fair is going up, but as
in Pierscott Horstley reports, the price of corn dogs is down this year. There are many ways to measure inflation, the Economist Tyler Schipper at the University
“of St. Thomas has been tracking prices at the Minnesota State Fair to compile what he calls”
the "honestick price index." Whenever people go to the fair, it's an issue event because people are generally not thinking about pinching every gallon every cent, but they still certainly see it because it's a portability issue for them. The price of fried Oreos is up sharply this year, but cheese cured prices are flat.
The overall cost of living on a stick is up just over 3% from a year ago. That's a smaller annual increase than the two previous years, suggesting that fairground inflation is cooling, but still hotter than most people would like. It's got Horstley and PR News, Washington. West Texas intermediate crude, the US benchmark climbed about 3% to $86 a barrel.
This is NPR News. Voters in Iceland have rejected restarting membership talks with the European Union. As meet Nicholson reports, the no-votes narrow win was based on concerns about sovereignty and fishing rights. The Icelandic government's bid to revive a session talks with Europe's 27-nation block
sought to improve their economy by easing high interest rates. Iceland's 8% interest rate is much higher than the two in a quarter percent of the European central bank. The S campaign also saw EU membership as a way to bolster Arctic security. But the no-campaign won by a 5% margin, arguing that Iceland must determine its own
future and be allowed to maintain control over its fishing waters. Brussels was eager to restart the negotiations to show that the Union is strong despite shrinking since Brexit. For MPI News, I'm Esmina Colson in Berlin. Ukrainians have been experiencing five straight days of Russian drone attacks that according
to President Volodymyr Zelensky, our jet powered, moving three times faster than earlier Shahed versions. On his telegram channel, Zelensky said Russian forces launched about 2,000 attack drones, 6,600 glide bombs and 31 missiles and attack on an ammunition warehouse near Kiev on Friday, killed at least 38 people.
As students prepare for their first week bats back at school, the head of the government's education committee, Serhi Babak says Russian missiles have recently destroyed more than
one million books across the country.
I'm Dwah Lee, Psycho-Town, and PR News in New York. On the Sunday story from up first, Shibuzi talks about his latest album and the Black Roots of Country Music. Listen to the Sunday story and the MPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
