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Russian President Vladimir Putin has met with White House on-voys, Steve Wittkov and Jared
Kushner. They were in Moscow today for talks aimed at finding it into the war in Ukraine. One outcome so far, a promise by the Russian leader to temporarily suspend attacks on Ukraine's
“capital city key, ahead of a visit by the Americans expected Sunday.”
NPR's Charles Mainz reports from Moscow. ahead of the talks, Putin announced a 72-hour pause on attacks on key of building on the similar gesture by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky while the Americans traveled to Moscow. It amounts to a temporary reprieve for both capital cities after a summer of escalating drone
and missile strikes, often targeting civilian infrastructure. Let's clear as what progress there might be towards an actual peace deal in announcing the diplomatic mission, President Trump suggested Wittkov and Kushner had a new proposal on offer.
Yet publicly, Putin has shown that a willingness to compromise and Zelensky little desire
for territorial concessions. The Cremon insists are required for lasting peace. Charles Mainz, MPR News. Moscow.
“In southern Lebanon, Israel's military says it's taken control of a strategic ridge.”
It had been fighting for for more than two months, and PR's Jain O'Rough has more from Beirut. Here's day, Israel released a video saying it had taken operational control of Aliyel Tahir Ridge, and tunnels used by Hezbollah Fighters, as Bola disputed that Israel now controlled the ridge, saying that Israel was continuing to bomb the location.
It noted the video did not show the tunnels Israel says it now controls. A U.S. brokered plan for Hezbollah Fighters and Israeli forces to withdraw and the Lebanese army to take over has stalled. Bola says it won't withdraw from the strategic hill, while Israel is in a position to retain control of the area.
A ceasefire is officially in effect, but Israeli air strikes Friday killed at least three people and wounded more than 20, according to Lebanon's health ministry. Jain O'Rough and Pyrenees, Beirut. Jain Zee is building up debt faster than previous generations, and PR's Steven Basaha reports.
Jain Zee debt loads are up 12 percent from a year ago, that's according to the credit
counseling company Money Management International. The company's seen demand for debt management from Jain Zee clients go up 35 percent. Ted Rosbin is a group's consumer finance analyst, and he says Jain Zee is ahead of other generations. And not in a good way.
Jain Zeeers have more credit card debt than millennials did at the same age, according to Trans Union, even if you're just for inflation, Jain Zeeers have been using credit at earlier ages. Jain Zee is at the age where they're forming households, meaning they're dealing with the high cost of housing and child care.
Steven Basaha and Pyrenees. It's NPR. The State Board of Education in Texas has approved new social study standards. Muslims say it discriminates, though against them. Bill's Weibo with Member Station, KERA and Dallas reports.
The 15-member board voted along party lines on the new curriculum, which links Islam to violence and terrorism and emphasizes Christianity as the nation's cornerstone religion. The new standards that could be in place by 2030 for all Texas high schoolers require students to learn how radical Islam was the motivation behind the 9/11 attacks, and refers to the prophet Muhammad's brutal military campaigns, and amendment to remove that term
brutal was opposed by board member Brandon Hall, a pastor.
“"I think that would be just a grave mistake to remove this word, and we do have a moral”
imperative to describe it that way." Opponents, like the Muslim civil rights group KERA, said, "They'll fight to overturn the new curriculum." For NPR News, I'm Bill Zeebel, in Dallas. The federal government's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation
and to Tesla's new cyber cab to determine if it meets all of the government's safety standards. Tesla insists the futuristic-looking vehicles complied with the safety requirements when it was self-certified. The vehicles launched with significant fanfare recently at Austin, Texas, and a small number of them are on the road.
And however, they do not have a steering wheel in accelerator or a brake pedal that you would normally find in other passenger cars. The safety agency is not accusing Tesla breaking the law. It just wants to determine how they were certified. I'm Dan Ronan NPR News, support for NPR News.
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