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anger over the UK's sanctions on exports from settlements in the occupied West Bank.
“Israel ordered the closure of its longtime allies' consulate in Jerusalem.”
The UK says the sanctions are in response to what it calls, quote, "terrorist settlers ethnic cleansing of Palestinians," and Pierre's carry-con has more. Israel's Foreign Minister had strong words for the UK sanctions on export produced in illegal settlements in Israel's occupied West Bank. Gideon-Sahar called the statements by the UK's Foreign Secretary in support of the
measures, quote, "outrageous lies morally distorted in anti-Semitic," he vowed retaliation. "Whoever acts against Israel, Israel will act against them, and they will lose their influence and relevance in this region, measures against Israel will not go unanswered." "Sahar also said the UK's action will hurt tens of thousands of Palestinian workers employed in Israeli settlements, France announced it, too, will impose sanctions, carry-con
and PR news to live." The Republican National Committee opens a two-day convention this evening in Dallas, and Pierre's Chamber Keith says it will feature President Trump.
“"Republicans are calling it a convention, but it won't include any of the usual party”
business, like hashing out a platform or nominating a president. But the party is saying 20,000 people will be here for an event that will have the feel of a tightly produced TV show slash infomercial slash Trump rally, where the president and his policies are clearly going to be the start of the show. Or to borrow a word from the chairman of the Republican Party, a Trumpapalusa."
And Pierre's Chamber Keith reporting. President Trump is punishing Canada for its retaliatory tariffs. Trump is now fully banning some Canadian alcohol, dairy products, and motorcycles from even coming into the US. This comes after Canada, imposed tariffs on US goods to retaliate for earlier tariffs that
Trump imposed. The trade war is affecting US border states, as N. Pierre's Kirk Siegler reports.
Canada is Montana's biggest trade partner, accounting for about a billion dollars in
“cross-border economic activity every year.”
Farmers here were already dealing with high diesel and fertilizer costs, and now they can expect to pay more for farm equipment. Brigitte Miranda Frier runs the Montana World Trade Center. "Canadian companies also purchase Montana cattle, and then they send them up to Canada, where they're fed out, and by the way, when they're up there, a lot of times they're eating
Montana barley." It's not just farmers' bracing for a hit, Miranda Frier says, but also small manufacturers and the state's lucrative tourism economy. Kirk Siegler and Pierre News, Great Falls, Montana. This is N. Pierre.
Some flights are resuming at British airports today. That came after air traffic was shut down in the United Kingdom for hours yesterday. Air port officials are blaming a failure in air traffic control equipment. Air ports in the United Kingdom say it will take a while for backlogged flights to return to normal.
It's estimated that more than 1,000 flights have been cancelled. Sneaker producer Nike is losing its spot in the S&P 100 Stock Index. And Pierre's Elena Seljuke reports, these are the top stocks on that index. Being on the S&P 100 is like being the cream of the crop of large influential valuable companies.
The index does reshuffle its rankings periodically, trying to keep up with changing market values of each company's shares, and the latest update shows several big consumer names are on the way out later this month. That includes shopping mall, giant Simon property group, the conglomerate, callgate, Paul Molliv, and most notably Nike.
Nike's share price is the lowest it's been in over a decade, it declined almost 50% in just the past year. Instead, the S&P 100 is adding in Dell Technologies, Cybersecurity, Giant, Palo Alto, Networks, and Sandisk, which specializes in memory for data storage. Alina Seljuke and Pierre News More than 30,000 customers still don't have power in Hawaii
after Hurricane Lowell brushed by the Western Islands.
The hurricane never made landfall, but it poured heavy rain and lashed islands with powerful
winds. There are still threats of mudslides on the Hawaiian Islands. This isn't Pierre. I haven't seen my son since 2012. This is Deborah Ties.
The disappearance of her son, Austin, is one of the biggest missing person cases in the world. "What do you want from me? Why should I have the mystery?" I know that my son is somewhere alive. Listen to where is Austin Ties, from MPRs embedded, and BBC Radio 4, on the MPR app or wherever
