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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Hurst. Tensions are growing between Iran and the US after the US Military attacked several sites in southern Iran last night. Citing self defense, Iranian officials threatened to respond by force. And today the Foreign ministry accused the U.S. of violating the fragile ceasefire agreement, suggesting Washington's actions could undermine efforts to end the U s Israeli war in Iran through talks. This as those peace talks continue that apparently include reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Karim Sajadpour is an American policy analyst at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. He says mistrust between Tehran and Washington continues.
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Negotiations between America and Iran are always zero trust and zero sum. And what that means is that they never happen.
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Quickly Speaking there to NPR's Morning Edition, a federal court is blocking Alabama's attempt to use a congressional map that favors Republicans. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports. This ruling comes in a long running redistricting case over black representation.
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A three judge panel is granting a temporary injunction sought by black voters who argue the state is trying to use a map that the same federal court found to intentionally discriminate against them. Alabama's Republican controlled legislature pushed through the redistricting plan earlier this month after the U.S. supreme Court ruled in a Louisiana case that race should not be used to draw district lines. The black congressman whose district is threatened, Democrat Shamari Figures of Mobile, says he's pleased with the ruling but notes the fight is far from over. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall says the state will immediately appeal to the US Supreme Court. Debbie Elliot, NPR News.
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The World Health Organization says the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is outpacing efforts to respond. As NPR's Jonathan Lambert reports, there are at least 220 suspected deaths and more than 900 suspected cases in the region.
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The outbreak is still largely centered in northeastern drc, but over the weekend, more cases were reported in Uganda, bringing their total to seven confirmed cases. On Monday, WHO Director General Tedros Adonam Ghebreyesus said the outbreak will likely get worse before it gets better. The outbreak is challenging for a few reasons. First, delays in detection allowed the virus to spread for a couple of months. Undeterred, there are also no approved vaccines or treatments for this species of Ebola. That leaves victims with supportive care at clinics, which can be hard to come by in this region. Bread and butter public health responses like tracing contacts of sick people and requesting that they isolate or are the main tools for stemming the outbreak. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News.
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And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. President Trump says his physical at Walter Reed Medical center outside of Washington, D.C. today went, quote, perfectly. The White House says the visit was for an annual preventative medical and dental exam. But this puts the health of the 79 year old Trump back in focus. It's his fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since he returned returned to office less than a year and a half ago. This year's NBA Finals will include the New York Knicks. The Knicks are advancing to their first league championship series in 27 years after trouncing the Cleveland Cavaliers last night in the Eastern Conference Finals. Bruce Kynweiser has more.
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The Knicks thrash the Cleveland Cavaliers 130 to 93, completing a four game sweep of Cleveland in what has become an epic run to a championship bid. Anyone who watched game one of the series will never forget. With less than eight minutes to play, the Knicks trailed by 22 points. Then team captain and eventual series MVP Jalen Brunson put the team on his back and engineered a stunning come from behind win. The Knicks have now swept two consecutive playoff rounds and won 11 straight games, 10 of them by double digits. They now await the winner of the Western Conference championship match. The Oklahoma City Thunder and San Antonio spurs are nodded at 2, 2 former. For NPR News, I'm Bruce Konviser in New York.
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Oklahoma City hosts San Antonio in game five of their series tonight. Wall street is trading in mixed territory. The dow is down 199 points. That's down about 0.4%. The Nasdaq is up 244 points. That's up nearly 1%. I'm Jeanine Herbst, NPR News, in Washington.
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