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Live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Nora Ram. Israeli military officials say they carried out a strike in Lebanon one day after the two sides signed a framework agreement to set out a path to restore Lebanese sovereignty and dismantle the Iran backed militant group Hezbollah, which has rejected those terms. NPR's Jawad Rizkala reports.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salaam said the framework is aimed to secure Israel's withdrawal from all Lebanese territory. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the agreement allows Israel to keep its security zone in southern Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed while handing two small pilot zones to the Lebanese army. Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlla said the agreement legitimizes Israel's occupation and gives it what it failed to achieve on the battlefield. He warned that any attempt to disarm the group by force would fail and said Iran would not sign a final deal with the United States because before Israel withdraws completely. Jawad Rizkala, NPR News, Beirut.
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Belgium has cancelled its annual reenactment of Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo due to an intense heat wave in Europe. Terry Schultz has more.
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With temperatures around 95 degrees Fahrenheit and a heat alert in place, organizers of an annual event depicting allied forces defeating Napoleon Bonaparte's army cancelled it, saying public safety comes first. Many trains have been canceled or stranded, and authorities warn people to stay in cool environments and drink plenty of liquids. But competitive athlete Suzanne Jabril said she could find a positive spin.
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Living in Belgium, obviously we're not used to this type of weather. It's interval training because obviously your heart rate is elevated when you're training in such hot weather. So stopping regularly but then keeping your training up, it's excellent workout.
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In two Belgian cities, however, surgeries had to be suspended because a computer system located in Paris overheated and shut down. For NPR News, I'm Terri Schultz in Brussels.
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Hot, dry and windy weather is complicating firefighter efforts. In Utah, the Cottonwood fire has burned more than 92,000 acres of forest. Red flag warnings are posted throughout the western US because of low humidity and strong winds. Tech companies had a rough week on Wall street, with the Nasdaq down about 4.6%. NPR's Stephen Pesaha has more.
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The tech sell off hit many of the major players in artificial intelligence. Nvidia down about 8.5%. Google parent company Alphabet almost 9% Oracle more than 19%. SpaceX's stock value lost most of what it gained since its initial public offering earlier this month The AI sell off comes as investors doubt whether the tech will deliver serious returns after investors dumped hundreds of billions of dollars into AI over recent years. Investors are also worried about a possible interest rate hike this year. That's after the Department of Commerce reported inflation hit a three year high in May, a of 4.1% from a year earlier. Stephen Messaha, NPR News.
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This is NPR News. In Washington, Chinese authorities are investigating a plane crash in Beijing yesterday. A single engine plane crashed into the tallest building in the city, killing the pilot, the only person on board. Thirteen people were injured. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is raising its response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. NPR's Ping Huang reports.
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There have been more than 1100 cases and 300 deaths attributed to Ebola, the viral hemorrhagic fever that is circulating in the DRC and Uganda. The Africa CDC warns it could become the largest Ebola outbreak ever. The steep rise in cases and the need for assistance has caused the US CDC to raise its emergency activation to Level 1, an agency wide response at the highest level. Dr. Kevin Chatham Stevens with the CDC says that includes stepping up preparations in
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the US the reason the risk of Ebola spreading in the US Is considered low is because the US has robust domestic public health capacity to contain and control an Ebola outbreak.
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In the past, the CDC has mounted level one responses a few times, including to Hurricane Katrina, the 2009 swine flu pandemic, and the 2020 COVID pandemic. Ping Huang, NPR News.
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Climate.gov used to be a trusted source on climate data and analysis for scientists, farmers and the general public, but it was shut down during government cutbacks last year and the staff was laid off. Now the fired workers and some volunteers have set up a new site, Climate US to fill in the gap. The founders say the information is important and must be protected. I'm Nora Ramm, NPR News, in Washington.
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