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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. There could be additional peace talks between the US And Iran despite the Iranian Health ministry's claim that American airstrikes this week killed 17 people and injured more than 100 others. Is Willem Marx reports the status of the Strait of Hormuz will remain central to any potential negotiations.
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Iran's foreign minister arrived in the Omani capital of Muscat on Saturday with the possibility of further talks involving US Officials not yet publicly confirmed by either side. The Iranian state backed Fars News Agency said Iran will not enter into talks with American negotiators until the United States reverses its positions as foreign minister Abbas Arakchee criticized the Trump administration for failing to uphold its side of a previous agreement. Earlier this week, Iranian forces fired on several commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, precipitating retaliatory U.S. airstrikes across Iran. On Truth Social Friday, President Trump promised to decimate and destroy all areas of Iran should they attempt to follow through on reported threats to assassinate him. For NPR News, I'm Willem Marks.
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In California, the number of evacuation orders is increasing as firefighters battle the summit fire, which has damaged at least 2,600 acres of land. Several fires are burning north and east of Los Angeles, but Horstmeyer lives in Pinon Hills. He says he's optimistic things will be okay. It just kind of got out of hand, so but they'll get it out. These guys are, these guys are the best. Crews are using helicopters and fixed wing aircraft to attack the fires from above. The U.S. justice Department has subpoenaed at least four journalists from the New York Times over the paper's recent reporting about potential security concerns involving Air Force One, an aircraft donated by the Qatari government. The Times had reported that President Trump left Turkey this week on the old Air Force one after the US Secret Service intervened. NPR's David Folkenfrich reports. The subpoenas heightened the ongoing clashes between the White House and the media.
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The Times says an FBI official initially asked the paper to hold off on publishing and then asked for its sources. The Times refused. On Friday, after publication, federal agents went to the homes of several of the journalists involved to deliver the subpoenas. The Justice Department and the FBI did not return requests for comment. David McCraw, a senior lawyer for the New York Times, called it a brazen attempt to intimidate reporters and the Times and to prevent the public from knowing how the government operates. The journalists have been instructed to appear before a grand jury next week. David Folkenflick, NPR News.
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Apple is suing its artificial intelligence rival, OpenAI, accusing the company of stealing its trade secrets as it seeks additional hardware for its ChatGPT program. Apple called OpenAI's actions part of a coordinated pattern of misconduct at an institutional level. You're listening to NPR News. Government health workers responding to the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo say they have not been paid and some are walking off the job in Protest. More than 600 people have died so far during the outbreak, according to the country's health ministry. NPR's Dhuri Bhaskaran has more.
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The hardest hit area in this outbreak is Bunya in the Ituri province. Onesfor Benguenza is the Ebola response team leader for Mercy Corps. There is he says the strike is concentrated among government employees working in disease surveillance and people who handle bodies for burial. But most are still working while they negotiate with Congo's government.
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in front if they can't make a deal. Benguenza says the outbreak could spread out of control. He fears more people would lose their lives as a result. The World Health Organization says four out of five new Ebola cases in the DRC have no known link to an existing patient, a sign that the true scale of the outbreak is already larger than the official numbers suggest. Duri Buscarin, NPR News, Washington.
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In Maine, Graham Platner is now officially out of the U.S. senate race. He submitted his paperwork Friday, ending his candidacy. Democrats now have a little more than two weeks to select a replacement to challenge the incumbent Republican Senator Susan Collins. The family of former NFL defensive end Marshawn neyland says the 24 year old Neyland had early stage CTE at the time of his death. The the Dallas Cowboys player committed suicide last November. This after a high speed police chase in the Dallas suburbs. From Washington, this is npr.
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