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Nora Ram
In Washington, I'm Nora Ram. The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least 67 people were killed today as they were trying to reach an aid distribution site in northern Gaza. Local hill officials say hundreds of people have died in recent months trying to get food in the occupied West Bank. US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee yesterday visited the Palestinian Christian village where residents say The Church of St. George was set on fire earlier this month by extremist Israeli settlers. He condemned the attack.
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Mike Huckabee
It is an act of terror and it's a crime. It should be consequenced and it should be consequenced harshly because it is one of the last bastions of our civilization, the places we worship, huckabee said.
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Nora Ram
People just want to live their lives. They should be able to go to their place of worship. The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is still eager for a peace settlement for Ukraine once Moscow achieves its political and military objectives. The comments come after President Trump threatened to impose new punishing sanctions if the Kremlin doesn't agree to a ceasefire by September. From Moscow, NPR's Charles Charles mains reports.
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Charles Maynes
President Trump announced the sanctions threat countdown last week, part of a wider shift in policy towards Russia that includes the decision to sell arms to Ukraine through NATO allies in Europe. Yet in an interview with state media, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was by now used to Trump's harsh rhetoric and sought to point out areas of common ground. Peskov said that Trump, like Putin, wanted peace in Ukraine and argued both leaders now recognized the complexities of achieving A Lasting settlement 3 1/2 years into Russia's full scale invasion. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he wants to speed up negotiations for a ceasefire and called on Russia to engage in a new round of peace talks this week. Charles Maynes, NPR news, Moscow.
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Nora Ram
A 29 year old suspect is in custody in Los Angeles on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, that weapon being his car. Authorities say he used it to plow into a crowd in East Hollywood early yesterday. There were no fatalities, but at least 30 people were injured, seven critically. NPR's Amy Held reports.
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Amy Held
It was around 2am Saturday and club goers were gathering outside when a Nissan Versa plowed through a food truck, valet station and the line of people. David Hawkins lives across the street.
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David Hawkins
It was chaos, man. There were fire trucks everywhere, paramedics, police, people running this way and that way.
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Amy Held
Los Angeles police say bystanders pulled out the driver and beat him. Here's Captain Ben Fernandez.
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Captain Ben Fernandez
Security from the club attempted to detain him and handcuffed him, at which time an additional suspect shot our suspect in the buttocks.
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Amy Held
Police are looking for that gunman and looking into the driver's motives, including reports he had just been kicked out of the club for fighting. Amy Held, NPR News.
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Nora Ram
This is NPR News. In Washington. Japan held a parliamentary election today. Exit polls suggest Japan's ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper chamber, the smaller of the two parliamentary houses. This would not immediately trigger a change of government, but it would add to political instability in Japan. Some U.S. marines are in Australia as part of a military training exercise that involves more than a dozen nations. As Scott Maiman reports, it's a three week exercise that's already underway.
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Brigadier Damien Hill
This regular training exercise in Australia's north is called Talisman Sabre. Exercise director Brigadier Damien Hill says 35,000 personnel from 19 countries are involved.
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Unnamed Official
We're practicing the business of defence with partner and like minded nations.
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Brigadier Damien Hill
He says it's important nations learn how to work together to improve combat readiness.
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Unnamed Official
It's about working out how we will and can work together in times of need.
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Brigadier Damien Hill
Officials have also been mindful about the deaths of three U.S. marines killed in 2023 when their helicopter crashed during a tactical aviation exercise as part of Talisman Sabre. The exercise continues until mid August. For NPR News, I'm SC In Canberra, Australia.
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Nora Ram
Papa Jake has died at the age of 102. Jake Larson survived D Day and the Battle of the Bulge. He shared stories of World War II and his fallen comrades on TikTok, attracting 1.2 million followers. Known to his fans as Papa Jake, his granddaughter said he died peacefully last week, cracking jokes until the end. I'm Nora Ramm, NPR News.
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