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What recent developments have occurred in U.S.-Iran nuclear negotiations?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Vice President Vance says Iran has agreed to allow international nuclear inspectors to come into that country. Vance is in Switzerland, where he spoke last hour about the negotiations he led along with Iranian representatives.
Our teams working with the Iranians, the Qataris and the Pakistanis made great progress yesterday. They will continue to work at the technical level with the teams here in Bergenstock. And then those technical negotiations are going to continue over the weeks and days to come.
There's no official word yet from Iran about admitting international nuclear inspectors. The U.S. and Iran have agreed to set up working groups. One focuses on the war in Iran, and NPR's Greg Myrie says there's another point of agreement.
They've also established a line of communication to deal with issues surrounding the Strait of Hormuz, which is now supposed to reopen fully to shipping traffic. A U.S. official said there were robust discussions on Iran's nuclear program, though that issue is expected to be the most complicated and difficult to resolve. Greg Myrie, NPR News.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has resigned as head of the ruling Labour Party, That paves the way for the United Kingdom to get its seventh prime minister in about a decade. After winning a landslide majority two years ago, Starmer's approval ratings have slumped to a historic low. As NPR's Lauren Frayer reports from London.
At a lectern outside 10 Downing Street, Starmer resigned in a tearful speech paying tribute.
To my fantastic wife, Fig. who has been a rock by my side through good times and bad.
Polls show Starmer failed to connect with voters and deliver palpable change after budget cuts under the Conservatives. He'll stay on as caretaker until his centre-left Labour Party chooses a new Prime Minister. Nominations begin July 9th. The lead contender is Andy Burnham, the popular outgoing mayor of Manchester, England. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
Longtime Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has died, according to a statement from his wife, NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell. Greenspan was 100 years old. NPR's Scott Horsley reports Greenspan led the central bank for nearly two decades through some of the longest economic booms in U.S. history.
Greenspan was the rare celebrity among central bankers, featured not only in the business pages but on the cover of popular magazines. A word from Greenspan could move financial markets, an outcome he generally tried to avoid by speaking a nearly indecipherable dialect known as FedSpeak. In the 1990s, Greenspan kept interest rates down even as unemployment fell to historically low levels, prolonging the economic expansion. A libertarian, Greenspan resisted calls for stricter bank regulation. Critics say that contributed to the financial meltdown in 2008, two years after Greenspan retired as leader of the central bank. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.
This is NPR. Summer job postings have surged this year, according to the jobs site ZipRecruiter, but as NPR's Andrea Hsu reports, that does not necessarily mean more jobs for teenagers or recent college graduates.
Summer job hiring reached a peak in mid-May, according to ZipRecruiter. Postings were up a whopping 82 percent from a year ago. And wages are up, too, having grown 4.3 percent from the same time last year. Summer jobs now pay an average of nearly $22 an hour, with far higher wages on the coasts than in the middle of the country. At the same time, unemployment among teens and recent college grads remains elevated. ZipRecruiter says that's an indication that there's a lot of competition for seasonal jobs from more experienced workers who want temporary or part-time roles. Andrea Hsu, NPR News.
The iron fire in central Utah continues to burn. It has scorched more than 30 square miles. and none of it is contained. There are concerns about the nearby Utah city of Eureka. The historic mining town is about an hour and a half south of Salt Lake City.
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