NPR News: 07-11-2026 7PM EDT
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
What are the latest U.S.-Iran tensions and President Trump's missile warning?
President Trump has threatened more strikes on Iran in response to what he says are threats to assassinate him. But as NPR's Emily Fang reports, both Iran and the U.S. say they're also open to resuming peace talks.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that, quote, 1,000 missiles are locked and loaded and aimed at Iran should Iran try to act on what he says are threats to assassinate him in, quote, many corners of the globe. But in a separate earlier post, the president also wrote that the U.S. had agreed to resume talks with Iran. This week, the U.S. launched strikes on dozens of sites across Iran after accusing Tehran of attacking ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. has been pushing Iran to declare the strait open. Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson blamed the U.S. for the recent escalation, saying it was the U.S. who violated a ceasefire first and that breaching commitments was an American, quote, habit. Emily Fang, NPR News.
In Texas, hundreds of people gathered in Houston this morning for a vigil honoring Lorenzo Salgado Araujo. The man shot and killed during an ICE encounter earlier this week.
How are U.S. strikes and ceasefire accusations shaping talks with Iran?
ICE says the officer fired in self-defense. The other men in the car dispute the agency's account. Houston Public Media's Bianca Silward has more.
At the vigil, Salgado Araujo's son, Ronaldo, repeated his calls for accountability and transparency.
I just want to continue the pressure to continue obtaining a full independent investigation.
Democratic Representatives Christian Menefee, Al Green, Lizzie Fletcher, and Sylvia Garcia echoed those demands.
That we will continue to fight for a complete, independent, top-to-bottom investigation to find out exactly what happened.
On Friday, Houston Mayor John Whitmire joined calls for an independent investigation and asked the federal government to share evidence with the Harris County District Attorney's Office. For NPR News, I'm Bianca Seward in Houston.
A dangerous heat wave is building across the U.S. with triple-digit highs expected in the southwest and Great Plains this weekend before it heads east under a dome of high pressure. The forecasters say it could trap high temperatures for a week or more. The heat dome is expected to affect as much as two-thirds of the country. Joe Wegman is a National Weather Service meteorologist.
A combination of hot temperatures in the 90s to low 100s with high humidity will create heat indices up to 105 to 110 degrees. with overnight temperatures only dropping from the mid-70s to the low 80s.
The National Weather Service predicts that more than 90 degrees local temperature records will be broken or tied through Wednesday, with two-thirds of those being overnight heat records. The extreme heat is also helping fuel wildfires in the West. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Canada and the U.S. have agreed on a deal on a toll revenue for the new one-and-a-half-mile bridge connecting Detroit with Windsor, Ontario. President Trump had threatened to block the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge and delayed its opening by a month over Trump's trade war with Canada. It's named after the famous Canadian-born hockey player. But today, Trump says the U.S. secured a much better deal allowing the opening of the bridge to proceed.
That will happen July 27th. Wildfires in Europe are continuing to burn, with the most deadly blazes this past week in Spain. Villamarx reports at least 12 people are dead, including four suspected British nationals, and nearly two dozen people are missing.
The severe wildfires are located in the country's Andalusia region. Hundreds of firefighters are working to contain the blaze that may have begun thanks to a downed power cable near the town of Almeria. Temperatures in southern Europe have been above 100 degrees Fahrenheit for weeks so far this summer, with major wildfires in France and Portugal too. Thousands of residents have been forced from their homes. Across Europe, officials have detected more than 1,000 fires since the start of the year, double the long-term average.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:04
2
What are the latest U.S.-Iran tensions and President Trump's missile warning?
0:04–1:13
3
How are U.S. strikes and ceasefire accusations shaping talks with Iran?
1:13–5:01
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What happened at the Houston vigil after the ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo?
5:01–5:04