NPR News: 08-02-2026 2AM EDT
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What did President Trump announce about halting attacks on Iran and a Strait of Hormuz deal?
President Trump says he'll hold off on any more attacks against Iran, at least for now, in a late-night social media post. He said Iran has agreed to the framework of a deal that would include the immediate reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. He also said the deal would mean an end to what he called Iran's nuclear threat. But he offered no details about the possible agreement. Trump has made similar claims in the past that have turned out to be false. Elsewhere in the Middle East, Hamas and Israel are disagreeing about the terms of a disarmament announced recently by President Trump. Americans have long backed Israel, but polls show support falling since the wars in Gaza and Iran. NPR's Frank Langford reports on how Americans and Israelis now see one another.
When Rachel Lindenfeld first visited Israel, she loved it.
I had studied Hebrew in college, and I actually got to put it in action and read everything around me.
But after the huge death toll in Gaza, Lindenfeld, who's Jewish and lives in Washington, D.C., sympathizes more with the Palestinians.
And I'm worried about Palestinians and how they can come back from this.
Mayor Pavlovsky says Americans don't appreciate the threats Israelis face. In Jerusalem, he lifted his shirt to show me huge scars across his belly.
The stabbing attack. The terrorist came with knife and tried to kill me.
Pavlovsky said a Palestinian attacked him in the West Bank without provocation in 2015. Frank Lankford, NPR News, reporting from Washington and Jerusalem.
At least three people are dead and seven others injured after a shooter opened fire Saturday at a fast food restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho. Police Chief Matthew Hicks says the suspected gunman is also dead.
He was nearby on the scene there. We are working to ascertain his identity and the motivations behind that. We'll be able to figure that out in the coming days.
The FBI has offered to help with the investigation that is ongoing. Twin Falls is 128 miles southeast of Boise. A heat dome is bringing triple-digit temperatures to much of the western U.S., with record highs expected across at least 12 states, and nearly 50 million people are now under heat alerts. NPR's Kirk Siegler reports.
How are Americans' views of Israel and Palestinians changing after the Gaza and Iran conflicts?
Oregon is already in the grips of one of its biggest wildfire seasons in history, and now the National Weather Service has implemented new red flag warnings for extreme wildfire risk this weekend across the central and eastern parts of the state and into Idaho, Washington State, and Montana. Parts of the northwest got a lot of rain earlier this summer and spring, and now the high grasses and brush are turning to brittle as triple-digit heat bakes the land. A cold front, relatively speaking, is blowing in this weekend, which is not expected to bring any rain, but there is a possibility of dry lightning strikes that could ignite more fires. And fire crews are more concerned about the winds causing existing out-of-control wildfires to spread.
Kirk Sigler, NPR News, Boise.
And you're listening to NPR News. Russia's state media is reporting that a bomb was detonated Saturday at a restaurant in central Moscow. At least three people were killed, including the bomber and a security guard. Another 21 people were injured. The blast took place on Kudrinskoye Square after a woman tried to take the bomb into the restaurant. Officials say the attack remains under investigation. U.S.-backed talks are underway in Venezuela this weekend. As Catherine Osborne reports, the discussions are aimed at moving the country toward a democratic transition.
The Trump administration holds immense influence in Venezuela since the capture of former President Nicolás Maduro in January, developing a close partnership with his replacement, Delce Rodríguez. Washington says it wants economic recovery for Venezuela first and then democratization. Maduro clung to power after international observers said he lost the last election, so a key demand by the opposition is a fair vote. But many Venezuelans hold only cautious expectations for these talks, because they're occurring without the most popular opposition leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Corina Machado.
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