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Lyle from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. President Trump says he cautioned Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel against disrupting U.S. talks with Iran over their nuclear program. NPR's Franco Ordonez has more from today's events in the Oval Office. After swearing in the new acting U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, President Trump confirmed to reporters that he had a conversation with Netanyahu about not taking any action that could threaten the sensitive talks with Iran. I said I don't think it's appropriate right now because if we can settle it with a very strong document, very strong, with inspections and no trust. I don't trust anybody.

The comments follow reports that Israel has been preparing for potential strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities if the talks fail. Trump said his team is having good discussions with Iran. Franco, Ordonez, and PR News, the White House. On the ground in Gaza, hops rang out as crowds of Palestinians who've endured weeks of hunger stormed a UN food warehouse

grabbing whatever they could. Israeli forces say they fired only warning shots, but hospital officials say four people died in the chaos. Meanwhile, Israel is accusing the UN of pressuring aid groups not to take part in a US and Israeli-backed aid program. The UN argues the aid plan does not meet basic humanitarian principles. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says operations at the airport in Newark, New Jersey are better, but as NPR's Joel Rose reports, Duffy is

still pushing Congress for billions of dollars to upgrade the nation's air traffic control system. Duffy- Air traffic operations at Newark Liberty International Airport are running better since the Federal Aviation Administration capped the number of flights last week, Secretary Duffy said. The airport, which serves New York City, had experienced hundreds of delays, cancellations, and diversions in recent weeks because of equipment outages, runway construction, and staffing shortages. Still, Duffy reiterated his call for Congress to fund a new air traffic control system.

I'm concerned that we could have more new works. Duffy wouldn't say exactly how much money the administration is seeking, but he put the price tag in the tens of billions of dollars, and he called it the most critical infrastructure project in the country. Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington. The judge in Sean Diddycombe's sex trafficking case in New York is denying the defense's

request for a mistrial. The hip-hop mogul's lawyers argued the prosecution unfairly implied Combs was responsible for the destruction of evidence connected to the alleged 2012 bombing of music artist Kid Cudi's vehicle. Cudi is testified about experiencing Combs' anger over an on-again, off-again relationship he had with Cassie Ventura, Combs' ex, and one of his accusers. Combs continues to deny the charges. From Washington, this is NPR News. The state of the planet is getting worse. Liz Bentley, head of the UK's Royal Meteorological Society, contributed to a global climate report.

Liz Bentley We're getting more frequent and intense heat waves, more extreme rainfall events, more devastating droughts. Our oceans are warming, sea ice and land ice are melting and sea levels are rising. So we will see all of those being exacerbated as the global temperatures continue to rise. Liz Bentley on the state of the planet, speaking to the BBC. Country star Morgan Wallen is all over this week's Billboard charts

and even sets a new all-time record in the process. And PR Stephen Thompson has details. Morgan Wallen's new supersized album, I'm the Problem, enters this week's Billboard Albums chart at number one. Wallen has a long track record of chart dominance, and with 37 songs, the album was bound to put up monster streaming numbers. Wallen also has the number one song in the country with What I Want. It's a duet with the Canadian pop star Tate McCray.

I said baby you should know that's what I want, that's what I want. Wallen set a new all-time record this week. He's got 37 songs on this week's Hot 100. That surpasses the record of 36, set roughly two and a half years ago by none other than Morgan Wallin. Stephen Thompson, NPR News. On Wall Street, major market indices have closed down roughly half a percent. The Dow is down 244 points.

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