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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump is at the annual G7 summit, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron in the French Alps. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports Trump is fresh off a tentative deal to end the Iran war and reopen the street of Hormuz. Commentators in France noted that Trump is only fixing what he broke and the world is simply back to where it was before he started the war 107 days ago. But French President Emmanuel Macron expressed cautious optimism. We need to see the consequences of this agreement, he said. Its support for Lebanon, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz long term, and of course an agreement on Iran's nuclear and ballistic weapons. France and Britain have promised to secure the strait once the fighting stops, as well as help demine the body of water.

The leaders of the world's seven largest economies will also discuss artificial intelligence, immigration, global trade imbalances, and the war in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelensky will attend the summit. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris. The tentative peace agreement is good news for the global economy, but it'll take time for hundreds of oil tankers trapped in the Persian Gulf to exit and for gas prices to go down significantly, as NPR's Kamila Dominovsky reports. Assuming this holds, they'll get cheaper. So prices peaked at a national average per gallon of about $4.50. They have already dropped from those highs for several weeks, largely on anticipation of a deal like this. So the national average is now around $4.

I will note, obviously, prices vary based on where you are. But they are dropping across the country and at current oil prices likely to drop more. But again, just like with oil prices, this comes with the caveat that we are still looking at prices elevated if you compare them to pre-war. NPR's Kamila Dominovsky reporting. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today refused to allow one of the passengers from the cruise ship, hit by a deadly hauntavirus outbreak to finish her quarantine at home. NPR's Rob Stein has the story. Angela Perryman is the only passenger still being held against their will at a federally funded

quarantine unit in Nebraska. Every other passenger who wanted to leave has been allowed to finish their 42-day quarantine at home. But Perryman is being confined under a mandatory federal quarantine order because the state of Florida is refusing a federal demand. that a guard be posted outside her home 24-7. Florida and many independent public health experts say a guard is unnecessary, and an internal CDC review agreed.

But Kennedy says he disagrees, so Perryman will continue being held. Rob Stein and peer news. A USB-52 Stratofortress crashed shortly after takeoff at Edwards Air Force Base in California today. The Air Force says eight people aboard the long-range bomber are believed. to be dead. This is NPR news. The owners of a nightclub in the Dominican Republic capital of Santo Domingo will stand trial for involuntary manslaughter after a roof collapse killed 236 people last year. A judge ruled the owners of jet-set nightclub could face up to two years in prison if found guilty. One of the greatest shocks in the World Cup tournament took

place today. Spain's match against tiny Cape Verde ended in a draw with neither side scoring. NPR's Jasmine Garst reports. This is Cape Verde's first time ever in a World Cup. With a population of around 550,000, it's one of the smallest countries to ever

play in the tournament. Spain on the other hand is the ruling European champion. With players like La Minia Mall, an 18-year-old striker that is being hailed as a prodigy, they were widely expected to win this match. Most experts also play Spain among the likely winners of the Cup.

And yet, their opening match was a draw. Zero-zero. Cape Verde ran a strong defense, and 40-year-old goalkeeper Josimard Jose Evora Diaz, known as Vosina, squashed the Spanish team's offense. Next, Spain will play Saudi Arabia and Cape Verde will face off with Uruguay. Jasmine Garst and Pierre News, New York. The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether states,

can use juries made up of only six people in criminal cases instead of the usual 12. The case involves a Florida chiropractor and convicted of practicing with a suspended license who argues that a six-person jury violates his constitutional rights. Florida and five other states use six-person juries in some criminal cases. This is NPR.