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Live from NPR news, I'm Trial Snyder. President Trump arrived in the French Alps Monday for the G7 Leaders Summit, where he is touting the signing of a peace deal with Iran. NPR's Franco-Oerdonias reports there are a lot of issues on the table, but that the peace agreement is likely to dominate the talks. President Trump met first with French President Emmanuel Macron and used the opportunity to tout the agreement that is intended to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. I'm very happy to say very signed. The deal's all signed. And the strain is already partially open.

The president says the deal will ensure Iran never has a nuclear weapon and claims it will trigger an economic boon. The leaders are also expected to discuss trade, supply chain resilience and artificial intelligence. Trump has not been as focused on the war in Ukraine, but says now that the Iran deal is finished, he will turn his focus to you. Ukraine, Franco, Ordonez, NPR News, Evian, France. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben says President Trump is portraying the deal with Iran as a victory, but that he needed an off-ram. In general, yeah, this gives him a way to move on in the sense that we'll see gas and diesel prices drop, but it could be weeks or more until they're even anywhere near pre-war levels.

And then for those prices to trickle through to other goods, that could take some time as well. But let's be real. Those prices are what many Americans care about. So will this ease Trump's political problems? Yeah, maybe some. But there are more complicated questions that hover over all of this. For example, how long of a memory will Americans have for this time of high prices? And then if Trump doesn't get what he wants on the nuclear front, does he look weak? Does this hurt his party in the midterms? On Capitol Hill, Senate, Republicans and Democrats say there are still many unanswered questions about the deal with Iran. And they need more information before it's finalized. Vice President J.D. Vance told Fox News Monday night that Trump may decide to release a deal before Friday when a formal signing ceremony is expected to be held in Switzerland. A heat wave is hitting the Pacific Northwest, record-breaking temperatures in the 90s expected in much of the usually temperate region. John Ryan with member station KUOW in Seattle reports. In much of the country, summer temperatures in the 90s are normal, but not in the northwest, where many homes.

homes lack air conditioning. Temperatures on Monday were expected to hit 20 degrees above normal. In the Seattle and Portland areas, officials have opened cooling centers. Outdoor employers are required to give their workers extra rest breaks. In Olympia, a homeless shelter offered rehydration drinks and popsicles, as well as a cool place to escape the heat. Five years ago, a record-shattering heat dome hit the northwest and killed more than a thousand people. Unlike that heat wave, this one is only expected to last a couple of days. For NPR news, I'm John Ryan in Seattle. This is NPR.

Gaza's health ministry says more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes and more MPR Zanas Baba reports. Baha Aboulajian says he was walking with his son, Ryan, on a main road in central Gaza Sunday afternoon when Israeli soldiers opened fire at them. Abolagin says he was shot below the knee and his five-year-old son, Ryan, was shot directly in the head. He says for Israeli soldiers then dragged him into a car. He says despite his pleas, they did not help his dying son. Israel's military told NPR in a statement that soldiers had identified several Gazans

approaching them and initiated, quote, apprehension procedures, and then opened warning fire on them. The military said it regrets harm to civilians. And as Babo-NPR News, Gaza. California Governor Gavin Newsome accusing President Trump, Trump of using the Justice Department to launch an investigation against him. In a video statement Monday, Newsom said Trump is targeting him because he's considering a run for president, and he accused Trump of sending federal agents to question friends and former employees

of his and his wife. The Justice Department has declined to comment. At Soccer's World Cup in Los Angeles, spectators both cheered and booed the Iranian men's team, which rallied coming from behind to get a draw with New Zealand at two. goals apiece Monday evening. Los Angeles is home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran and several hundred protested outside this stadium, but fans inside cheered the team. I'm Jail Snyder. NPR News.