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Live from NPR news, I'm GIL Snyder. President Trump is in the French Alps. He arrived there Monday for the G7 Leaders Summit. The BBC's Paul Adams says the tentative deal with Iran is likely to dominate the talks. This weekend's news that the U.S. and Iran have agreed to end the war will go some way towards establishing a positive mood among the leaders gathering in France. But they, like all of us, will want to know more. Details of the Memorandum of Understanding have yet to be published.

It's not a peace treaty. only the broad outline for a set of difficult negotiations to come. Iran's president, Massoud Peschekian, has called it an honorable document. Meeting the summit's host, the French president Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump said the strait of Hormuz would be fully open by Friday. He said Iran had agreed not to have a nuclear weapon. That's hardly new. It's made the same pledge in the past.

But he paid tribute to the leadership in Iran, which he now describes as pragmatic. President Trump says ships are already moving. through the straight of her moves, but NPR's Camilla Domenoski says it will take time for pump prices to come down to pre-war levels. 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, 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. According to the AAA Auto Club, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is just over $4.6. Several large-scale fires burning across the Columbia Basin in Washington state air quality in central Washington deteriorating. A red flag warning. is in effect for Tuesday for much of central Washington and Oregon, with high winds expected. Northwest Public Broadcasting, Santa King reports. Winds up to 30 miles an hour are expected, with gusts up to 45.

Firefighters are being tested to get progress on multiple large fires in the Columbia Basin that started over the weekend. An American flag whips just outside of a fire station in Benton City, Washington. Dennis Bates is the chief there. He says this is going to be a very long season. The lower Columbia basin here is known for our win patterns, higher winds throughout the season. And it gets hotter and drier through the summer.

He says it's August fire weather already, and 4th of July is just weeks away. For NPR news, I'm Anna King in Benton City. This is NPR. As wildfires burn in the Pacific Northwest, the region has been dealing with a heat wave. Officials in Seattle and Portland have opened cooling centers and outdoor employers are required to give their workers extra breaks. The National Weather Service says it expects temperatures to moderate on Tuesday. British Prime Minister Keir Starrmer says the UK will ban children under 16 from using social media apps such as Snapchat, TikTok, and YouTube, beginning early next.

year. The move announced Monday aims to protect young people from harmful content and excessive screen time. YouTube and Facebook parent meta, warning that a blanket social media restriction could push kids into unregulated online spaces. Start our homes and a record number of cities now cost a million dollars or more. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports as part of a surge in home prices since 2020. New data from the real estate website Zillow finds 242 cities have million dollar interest. level homes. That's three times as many as before the pandemic housing boom. Most places are in California, but the fastest growth is in New York and New Jersey. Million-dollar starters have also spread to interior states like Texas, Wyoming, and Illinois. They're defined here as the lowest third of the

market in a region. Despite that, Zillow finds that nationwide, the typical starter home is still a lot less, just under $200,000. A housing shortage is priced out many for time buyers, but Zillow finds the tough market easing a bit, with more inventory and prices growing more slowly. Jennifer Lutton, NPR News, Washington. This is NPR.