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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Ronan. The preliminary hearing begins Monday for the man accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The five-day proceeding in Utah is expected to provide the first detailed look at the case against the suspect. NPR's Windsor Johnston reports. Prosecutors are expected to present their case as they seek to have 23-year-old Tyler Robinson stand trial on aggravated murder charges. Kirk's widow and parents are expected to attend the proceedings, which will be live-streamed from the courtroom. Investigators say Robinson turned himself in after this shooting. Court documents say he sent a text message confessing and left a note saying he had an opportunity to kill one of the nation's leading conservative voices.

Robinson has not entered a plea. Before his death, Kirk and the organization he co-founded, Turning Point USA, helped mobile. young conservative voters as President Trump won a second term in office. Windsor Johnston, NPR News. France is in the midst of its third heat wave since the spring and the summer is barely underway. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports from Paris. Fires raging in the Pirene Oriental region have forced thousands of evacuations. The blazes have also pushed organizers to divert the third stage of the Tour de France Monday.

In Paris, temperatures are expected to reach the mid-90s this week. week where the large majority of buildings and homes do not have air conditioning. France had its hottest June on record this year and recorded some 2,000 excess deaths caused by the extreme heat. That's an increase of 30 percent. Deaths rose by 62 percent in the Paris region. Scientists say Europe is heating faster than any other continent, partly due to melting glaciers and the changing atmospheric and ocean currents surrounding the continent. Eleanor Beardsley and Piernoos, Paris. investors are headed for their first full week of trading in July with the Dow Jones at a record high, but as NPR's Raphael-NOM reports, there's uncertainty about inflation and interest rates.

Wall Street is headed for a quieter week, with no major economic data coming out. The primary event will likely be the release of minutes from the latest Federal Reserve meeting, the first to take place under new chair, Kevin Warsh. Back in June, the Fed kept interest rates on hold by left open the prospect. of raising them, should inflation remain elevated? Investors will now scrutinize the minutes to get more insight about what policymakers are thinking, especially with a new inflation report due out later this month. Rafael now in PR News.

The second day of funeral services in Iran were held for Iran's late supreme leader and four family members who died on February the 28th at the start of the U.S. Israeli war. Many in the crowd shouted death to America to avenge the death of the death of the 86-year-old leader. This is NPR. President Trump called FIFA's president asking the soccer agency to review the red card that had been given to American soccer player, Fowlerent Balligan. This, according to an official, with knowledge of the call who was granted on to nibity to discuss a private conversation, FIFA has now lifted the automatic one-game suspension. This will allow

Baligan to play against Belgium tomorrow night after he was suspended for stepping on the foot of a player from Bosnia-Herzegovina last week. Minions and monsters in Toy Story 5 each sold more than $30 million worth of tickets over the weekend, but as NPR's Bob Bundello reports, NPR is buzzing about the historical biopic that came in third. As the film Young Washington begins, America's first president's dreams are modest. Why can I not become a British officer? Because you are not British, George. Young Washington, which had ticket sales of just over $20 million, is from Angel Studio,

the faith-based media company that opened Sound of Freedom on the 4th of July three years ago. That one also had a three-day total around 20 million, then played so well in Rocky Mountain States, the Midwest and South, that it ended up making over $250 million globally. The Angel Studio Playbook hasn't changed. Young Washington also has its best numbers in America's Heartland. Its top theater is Utah's Megaplex 18 Thanksgiving Point, midway between Salt Lake City and Provo.

The studio has already announced a George Washington sequel, called 1776. Bob Mandello, NPR News. Michigan State Senator Mallory McMurrow is ending her race in the Democratic nominee to be in the U.S. Senate she withdrew today. This is NPR. Support for