Reuters World News - Iran and US pause, America’s 250th and Latino voters

Starting point is 00:00:00 Hi, I'm Kim Vinal in Wanganui, New Zealand. It's Monday, June 29th. Today, Iran and the US agree to stop fighting again to try and get their peace plan back on track. Venezuelans continue to pick up the pieces after their devastating earthquake. And the US prepares to mark 250 years, but not everyone's in the mood to celebrate. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, seven days a week. This episode is brought to you by Accenture. When your advertising operations fall out of sync, everything else follows. Spotify and Accenture are working together to reinvent the rhythm of ad sales,

Starting point is 00:00:52 using automation, analytics and smarter workflows to simplify campaign delivery and access better data across the business. The result? Less time spent on operations, more time connecting brands with the moments and fandums that matter most. Learn more at Accenture.com slash Spotify. After four days of tit-for-tat attacks, Iran and the U.S. have agreed to halt hostilities again. A U.S. official said the two sides will renew talks regarding their dispute over the Strait of Hormuz, raising hopes of saving an interim peace deal. The two sides could meet in Qatar on China. Tuesday, according to a report from Axios.

Starting point is 00:01:38 It follows days of escalating strikes. Iran's Revolutionary Guards released video of what it says were joint missile and drone attacks targeting U.S. military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain. Reuters could not independently verify in that video. Tehran says those strikes were in retaliation for U.S. attacks, which followed a hit on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, Iran's foreign minister Abbas-Rakchi says Tehran will take control of managing the Strait of Hormuz once it reopens. A position Washington has previously said would be unacceptable.

Starting point is 00:02:23 Israel has released footage, it says, shows its forces destroying a large underground tunnel belonging to Hezbollah and Lebanon. The U.S. was informed ahead of the attack, according to a statement from the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Iran has maintained that fighting in Lebanon must end if the deal with the US is to stick. In La Guaira, on Venezuela's coast, a father and son are rescued from a building four days after it collapsed on top of them.

Starting point is 00:03:00 American rescue teams are now among those helping on the ground. But the window to find survivors is now closing, fast. The death hole from Wednesday's Twin Quakes is now at almost 1,500 and tens of thousands of people are still missing. In the capital, survivors are still taking shelter in tents on roadsides. Many are families with young children, their belongings packed into plastic bags. They're unsure when or if they'll be able to return home, with some houses deemed structurally unsafe. Let's get some news on the markets now and what to watch out for this week with Mike Dolan from our sister podcast, MorningBid. Good morning, yeah. We've had a noisy weekend back in the Gulfic military exchanges unnerving lots of people about just how over is this conflict.

Starting point is 00:03:57 It appears before the oil markets got a chance to react this morning. There was a deal to resume talking between the US and Iran and therefore we haven't got much of reaction in markets. But it's a big week and a short week because Wall Street's out on Friday for Independence Day. We have the end of the quarter, the half year mark tomorrow. And that's been creating some degree of profit taking in what has been a spectacular three months for the chip sector and the AI boom. We also get Kevin Warsh. He's speaking on Wednesday in Cintra in Portugal for the at the ECB conference. and we also have a US employment report,

Starting point is 00:04:41 which is due on Thursday before the July 4th holiday. You can catch morning bid wherever you get your podcasts. A deadly heatwave is pushing into Central Europe and the Balkans after scorching Western Europe over the weekend. Temperatures hit 104 degrees Fahrenheit in some areas, with storms now moving into parts of France and Germany. French health officials have linked around a thousand deaths to the heat, mostly older people, with that toll expected to rise.

Starting point is 00:05:12 Scientists say the heat wave is among the worst on record in Europe, straining power supplies, transport and healthcare systems. They also say that without climate change, extreme heat events like this would have been, quote, virtually impossible. For more on this record-breaking heat in Europe, check out this week's On Assignment. And listen to data reporter Ben Welsh explained just how unprecedented this moment really is. If you want a $3,000 a month payday for life, what would you feel free to do?

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Starting point is 00:06:11 President Vladimir Putin has rejected Ukraine's proposal for a mutual halt to long-range strikes, saying Russia will press on until it fully captures four Ukrainian regions. Speaking on state television, he dismissed the proposal as a ploy to relieve pressure on Kiev's forces. He also called for a rapid ramp-up in air defense production to counter Ukrainian drone strikes targeting Russian oil. infrastructure. Now this Saturday, July 4th, the United States turns 250. But heading toward a milestone that's meant to unite the country, a new Reuters Ipsos poll reveals that one in five Americans won't be celebrating. To find out why National Affairs reporter Tim Reed went to Buck's County, Pennsylvania, a key swing region that Trump won by a razor-thin majority in 2024. A lot of the

Starting point is 00:07:16 people we spoke to in Bucks County remembered very clearly 1976, the country's bicentennial. And they don't remember anything like this. They don't remember people being divided about celebrating America's birthday. They just remembered street parties and neighborhoods getting together and whole towns turning out to watch fireworks and celebrate together. And they feel like this 250th anniversary. is extremely different and much more divided and extremely unusual. Trump's central involvement in the celebrations that are taking place in Washington, D.C. is a significant factor in some of these people we spoke to in their decision not to celebrate July 4th.

Starting point is 00:08:05 They feel like it should be a celebration about America, and instead they feel that Trump has placed himself front and center at the celebrations, and he's turning this anniversary into a celebration of himself. And they find that really quite offensive. Latino voters are among the most changeable voting blocks, experts say. Their political allegiances tend to shift with economic ebbs and flows. Are there any issues that are top of mind for y'all these days? Democratic candidate Manny Rutnell is focused on that,

Starting point is 00:08:43 as he campaigns for a house seat in Colorado's 8th Congressional District, where 40% of the population identifies as Latino. We can't take any vote for granted, especially this community. We can't just assume that Latinos are going to vote for a Democrat just because they're a Democrat. A May poll shows that one in five Latino voters remain undecided heading into the midterms. National Affairs reporter Brad Brooks visited Colorado's 8th district to find out why both parties are struggling to reach demographic that appears to be up for grabs.

Starting point is 00:09:14 I mean, the voters in Colorado's district day really expressed a lot of dissatisfaction with the economy, of course, with inflation, with prices. They seem to be really exasperated. What I heard from people was they didn't really know, you know, who to turn to or which party to turn to. You know, I spoke with people who had cast their ballot for President Trump in 2024, and some of them regretted that.

Starting point is 00:09:42 That said, that doesn't mean that they are just jumping back to supporting Democrats. Most of the people we spoke with are up in the air. They don't know who they're going to vote for. They don't see either party necessarily as providing really good solutions or roadmaps for how to get some relief. And I think that's why, especially for Latino voters who are already much more like to be independent or unaffiliated and to be swinging, they're just not ready to give their support to one part of the other right now. For more on any of the stories from today,

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Reuters World News - Iran and US pause, America’s 250th and Latino voters

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