NPR News: 05-27-2026 5AM EDT

Dave Mattingly· Host0:01

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. Amid efforts to extend the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, the Islamic Rush- Revolutionary Guard Corps is threatening to retaliate from Monday's American military strikes in southern Iran. U.S. Central Command has called the attacks on missile launchers and boats self-defense. Heat records are being shattered in much of Europe, where afternoon highs have been hitting the mid to upper nineties this week. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has more from Paris.

Eleanor Beardsley0:32

French authorities have linked seven deaths to the unprecedented scorching temperatures. Much of Europe is under a heat dome originating in North Africa and trapped under a high-pressure system across the European continent. Climate scientists warn the extreme weather is a result of the effects of global warming. Europe is warming faster than the global average, partly due to ocean currents and air movements across the continent. Restrictions on outdoor work were imposed in parts of Italy, and temperatures have reached ninety-five degrees as far north as London. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.

Dave Mattingly· Host1:08

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has defeated four-term incumbent Senator John Cornyn in the state's Republican Senate runoff election. Cornyn conceded the race to Paxton last night, not long after the polls closed, as Blaise Gainey with the Texas Newsroom reports.

Blaise Gainey1:25

Cornyn has been Texas senator since two thousand and two. Before that, he was Texas