NPR News: 06-29-2026 6AM EDT

Korva Coleman· Host0:00

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. Over the weekend, the shaky ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran seemed to get weaker. Iran has struck two ships trying to sail through the Strait of Hormuz, and it fired missiles into Kuwait and Bahrain. The U.S. has big military bases there. Meanwhile, the U.S. has conducted multiple military strikes in Iran. But NPR's Carrie Kahn says talks between the U.S. and Iran are apparently going to go forward.

Carrie Kahn0:26

A senior U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive negotiations told NPR last night that, quote, "Nothing has been canceled and talks are on track for the coming days." The Associated Press is reporting that Pakistan, a key mediator, says talks will resume Tuesday.

Korva Coleman· Host0:43

NPR's Carrie Kahn reporting. It's been more than four days since twin earthquakes rocked Venezuela. The government says more than fourteen hundred fifty people have died. Tens of thousands are missing. Parts of northern Venezuela are only flattened rubble. And rescuers still have little equipment to help find survivors. In the U.S., forecasters say dangerous heat is building in the central plains, and it's sliding east. Extreme heat warnings reach to central Wisconsin. Today, it could feel well over one hundred degrees there. The extended heat wave in Europe is now being linked to hundreds of deaths that occurred in the past several days. Esme Nicholson reports from Berlin.

Esme Nicholson1:26

The World Health Organization says that as of Sunday, more than thirteen