Fast food chains across the United States are supercharging their value menus to win over cautious customers who are coping with sky-high gas prices. McDonald’s this week reported sales grew nearly 4 percent in the U.S. from a year earlier which is a better-than-expected success. Reporting for TODAY, NBC’s Emilie Ikeda breaks down how these restaurants are beefing up their offerings.
Donald Trump insists ceasefire remains intact after the most serious test yet. Plus, David Attenborough’s 100 most spectacular moments Good morning. The US and Iran traded fire late on Thursday in the greatest test so far to their month-long ceasefire. Tehran accused Washington of breaching the truce by targeting two ships in the strait of Hormuz and attacking civilian areas, while the US said it struck in retaliation. Where were negotiations up to before the strikes? There were reports the two
President Donald Trump says the fragile ceasefire is still in effect even as attacks escalate between the United States and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. Central Command said Iran fired missiles and launched drones at three American destroyers, calling the attacks “unprovoked.” They also said U.S. forces responded with self defense strikes targeting military facilities and drone launch sites in Iran. Iran says it was the U.S. who fired first and that its attacks were defensive. NBC’s Matt B
The ship at the center of the deadly hantavirus outbreak is heading to the Canary Islands as health officials scramble to track passengers who disembarked from the ship early. It comes as new suspected cases are popping in multiple countries, including in the United Kingdom and Singapore. NBC’s Daniele Hamamdjian reports for TODAY from Tenerife.
The Guardian wanted to know who, exactly, would be pulled into the mass-deportation dragnet of Trump’s second term Donald Trump entered his second term promising “mass deportations”. He also promised he’d target the “worst of the worst”. The Guardian wanted to know who, exactly, would be pulled into this deportation dragnet. That question led us to “ Record of Deportable/Inadmissible Alien ” forms, also known as I-213 forms. Immigration agents fill out these forms each time they make an arrest,
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Exclusive: Co-chair Vula Tsetsi says it is time to trigger debate, as statement is agreed at annual leadership meeting in Brussels The European Green party has urged the UK to consider rejoining the EU and draw a line under the “political and economic failure” of Brexit. A text declaring that “the United Kingdom’s future lies in the European Union” was adopted by a large majority of European green parties at the movement’s annual leadership meeting on Friday, the day before Europe Day. Continue
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The Iran war's shaky ceasefire was further strained on Friday as the United Arab Emirates responded to a missile and drone strikes. (Image credit: Amirhosein Khorgooi)
NPR News · Oct 8
The Iran war's shaky ceasefire was further strained on Friday as the United Arab Emirates responded to a missile and drone strikes. (Image credit: Amirhosein Khorgooi)
Guardian - World · Oct 8
Trump sets Fourth of July deadline as he vents impatience at speed of EU’s implementation Donald Trump has said the EU must ratify its trade deal with the US by 4 July or face “much higher” tariffs, after European officials fell short of agreement on the pact. Trump said he spoke to the EU chief, Ursula von der Leyen, about the issue and, he posted on his Truth Social platform, “agreed to give her until our Country’s 250th Birthday or, unfortunately, their Tariffs would immediately jump to much
