The Guardian is reporting that US and Iran have reached a deal that purports to bring an immediate end to the war between the US and Iran with President Trump claiming that the flow of oil through the region will be restored. But amidst Trump's social media boasts about the deal to be formally signed on Friday, basic questions remained surrounding Israel's ongoing annexation of southern Lebanon highlighted by an IDF bombing on Sunday in the southern suburbs of Lebanon that killed three and injured six.
The Guardian is also reporting that Europe's G7 nations are set to meet following Russia's deadly missile and drone attack on Kyiv that damaged a world famous monastery site that's on UNESCO's list of world heritage sites.
Russia blamed the strike on a US made Patriot missile.
The New York Times is reporting that the war in Ukraine has now raged for close to 1,600 days, or four years and three months, making it longer than World War. Hundreds of thousands have been killed with the toll particularly high for the Russian military.
Meanwhile, attacks on education, pupils and staff around the world have spiked by 40 percent to nearly 8,500, according to the Guardian. The disturbing analysis is from a report issued by the Global Coalition to Protect Education from Attack.
The report documents such attacks in 83 countries in 2024 and 2025 with Ukraine registering close to 900 such attacks, while Palestine saw 2,400. Other hotspots for targeting schools include Columbia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Ethiopia and Haiti.
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In the A Block today, we will dive into the as-of-yet still unsigned memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran, as well examine the significance of the UFC Championship Fight held on the White House lawn yesterday for President Trump’s 80th birthday with our We Decide political panel–Laura Jedeed, a writer at FirewalledMedia.com and an Army veteran of two tours in the War in Afghanistan, David Levinthal, Washington DC correspondent and senior Editor at NOTUS, and Egberto Willes, host of KPFT's Politics Done Right.
In the B Block, we look at the FBI raid on an Ohio voter registration non-profit last week which follows multiple moves to federalize elections with Jerry Austin, an author and veteran Ohio-based political consultant and Evan Davis from Pacifica station WCRS in Columbus, Ohio.
In the second half of the show, we turn our eyes to the worsening healthcare crisis in America with internist and preventative care physician Dr. Betty Kolod, a practicing primary care physician in East Harlem, Dr. Joseph Q Jarvis, Chair of the Utah Cares Political Issue Committee which is leading an effort to place better, simpler health care financed fairly for all Utah residents on the ballot in Utah in 2026, and Kelly Smith an organizer with the Non-Violent Medicaid Army which is currently assisting Medicaid patients in 12 states.
And in the D Block, we’ll listen back to We Decide media editor Jesse Lent’s conversation last week with Ben Grazda, advocacy manager for Reporters Without Borders and Jose Zamora, regional director of the Americas for the Committee to Protect Journalists about where the most dangerous places on earth are to report the news and why.
