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Iran reportedly wants to restart US nuclear talks as Israeli strikes continue. On Sunday, Iran canceled scheduled nuclear talks with the US, but yesterday, news outlets reported that it was signaling a willingness to resume them and asking allies to urge President Trump to press Israel for a ceasefire. Meanwhile, Israel and Iran continued to trade missile strikes, with one Israeli attack hitting Iran’s state broadcaster while it was live on air. As Israeli attacks on Iran intensified, Trump posted on social media that Tehran should be immediately evacuated. Trump left the G7 Summit a day earlier than planned in order to address the situation.

Minnesota shooting suspect planned to target two more lawmakers, prosecutors say. Prosecutors revealed more details about actions they believe were taken by Vance Boelter, the man accused of killing one Minnesota lawmaker along with her husband and injuring another politician and his wife, as they brought federal charges of murder and stalking (he’s already facing state charges). They allege Boelter visited the homes of two more state legislators the night of the shooting with plans to target them as well, but one was on vacation, and he fled after police arrived at the home of the other. Boelter, who was found by police Sunday after a manhunt, is being held without bail until a court appearance next week.

Amazon and Roku team up to get ads in front of more eyeballs. The two companies have joined forces for a digital ad sales partnership they say will give advertisers access to more than 80% of US households with connected TVs by allowing them to reach viewers of Amazon Prime, the Roku Channel, and others. They say it’s a good deal for advertisers because in early trials, ads placed this way reached 40% more unique viewers
while decreasing the frequency with which ads were shown to the same viewer by 30%, tripling the value advertisers get for their cash, per Deadline.—AR

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