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The emerging deal “would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE HORMUZ STRAIT, and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat,” Trump wrote in a Saturday evening social media post.

“Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL,” Trump said.

Israel agreed to join the U.S. in the commitment to try to complete the agreement with Iran that would bring about an end to the war, he added. Iran did not offer any immediate public reaction to the announcement.

Trump’s announcement marked another turn in the conflict a day after he had suggested the U.S. was close to to force Tehran to the negotiating table.

The U.S. and Israel on Feb. 28, starting a war that Trump said was aimed at destroying Tehran’s missile capabilities, preventing it from obtaining a nuclear weapon and ending its . But the stated goals and timelines for the conflict , and an earlier mid-June deal to stop the fighting crumbled within weeks.

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Saudis concerned about Iran retaliation

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto leader, and raised concerns about the U.S. potentially escalating the , according to a person familiar with the leaders’ discussion. The call happened before Trump’s social media announcement.

The Saudis, according to the person briefed on the substance of the call but not authorized to comment publicly, are concerned that Tehran could respond with attacks on the energy infrastructure of the kingdom and other Gulf countries.

The crown prince sought clarity from Trump on what potential new action he was weighing to take against Iran, the person said.

A White House official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and requested anonymity, confirmed the leaders spoke Saturday but did not offer any detail.

Iran has repeatedly attacked vessels attempting to transit through the without its authorization as part of its ongoing conflict with the U.S.

Elsewhere in the region

— The State Department issued new security alerts on Saturday urging U.S. citizens in the region to prepare for the possibility of flight cancellations, temporary airspace closures and other travel disruptions. The warnings covered Bahrain, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates.

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Houston (9-6-2) now sits in fourth place in the Western Conference, two points up on Real Salt Lake.

Santos netted the first goal of the night in the 55th minute with an outside-the-box shot that found the back of the net on an expected goal of 3%. With the goal, he became the ninth player in MLS history to score or assist on at least 17 of his club’s first 25 goals in a season.

Bouzat sealed the win with a left-footed shot from the center of the box to help the Dynamo extend their unbeaten streak to five games.

Jonathan Bond made four saves for Houston to preserve the clean sheet.

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Houston: Hosts the New England Revolution on Saturday.

Sporting KC: Has two weeks off before hosting the Colorado Rapids on Aug. 15.

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Evander became the fourth player in MLS history to record at least 10 goals and 10 assists in three consecutive seasons. He joined Luciano Acosta (2022-24), Hany Mukhtar (2021-23), and Preki (1996-98).

Evander is also the fifth-fastest player to reach 100 regular-season goal contributions in MLS history — doing so in just 104 games. The only players to do it faster were Lionel Messi (64), Sebastian Giovinco (95), Robbie Keane (96), and Carlos Vela (98).

Cincinnati (7-6-5) tied it at 1-all in the 33rd minute on a goal by Bryan RamĂ­rez and Tom Barlow scored nine minutes after entering as a substitute in the 70th to knot it at 2-all.

Ayoub Jabbari capped the scoring in stoppage time.

San Jose (10-5-3) had goals from Daniel Munie and Timo Werner.

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Earthquakes: Host St. Louis on Aug. 15.

Cincinnati: Plays at Orlando on Aug. 15.

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But within the leadership, there are sharp differences over what the endgame should be.

On one side, the ultra-hardliners who oppose any negotiations with the United States are pressing for total victory in the war. Known as the “Paydari” movement – Persian for “stability” – they are hard-core ideologues who want to enforce the over society.

On the other, those who support President Masoud Pezeshkian and powerful parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf — who doubles as Iran’s chief negotiator — see military pressure as a way to win with the United States. This camp is also spurred by concern over Iran is suffering from the war and the need to adapt to in the country.

“Negotiation is a political tool and a complement to military action to force the enemy to a point of compulsion and extract real concessions,” an adviser to Qalibaf, Mahdi Mohammadi, wrote on his Telegram channel Thursday.

The unusually open rivalry within the theocracy’s leadership points to a struggle for control over Iran’s postwar future. A huge question mark is where the new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, stands. Reportedly injured in the strike that in the opening minutes of the war on Feb. 28, Khamenei remains in hiding, and both sides have claimed his support.

Iran is determined to show strength

In a boost for Qalibaf and Pezeshkian, the ceasefire deal reached with the U.S. in April received strong backing in Iran’s top leadership body, the Supreme National Security Council. Twelve of its 13 members approved it, including senior figures in the Revolutionary Guard and the military.

The lone vote against the deal is widely believed to have come from Saeed Jalili, the most prominent figure in the Paydari movement.

But the ceasefire crumbled as the two sides trade strikes and as Iran presses for control over passage through the Strait of Hormuz which before the war carried a fifth of the world’s traded oil and gas. Iran was also frustrated that financial promises under the deal – including the release of billions of frozen assets – didn’t materialize, and now the American blockade is back in place.

With no benefits from the deal, “there’s no serious division” in the leadership over how to respond, said Ali Vaez, Iran project director at the International Crisis Group.

They believe U.S. President Donald Trump “only understands the language of force, and therefore, they would have to gain the upper hand in order to compel him to deliver,” Vaez said.

The hard-liners are pressuring Iranians

The funeral for slain Iranian supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, earlier this month appeared to show the strength of the ultra-hardline Paydari. Crowds called for revenge on the U.S. and Israel for the war. Videos showed mourners in Tehran welcoming Jalili, while Pezeshkian was greeted at one point with insults and cries of “Death to the compromiser!”.

The ultra-hardliners have used nightly rallies and their control of state television, known by the acronym IRIB, to drum up opposition to negotiations. At rallies and on TV, speakers have portrayed Iran as headed for total victory and denounced those who compromise with the Islamic Republic’s archenemy, the United States.

State television cut off a June 30 live broadcast with Qalibaf as he discussed negotiations with Washington. Earlier this month, it cut off broadcasting a speech by Pezeshkian to businessmen seconds after he said that the elder Khamenei had given permission for renewed U.S. talks before his death.

Pezeshkian and his camp have pushed back, portraying IRIB as dividing the country at the time of war. The president accused the broadcaster of making it like “the military are on one side, and the government is on another side.”

Last month, the president’s media office condemned state television for what it described as “censoring” the president and other government heads, signaling an open rift.

The hard-liners have sought to press their influence in other ways. In past weeks, authorities shut down cafes in central Tehran that were popular with residents during the ceasefire. Videos on Iranian social media showed many women at the cafes flouting mandatory veiling laws, and crowds mixing freely.

The closures were brief but signaled that “religious extremist parties” were showing their influence, said Mohamad Ali Abtahi, a reformist cleric and an aide to former President Mohammad Khatami, who is still widely considered to be the leader of Iran’s reformist groups.

While Jalili’s supporters are a minority they are influential, said Vali Nasr, professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

“They have a lot of money. They have a lot of power. They have put a lot of people in the bureaucracy” and developed connections in the Revolutionary Guard, Nasr said.

The pragmatists say the public must be heard

The more pragmatic camp argues that maintaining unity during the war requires addressing the public’s unhappiness over the economy as well as political and social repression. This, as Iran’s currency continues to slide, inflation spirals, and unemployment rises. A final agreement with the U.S. could bring Iran a huge windfall with the lifting of sanctions and the return of billions in assets.

Small flashes of impatience with the war have emerged. In July, over 250 former lawmakers, clerics, professors and other public figures signed an anti-war petition warning of the costs of the conflict. “We believe that the overwhelming majority of the Iranian people want peace and the right to a decent life,” the statement read. Others have spoken out against following wide-scale anti-government protests in January.

A top reformist party that assisted Pezeshkian’s presidential campaign warned that the war’s domestic toll was “undermining internal social cohesion.” That brought a rebuke from Tasnim, a news agency close to the Revolutionary Guard, which said the statement amounted to blaming Iran for a war started by the United States.

In mid-July, the president’s son and influential adviser, Youssef Pezeshkian, posted a series of messages about the need to balance realistic military aims with a weak economy. Referring to the decades of sanctions and confrontation with the West, he said Iran has “been prevented from growing and has suffered greatly. It has become sick.”

Both sides are looking to what happens after the war

Ultimately, both sides are jockeying for power after the war, given the unusual uncertainty brought on by the change in the supreme leadership. Abtahi, the reformist cleric, said Mojtaba Khamenei’s real views are still not known, so while some believe he could be more radical than his father, others see the potential for him to bring moderate change.

The supreme leader, because of the power invested in him, could act as a “brake” to restrain the more extremist factions, Abtahi said. But over time, the confrontation with more radical factions could grow more dangerous “if that brake isn’t used.”

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In the other matches, Gotham FC downed the Houston Dash 1-0; Racing Louisville beat the Chicago Stars 2-1; and Angel City played to a 1-1 draw with the Kansas City Current.

The visiting Reign (7-7-2) jumped ahead early, scoring twice in the opening 10 minutes behind Maddie Dahlien’s playmaking. In the fifth minute, Dahlien found Mia Fishel inside the box, where Fishel used the back of her foot to redirect a shot through the legs of Bay goalkeeper Jordan Silkowitz.

Five minutes later, Dahlien drove into Bay’s final third before firing a shot past Silkowitz.

Bay (5-9-3) cut the deficit three minutes later when Hannah Bebar curled a shot into the top corner beyond Reign goalkeeper Claudia Dickey.

Bebar found Keira Barry for the equalizer in the 75th minute but Fishlock’s strike, a minute after she subbed in, secured Seattle’s first victory over Bay FC.

Kerr scores for Gotham

Rose Lavelle helped spark Gotham’s victory on the road, setting up Sam Kerr.

Kerr’s finish a minute into the second half marked her latest milestone with Gotham, moving her into a tie as the club’s career regular-season goals leader with 30.

With the victory, Gotham (11-3-4) remained atop the NWSL standings after capturing the league championship last season. The Dash (5-8-4) are below the playoff line in 13th place.

Racing Louisville tops Chicago behind former Buckeyes

Former Ohio State teammates Mirann Gacioch, Kayla Fischer and Emma Sears combined to power Racing Louisville over the visiting Stars.

Gacioch scored her first NWSL goal in the 55th minute before Sears assisted Fischer’s goal just seven minutes later. The trio helped the Buckeyes reach four NCAA tournaments during their collegiate careers.

Makenna Morris lofted free kick that found Arin Wright, whose pass set up Gacioch for a header against former Racing goalkeeper Katie Atkinson. Atkinson left Louisville in December after setting the club record with 305 saves.

Louisville doubled its lead in the 61st minute when Sears found Fischer for her fourth goal of the season and Sears’ fourth assist.

Chicago (4-13-0) pulled one back in the 80th minute when Nádia Gomes capitalized after goalkeeper Jordyn Bloomer misjudged a routine shot.

Suarez, Hopkins trade goals

Angel City (7-7-2) and the Current (9-7-2) remained level in the regular-season series, playing to a draw in Kansas City after entering the match tied at 4-4-1.

Angel City rookie Taylor Suarez opened the scoring less than 15 minutes into the match when Carina Lageyre threaded a pass to the center of the box and Suarez finished past goalkeeper Marisa Jordan for her first NWSL goal.

Kansas City responded just over 10 minutes later when Haley Hopkins met Izzy Rodriguez’s cross in the air and volleyed past goalkeeper Angelina Anderson.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Friday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees 2, Chicago Cubs 0

Chicago White Sox 6, Tampa Bay 1

Arizona 4, Cleveland 1

Baltimore 6, Philadelphia 4

Toronto 3, St. Louis 1

Colorado 3, Kansas City 1

Houston 11, Texas 2

Detroit 13, Athletics 1

Milwaukee 6, L.A. Angels 2

Minnesota 5, Seattle 3

Boston 9, L.A. Dodgers 4

Saturday’s Games

Toronto 5, St. Louis 1

Tampa Bay 1, Chicago White Sox 0

Seattle 4, Minnesota 3

Milwaukee at L.A. Angels, 9:38 p.m.

Detroit at Athletics, 9:40 p.m.

Chicago Cubs 5, N.Y. Yankees 2

Philadelphia 5, Baltimore 0

Houston 5, Texas 4

Arizona 12, Cleveland 8

Colorado 12, Kansas City 6

Boston 3, L.A. Dodgers 2

Sunday’s Games

Philadelphia (Wheeler 10-2) at Baltimore (Bradish 7-9), 1:35 p.m.

St. Louis (Liberatore 5-8) at Toronto (Scherzer 1-4), 1:37 p.m.

Arizona (Kelly 8-8) at Cleveland (Williams 10-6), 1:40 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Kay 7-5) at Tampa Bay (Jax 6-8), 1:40 p.m.

Texas (Rocker 4-8) at Houston (Lambert 8-5), 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Cole 4-5) at Chicago Cubs (Rea 8-7), 2:20 p.m.

Kansas City (Lugo 4-6) at Colorado (Freeland 2-10), 3:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Misiorowski 11-4) at L.A. Angels (Ureña 6-7), 3:15 p.m.

Detroit (Montero 7-6) at Athletics (Jump 4-6), 4:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Bradley 9-4) at Seattle (Kirby 8-9), 4:10 p.m.

Boston (Bennett 6-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Sheehan 4-7), 7:20 p.m.

Monday’s Games

St. Louis at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Toronto at Houston, 8:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

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Friday’s Games

N.Y. Yankees 2, Chicago Cubs 0

Cincinnati 8, Pittsburgh 7

Arizona 4, Cleveland 1

Baltimore 6, Philadelphia 4

Toronto 3, St. Louis 1

Atlanta 6, Washington 2

Miami 5, N.Y. Mets 2

Colorado 3, Kansas City 1

San Diego 7, San Francisco 0

Milwaukee 6, L.A. Angels 2

Boston 9, L.A. Dodgers 4

Saturday’s Games

Toronto 5, St. Louis 1

Miami 6, N.Y. Mets 2

Pittsburgh 4, Cincinnati 1

Milwaukee at L.A. Angels, 9:38 p.m.

Atlanta 8, Washington 3

Chicago Cubs 5, N.Y. Yankees 2

Philadelphia 5, Baltimore 0

Arizona 12, Cleveland 8

Colorado 12, Kansas City 6

Boston 3, L.A. Dodgers 2

San Diego 6, San Francisco 5

Sunday’s Games

Philadelphia (Wheeler 10-2) at Baltimore (Bradish 7-9), 1:35 p.m.

Washington (Cavalli 8-4) at Atlanta (TBD), 1:35 p.m.

St. Louis (Liberatore 5-8) at Toronto (Scherzer 1-4), 1:37 p.m.

Arizona (Kelly 8-8) at Cleveland (Williams 10-6), 1:40 p.m.

Miami (Alcantara 11-6) at N.Y. Mets (Stock 0-0), 1:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Keller 6-7) at Cincinnati (Burns 12-1), 1:40 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Cole 4-5) at Chicago Cubs (Rea 8-7), 2:20 p.m.

Kansas City (Lugo 4-6) at Colorado (Freeland 2-10), 3:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Misiorowski 11-4) at L.A. Angels (Ureña 6-7), 3:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Roupp 7-9) at San Diego (King 6-7), 4:10 p.m.

Boston (Bennett 6-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Sheehan 4-7), 7:20 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Washington at Philadelphia, 6:40 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Yankees, 7:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 7:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Chicago Cubs, 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

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The woman in her 70s with apparent heat stroke was found in a car, Kumamoto officials said, as they raised the 36. The magnitude 7.1 hit Kumamoto Prefecture on Japan’s southern main island of Kyushu on Tuesday.

This latest death was what officials and experts had worried about amid high temperatures. Kumamoto authorities were to start delivering leaflets to those taking shelter in their cars, urging them to stay in cool places and take sufficient liquids, and regularly take exercise to avoid blood clotting risks.

NHK public television said the woman was found dead Thursday in a car without gas.

”It’s heartbreaking,” said Kumaoto Gov. Takashi Kimura, referring to the death of the woman, as he called on evacuees taking shelter in their cars to keep refueling their vehicles to run air-conditioning, or consider moving to air-conditioned evacuation centers to avoid similar risks.

The prefecture’s main challenge is the lack of fresh water still affecting nearly 47,000 homes, and fuel shortages as Japan suffers sweltering heat, stoking fears of heat-related illness.

Japan Meteorological Agency said temperatures reached an “extreme heat” level of 36.6 degrees Celsius (97.8 degrees Fahrenheit) in Kumamoto city Saturday and that they could go higher Sunday.

More than 9,000 people remain at crowded shelters, such as converted community centers, school gyms and classrooms, many of them lacking air-conditioning. parked at town hall parking lots and parks, or outside of their homes, for privacy.

Due to fuel supply shortages in hard-hit areas, there have been long lines of cars outside of gas stations that have resumed operations as fuel delivery gradually restarted.

Experts have long criticized Japan’s crowded conditions at emergency shelters, arguing that a lack of sanitation and privacy creates additional stress and increases the risk of health problems for disaster-hit people.

Water, food and other necessities, including portable toilets, as well as air conditioners and partitions, were being delivered to improve conditions at the evacuation centers, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi told a government task force meeting Saturday.

“The government is determined to do everything we can,” Takaichi said.

On Saturday, authorities ended a massive dayslong search-and-rescue operation at the Aeon Mall, in the town of Kashima, after extracting five people and the bodies of seven others. The site was one of the hardest-hit sites, after an explosion that followed the quake caused the walls and a floor to collapse.

The explosion, which the company said it believes was due to a gas leak, occurred after about 3,000 shoppers had been evacuated to a parking lot following the quake, but some employees remained inside. The mall’s second floor collapsed.

The overall number of missing in the hit prefecture remains unknown, and search operations pressed on, with thousands of Self Defense troops, police, rescue workers and sniffing dogs deployed.

Takaichi urged rescue personnel not to leave anyone behind.

At another hard-hit site in Kumamoto Prefecture, a chimney collapsed at the Nippon Paper Industries factory in Yatsushiro city, trapping 11 employees. Nine have since been confirmed dead and two were rescued, officials said.

The earthquake has left 105 people injured in Kumamoto, authorities said, and two in addition to the reported deaths are being investigated to determine if they are quake-related.

The prefecture said reports of power loss have fallen to fewer than 900 households, but local power company serving Kyushu said it had no immediate reports of outages.

Over 180 homes were destroyed, officials said, and more than 3,800 buildings were damaged, with 20 of them severely affected, according to Kumamoto prefectural assessments.

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She wanted to savor every moment.

“Back in high school I was on my speech team and my informative speech was on women in baseball,” said Hodel, a 43-year-old athletic trainer from Duluth, Minnesota. “So as soon as I saw this happening a couple years ago it was my goal to come.”

That moment finally arrived on Saturday night, when Mo’ne Davis and the Los Angeles Queens rallied for a 10-8 victory over Denae Benites and the New York Heights in a rainy debut for the first women’s professional baseball league in the United States .

“Growing up I played softball,” said Koehler, 33, of St. Paul, Minnesota. “I wanted to play baseball because going professional was always like the dream, but there (were) no opportunities. … So now that that’s actually an opportunity and something that girls can look up to I think is amazing.”

Maggie Foxx picked up the league’s first hit on a two-run single for Los Angeles in the first inning. Benites connected for the WPBL’s first homer, a two-run drive to center in the bottom of the fourth.

The Queens trailed 8-4 before scoring two runs in the sixth and four more in wet and windy conditions for the final frame of the seven-inning contest.

“When I walked on the field I started crying because of how much this moment meant, and how much it meant to everybody,” Foxx said. “It means everything to us.”

A steady rain fell for much of the day, soaking the 101-year-old home of . But much of the crowd of more than 4,000 started lining up hours before the game, hoping to grab a Davis bobblehead on the way to the metal bleachers.

The line for the main merchandise booth stretched all the way to the outfield along one side of the ballpark.

“Having a daughter, it’s really exciting to give her exposure to female professional athletes,” said Antonietta Mabry, 47, an accountant from Columbus, Ohio. “It’s such a rare thing, so it’s really cool to give her some really positive female role models and examples.”

Mabry was accompanied by her husband, Jason, a 48-year-old auditor, and their daughter, Rosalee. The 9-year-old Mabry got her glove autographed by San Francisco second baseman Amanda Gianelloni.

The Firebells and Boston Hunters — the league’s other two teams — play on Sunday. A couple players from each team helped the grounds crew pull the tarp off the field after the rain subsided.

“I’m excited to be here because I play softball and I really like it and it’s really cool that I get to see professional women play,” Rosalee Mabry said.

The WPBL paid tribute to the past, present and future of women’s baseball during a rain-delayed pregame ceremony. The crowd cheered as the lineups for the Queens and Heights were announced.

But the biggest ovation of the night was for 99-year-old Maybelle Blair, who threw a ceremonial first pitch to San Francisco’s Kelsie Whitmore, one of the biggest stars of the WPBL. Blair, who serves on a WPBL advisory board, played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which ran from 1943-54 and inspired the 1992 movie, “A League of Their Own.”

“I think that’s pretty incredible,” Benites said. “Maybelle’s been sticking with us since the beginning of this journey. She’s paved a path for us, really. … She’s a special person and I’m so happy that she got to make it out here and do that today.”

Lindsey Keirsey, 42, a high school history teacher in Fenton, Missouri, said she is obsessed with the AAGPBL and “A League of Their Own.” She attended the game with her husband, Drew, 43, and their four children, Hadley, 17, Nolan, 15, Elam, 11, and Abbott, 10.

“We go to St. Louis Cardinals games all the time,” Hadley Keirsey said. “As much as I love baseball, I think it’s an amazing opportunity to see so many women be able to play and just break ground like that. Even though it’s just a sport, I think that if we can do things like this and let women play in sports like this, women can do so many more things.”

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The Padres remained a game back of the third NL wild-card spot.

The Padres had to rally after Osleivis Basabe, a late replacement for MLB batting leader Luis Arraez, hit a two-run double off All-Star Mason Miller with two outs in the eighth to tie it at 5.

Xander Bogaerts hit a leadoff double off Dylan Smith (0-3) and was sacrificed by Freddy Fermin. With two outs, Fernando Tatis Jr. was intentionally walked before Cronenworth singled to center.

Miller (4-1) got the win as well as his first blown save.

With the Padres trying to hold onto a 5-3 lead, Miller relieved Jeremiah Estrada with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth. He struck out pinch-hitter Grant McCray before Basabe, playing in just his third game this year, hit a 103-mph four-seam fastball from Miller just in front of the wall in left to bring in Rafael Devers and Willy Adames. Miller got Bryce Eldridge to ground out.

Fermin hit a two-run homer in the fourth off Tyler Mahle for a 3-2 lead.

Basabe had tied it at 2 with a two-run homer off Walker Buehler with one out in the third. The Giants went ahead 3-2 when Buehler walked Willy Adames with the bases loaded.

It was the first homer since 2023 for Basabe, who started at second and batted ninth after Arraez was scratched minutes before the game with cramps.

The Giants said Arraez was scratched as a precaution after he came out of Friday night’s game in the seventh inning with cramps. Arraez, who leads the majors with a .328 batting average, is among the top trade candidates as Monday’s deadline approaches.

Basabe’s contract was selected from Triple-A on Tuesday after Casey Schmitt went on the injured list.

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Giants RHP Landen Roupp (7-9, 4.12 ERA) and Padres RHP Michael King (6-7, 3.38) were scheduled to start the series finale Sunday.

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The winner came after Przemysław Płacheta, who entered late for Austin, fouled Navarro in the box during stoppage time. Navarro stepped to the spot and buried the penalty, keeping Austin winless on the road this year.

Colorado generated better chances for much of the night, repeatedly testing goalkeeper Brad Stuver and threatening from set pieces. Austin created several opportunities through Brandon Vázquez, Myrto Uzuni and Facundo Torres, but could not find a breakthrough.

Stuver helped keep the match scoreless deep into the second half before Colorado finally capitalized in the closing moments.

Defender Keegan Rosenberry made his 200th appearance for the Rapids.

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Austin: Visit Club Tijuana for Leagues Cup group stage play on Thursday.

Colorado: Have two weeks off before visiting Sporting KC on Aug. 15.

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Trump added that the emerging deal “would include the Immediate, Complete, and Total OPENING OF THE , and an end to Iran’s nuclear threat.”

“Based on this request, I have agreed, for the future benefit of the WORLD and, likewise, the survival of a successful and prosperous Iran, to cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL,” Trump said.

He said that Israel has agreed to join the U.S. in the commitment to try to complete the agreement with Iran that would bring about an end to the war.

Iran did not offer any immediate public reaction to Trump’s announcement.

It’s the latest abrupt shift in the 5-month-old conflict

The president’s announcement marked another remarkable turn in the conflict — only a day after he suggested to reporters that he was close to resuming heavy military strikes to force the regime to come to the negotiating table.

The U.S. and Israel on Feb. 28, starting a war that Trump said was aimed at destroying Tehran’s missile capabilities, preventing it from obtaining a nuclear weapon and ending its . But the stated goals and timelines for the conflict .

An reached in mid-June halted the fighting and was supposed to pave the way for a permanent deal, but it crumbled within weeks as Iran resumed attacks on shipping in the .

The announcement came after Trump’s call with Saudi crown prince

Earlier Saturday, Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom’s de facto leader, in a phone call with Trump raised concerns about the U.S. potentially escalating the conflict with Iran, according to a person familiar with the leaders’ discussion.

The discussion, which was first reported on by the news outlet Axios, came as Trump weighed whether to carry out new strikes on Iran.

The Saudis, according to the person briefed on the substance of the call but not authorized to comment publicly, are concerned that if the U.S. targets Iran’s energy infrastructure or carries out massive strikes on bridges or power plants that Tehran could respond by carrying out attacks on the kingdom’s and other Gulf countries’ energy infrastructure.

The crown prince during Saturday’s call sought clarity from Trump on what potential new action he’s weighing to take against Iran, the person said.

A White House official, who was not authorized to comment publicly and requested anonymity, confirmed the leaders spoke on Saturday but did not offer any detail about their conversation.

Saudi Arabia earlier this week used by Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, but has been urging the U.S. and Iran to get back to the negotiating table to find an endgame to the conflict.

The crown prince also dispatched his brother, Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, to Washington on Wednesday for separate meetings with Trump and Vice President JD Vance to discuss Iran strategy.

And Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday at the White House, their since launching the war in February. The Israeli leader has urged Trump to continue to prosecute the war against Iran.

The war is unpopular, and November midterms are looming

The stakes for continued U.S. military action are high for Trump and his party as the conflict, , has jolted the world economy just months before critical midterm elections in November.

The president had vowed to take retaliatory action after the U.S. military thwarted a surprise attack earlier this week by Iran on a U.S. base in Jordan.

Trump on Friday displayed his growing frustration with the conflict, telling reporters that “we just want to win” in Iran and that the U.S. will hit Iran “very hard” until they can’t take it anymore. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt echoed the president, noting that Tehran last month signed a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. on a truce but then quickly “broke it, shot at commercial ships, and killed American soldiers.”

U.S. officials were on edge ahead of Trump’s Saturday evening statement. And Trump himself in his social media post said that the U.S. military was “locked and loaded” and prepared to display “levels of Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II.”

Earlier in the day, the U.S. State Department issued new security alerts for Americans in 10 countries in the region to exercise heightened caution due to the escalating tensions with Iran.

The warnings — covering Bahrain, Israel, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates — urged U.S. citizens to prepare for the possibility of flight cancellations, temporary airspace closures and other travel disruptions.

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Meanwhile, Kuwait’s military said Saturday that its forces responded to drone attacks by Iran.

In a statement, Maj. Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, spokesperson for Kuwait’s Defense Ministry, said the drones hit “a number of vital facilities,” including a government structure in the country’s north. He said there were no casualties.

The British Navy said Saturday that a tanker was struck and a separate explosion hit close to a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Oman. No casualties were reported in either incident, it said. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Organization said an unknown projectile hit the vessel on Friday 11 nautical miles northeast of Lima, Oman. The attack damaged the vessel’s engine room.

The group said that on Saturday a large splash and an explosion were reported close to another tanker while it was sailing 21 nautical miles northwest of Khasab city.

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The Whitecaps (10-3-4) and LAFC (10-5-4) remain tied in the Western Conference with 34 points apiece.

The Whitecaps controlled most of the opening half, but Son Heung-min’s goal gave LAFC the lead at halftime.

Müller’s goal came in the 76th minute after he was hauled down in the box by defender Yevhen Cheberko. Müller calmly struck the ball into an open side of the net.

Son spun and sent a shot into the short side of the net past the outstretched fingers of goalkeeper Yohei Takaoka to open the scoring. Son celebrated with a large Korean contingent in the crowd.

A crowd of 40,086 watched the Whitecaps play their first game at BC Place Stadium since April 25th. The Whitecaps were forced on the road while the stadium hosted seven FIFA World Cup matches.

Up next

Los Angeles: Hosts San Diego on Aug. 15.

Whitecaps: Play at Seattle on Aug. 16.

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The Red Sox have won four straight, including the first two games of the series against the Dodgers. The Red Sox 13-3 since the All-Star break and 22-4 since the start of July.

The only hits allowed by Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto through seven innings were home runs by Ceddanne Rafaela in the first and third innings. Yamamoto retired 13 consecutive hitters after Rafaela’s second blast.

Monasterio’s double to left field ended Yamamoto’s streak. Monasterio moved to third on Jarren Duran’s bunt single before scoring on Wong’s double-play grounder.

Teoscar Hernández had three hits, including a two-run homer off Boston left-hander Payton Tolle in the second. Tolle allowed two runs on nine hits in six innings. Justin Slaten (2-4) pitched a scoreless seventh.

Red Sox left-hander Aroldis Chapman pitched a perfect ninth for his 27th save.

Yamamoto (11-7) allowed three runs on four hits in eight innings.

The Red Sox held out All-Star first baseman , who had concussion testing after he was hit by a pitch on the side of his helmet Friday night.

Before the game, Dodgers left-hander Cole Irvin was designated for assignment. Irvin allowed six runs in Friday night’s to Boston. The Dodgers recalled right-handers Kyle Hurt and Wyatt Mills and placed right-handed pitcher Will Klein on the injured list with right elbow discomfort.

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Red Sox LHP Jake Bennett (6-4, 2.74 ERA) was scheduled to face Dodgers RHP Emmet Sheehan (4-7, 4.95) on Sunday night.

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