Pacifica 5-Minute Morning Headlines | August 3, 2026

President Donald Trump tells reporters diplomatic talks with Iran will resume today but Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmail Baghaei says that no negotiations are taking place, Al Jazeera reports that Israeli forces killed at least 19 Palestinians in Gaza since Fridays US brokered peace agreement reportedly agreed to by Hamas leaders on Friday, 2 workers who died in a shopping mall explosion that followed a powerful earthquake in Japan last week were reportedly asked by their boss to re-enter the building to secure cash, roughly 60,000 people ordered to evacuate as wildfires threaten the city of Spokane, Washington.