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You are listening to the Inside news letter's daily brief. Use Newsbeat app to listen to great news articles from the web. Yellowstone grizzly bears are no longer endangered. The government’s decision to take the bears off the list of threatened species means that Montana, Idaho and Wyoming could allow limited hunts so long as the number of bears stays above 600. There are now some 700 grizzlies in an area that includes northwestern Wyoming, southwestern Montana and eastern Idaho. But, there were only 136 back in in 1975, when they were declared endangered. The decision by the Fish and Wildlife Service to remove Yellowstone grizzlies from the list of endangered species will likely be challenged in court by environmentalists who believe the bears still face threats. Some 125 Native American tribes have signed a treaty opposing the trophy hunting of grizzly bears, which they consider a sacred animal. – GUARDIAN

Several Arab states have issued 13 demands to end the diplomatic crisis with Qatar. The countries want Doha to shut down broadcaster Al-Jazeera, cut diplomatic relations with Iran and sever ties with Hezbollah, al-Qaida, the Islamic State group and the Muslim Brotherhood. The list also calls for Turkey to close its military base in Qatar, a demand that the Turkish government has rejected. Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain are involved in a diplomatic and economic spat with Qatar over allegations that the Gulf country supports Islamic terrorists. The document calls for Qatar to comply with all the demands in 10 days but it does not state what would happen if the country refuses to comply. – TIME

North Korea has tested a rocket engine that could be part of a long-range missile program. The revelation, by a U.S. official speaking on condition of anonymity, came shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump criticized China for not doing enough to rein in Pyongyang. Although some experts say North Korea may be years away from developing intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) capabilities, the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency has told Congress that if left unchecked, the regimen of Kim Jong-un would develop a nuclear-armed ICBM. Trump has warned that a “major, major” conflict with North Korea is in the cards over the country’s weapon programs. – REUTERS

Murray Energy CEO Robert Murray has filed a defamation lawsuit against John Oliver, accusing the HBO comedian of “ruthless character assassination”. The lawsuit alleges that the June 18 episode of “Last Week Tonight” incited viewers to “do harm to Mr. Murray and his companies.” It also claims that Oliver's statements constitute “false light invasion of privacy”. In a segment in the episode, the British comedian launched into a monologue comparing the 77-year-old coal executive to a “geriatric Dr. Evil.” Oliver also criticized U.S. President Donald Trump saying he won’t be able to revive the coal industry because it has been in decline for decades. Oliver acknowledged that Murray is “probably going to sue me.” He added, "You know what? I stand by everything I said." The segment has been viewed on YouTube 4.5 million times. – CNN

Johnny Depp joked about killing U.S. President Donald Trump during an appearance at the Glastonbury music festival. “When was the last time an actor assassinated a president?” he asked in reference to the killing of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth in 1865. “I want to qualify. I am not an actor. I lie for a living. However, it has been a while and maybe it is time,” he told a 1,500-strong audience. Depp was in Glastonbury to present a screening of his 2004 film The Libertine. – GUARDIAN

A judge in Detroit has temporarily halted the deportation of more than 100 Iraqi Christians fearing they may be tortured if they are sent back home. The ruling grants a two-week stay in deportation proceedings against 114 immigrants that were arrested earlier this month in Detroit. They are being held in detention centers in Ohio, Louisiana and Arizona. The arrests were part of a coordinated sweep by immigration officials who detained nearly 200 Iraqi immigrants in the US. The roundup followed Iraq's agreement to accept deportees in exchange of being removed from President Donald Trump's revised travel ban. – AP

The man who stormed a pizzeria with a gun in Washington to investigate a false Internet rumor of a pedophile ring has been sentenced to four years in prison. Edgar Maddison Welch charged into the Comet Ping Pong restaurant in December holding a fully loaded AR-15 rifle and a revolver as he sought to investigate a viral Internet rumor. The false conspiracy theory known as “Pizzagate” linked Hillary Clinton to an alleged child-sex-trafficking ring run from the family restaurant. – WAPO

Ron Howard has been chosen to direct a Star Wars spin off about Han Solo, two days after the film’s directors were fired from the job. After almost five months working on the prequel, Philip Lord and Christopher Miller were let go by Disney-owned Lucasfilm over creative differences. "I'm beyond grateful to add my voice to the Star Wars Universe after being a fan since 5/25/77," Howard, who won an Oscar for directing A Beautiful Mind in 2002, said on Twitter. The cast of the Han Solo film includes Alden Ehrenreich, in the role of the iconic smuggler, as well as Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke and Thandie Newton. The film is due for release in May 2018. – HR

The shape and size of eggs depends on the birds’ flying abilities, a new scientific study says. For centuries, scientists have wondered why bird eggs have different shapes. “Long and pointed eggs are female; those that are round, or more rounded at the narrow end, are male,” Aristotle wrote in “The History of Animals” in the fourth century B.C. A new study published in Science indicates that there is a strong correlation between flying capabilities and egg shapes. As birds evolved to become skillful fliers, their bodies became more streamlined, which determines the size and shape of the eggs they lay. Birds that fly frequently, like barn swallows, lay eggs that are more elongated while birds that fly less, like the screech owl, have eggs that are more round and symmetric. – LAT

About 52% of Americans want stricter gun laws according to a Pew Research Center survey. The survey of nearly 4,000 American adults found that both gun owners and non-gun owners support background checks for gun sales, as well as barring terror suspects from buying guns – two policies that Republicans in Congress have rejected. The study indicates that there is a clear partisan divide in the gun debate. About 57% of Republicans reported owning a gun or living in a household with a gun, compared with 25% of Democrats. Pew found that about 30% of Americans own guns, a slightly larger number than other estimates. – GUARDIAN

Tesla is in talks with the music industry to create its own streaming service. The service will be bundled with Tesla cars. “We believe it’s important to have an exceptional in-car experience so our customers can listen to the music they want from whatever source they choose,” a Tesla spokesperson said. Tesla’s founder and CEO Elon Musk in June hinted that the company was looking into entering the music streaming business when he said that it was “very hard to find good playlists or good matching algorithms.” – Recode

Officials in Madras, a small town in Oregon, are preparing to accommodate visitors from all over the world for a solar eclipse that will cast a coast-to-coast shadow on the US for the first time in 99 years. The solar eclipse will throw the country into darkness for two minutes on Aug. 21. Madras will be among country’s best viewing spots because of its clear, high-desert skies, flat landscape and stunning mountain views. The peak of the Round Butte mountain near Madras should offer a superb view of the moon’s shadow as it crosses over Mount Jefferson. Oregon expects about 1 million visitors for the celestial event, 100,000 of them in and around Madras. – AP