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Why did Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro claim to be a kidnapped prisoner of war in a New York court?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. else did Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro and his wife Celia Flores Have pleaded not guilty to narco terrorism and other US charges. Maduro told a judge in New York. that he is a kidnapped prisoner of war. A crowd of protesters gathered outside the Manhattan courthouse. As NPR's Jasmine Garzed reports,
so by the time Maluda appeared in court, there was a sizable crowd outside. Protesters and counter-protesters. On the one hand, you had uh this contingent protesting uh American intervention in Venezuela.
What did the UN Security Council say about the U.S. intervention in Venezuela?
I met one young man, Epdasham Ahmed, who said this should alarm all Americans. None of these wars go to benefit the people of the United States. They take away, you know, funding for health care, funding for education, funding for, you know, so other social services and direct it to buying new weapons, to buying bombs. And we've seen this story play out in Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, and uh Libya and the US it seems like is on track to do it again in Venezuela.
НПР Язм Гар'с репорт мінва Куба із алерт африка президент Трамп said that nation is ready to fail. The UN Security Council was divided over the US intervention of Venezuela during an emergency session on Monday. More from NPR's Jackie Northam.
The emergency meeting was requested by Colombia with the support of Russia and China. All three said the U.S.
Why are flu cases surging across the United States this season?
action in Venezuela was against international law. The U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz rejected claims that the U.S. intervention could destabilize the entire region.
There is no war against Venezuela or its people. We are not occupying a country. This was a law enforcement operation.
Venezuela's UN ambassador said the U.S. had no legal justification to arrest Maduro.
How did the oil spill off Louisiana lead to a nearly $10 million fine for Third Coast?
Cuba and Colombia, which President Trump has threatened, also condemned the raid. As did Denmark. Trump has threatened to seize its semi-autonomous territory of Greenland. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
The CDC says flu cases are surging across the US. The tales from MPR's Giles Snyder.
The latest data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show forty-five states reported high or very high flu activity during the final week of December, up from thirty states the week before. CDC estimates there have been at least eleven million illnesses so far this season, well above what was reported during the same time period last year. Hospitalizations are up.
What are the charges against the former Uvalde officer in the school‑shooting trial?
The CDC says the flu has hospitalized at least one hundred twenty thousand people since the start of the season, and there have been five thousand deaths. Public health experts say holiday travel likely contributed to the surge over the Christmas holiday, also low vaccination rates and a partial vaccine mismatch.
Giles Snyder Reporting. This is NPR. Houston based chemicals manufacturing company Third Coast has been ordered to pay a nearly ten million dollar fine. The penalty stemmed from a twenty twenty three incident in which more than a million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf off Louisiana. The National Transportation Safety Board says the spill was the result of systemic failures. And third coast's inability to implement safety regulations. Third coast has a stake in some nineteen hundred miles of pipeline.
Why were eight men and two women convicted for cyber‑bullying France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron?
A jury in Texas has been seated in the trial of a former Uvalde police officer charged with failing to protect children during the twenty twenty two school shooting. Opening statements are set to begin Tuesday morning, as Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies explains.
Adrian Gonzalez was one of the first officers to respond to the Rob Elementary attack that killed nineteen students and two teachers. He's charged with twenty nine counts of child abandonment or endangerment in a rare prosecution of an officer accused of not doing more to save lives. On Monday, over 400 potential jurors were questioned about their knowledge of the failed police response to one of the worst school shootings in the world. In US history, twelve jurors and four alternates were selected for the trial that's expected to take about two weeks.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why did Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro claim to be a kidnapped prisoner of war in a New York court?
0:01–0:39
2
What did the UN Security Council say about the U.S. intervention in Venezuela?
0:39–1:30
3
Why are flu cases surging across the United States this season?
1:30–1:57
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How did the oil spill off Louisiana lead to a nearly $10 million fine for Third Coast?
1:57–2:38
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What are the charges against the former Uvalde officer in the school‑shooting trial?
2:38–3:26
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Why were eight men and two women convicted for cyber‑bullying France’s First Lady Brigitte Macron?
3:26–4:39