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What is President Trump’s plan for Venezuelan oil and how will it affect the U.S.?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Korva Coleman. President Trump says Venezuela will turn over thirty to fifty million barrels of oil to the United States. This follows the US capture of the country's then president. As NPR's Franco Ortonas reports, Trump says the Venezuelan oil will then be sold at market price.
President Trump says in a social media post that he'll control the proceeds from the oil sales to quote ensure that the money is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States. He adds that it will be transported by storage ships directly to unloading docks in the US. He says that his energy secretary, Chris Wright, is executing the plan. Venezuela, of course, has some of the largest oil resources in the world, but it has been decimated by poor management. Oil fields are decaying and the infrastructure is in horrible shape.
How are multinational forces being organized to secure peace in Ukraine?
Trump has said the US will be strongly involved in reviving the country's oil industry. and expects US companies will help with the costs. Franco, Ordonas, NPR News.
At least thirty five countries have now agreed to contribute to a multinational military force to help ensure peace in Ukraine. Now that would occur once the fighting stops. NPR's Eleanor Beersley reports there is still doubt that Russia will come to the peace table.
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who are leading this coalition of the willing, say their nations will put boots on the ground in Ukraine when the fighting ends. Martin Canse, head of the German Marshall Fund in Paris, says Europeans don't believe Russia is ready to end its nearly four year offensive.
However, it doesn't mean that you should not work now on the potential security guarantees for whatever comes next.
What new developments occurred in the Texas trial of the Uvalde school police officer?
There will be an end to this war at some point.
Kanse says he does not believe the Trump administration wants to walk away from Ukraine either.
It is important for the US administration to remain in the game in Ukraine
because he says that gives the US leverage over many other issues in Europe. Eleanor Beersley in PR News, Paris.
There won't be any testimony today in the Texas trial of a former school police officer. Adrian Gonzalez is accused of failing to try to stop the gunman in the Uvalde mass school shooting in twenty twenty two. The judge is reviewing new testimony yesterday from a witness that did not appear in prior witness interviews. This testimony could be a violation. Both sides still gave opening statements.
Why is the Department of Homeland Security launching a large immigration operation in Minnesota?
Prosecutor Bill Turner claims Gonzalez did not try to get into the building to stop the shooter or distract or engage him.
He has been trained to go to the corner of a building And distract, delay, and impede the gunman. While help is arriving.
But Gonzalez's defense attorney said that their client had about one minute to react when he got there. This is NPR. The Department of Homeland Security says it's launching a large immigration operation in Minnesota. Some two thousand agents are to be deployed. It apparently targets alleged fraud involving people who are Somali or Somali American.
What are California’s toughest new wildfire rules and why are homeowners pushing back?
The Trump administration is claiming without evidence that daycare centers run by Somali residents in Minneapolis have committed up to one hundred million dollars in fraud. An online influencer with ties to Trump supporters has been trying to get into the daycare centers, he says. He wants to see the children indoors. California is drafting some of the toughest wildfire rules in the country. This comes one year after the extreme and deadly fires in Los Angeles. Some homeowners are pushing back against the changes, as NPR's Lauren Summer explains.
A wildfire is largely spread by embers, tiny bits of burning debris carried by the wind. So wildfire experts say it matters if something flammable is next to your house, which puts it at risk. California regulators are now drafting new rules for the vegetation that's within five feet of homes.
How are winter storm warnings expected to impact the western United States?
Property owners would be required to clear some or all of it in areas at risk of wildfires. Some homeowners are pushing back, even in the Los Angeles neighborhoods that recently burned.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is President Trump’s plan for Venezuelan oil and how will it affect the U.S.?
0:00–0:51
2
How are multinational forces being organized to secure peace in Ukraine?
0:51–1:46
3
What new developments occurred in the Texas trial of the Uvalde school police officer?
1:46–2:30
4
Why is the Department of Homeland Security launching a large immigration operation in Minnesota?
2:30–3:15
5
What are California’s toughest new wildfire rules and why are homeowners pushing back?
3:15–4:07
6
How are winter storm warnings expected to impact the western United States?
4:07–4:39