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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
What did President Trump say about the protests in Iran?
While speaking in Detroit, President Trump repeated a message he delivered on social media to protesters in Iran, saying that help is on the way. Here's NPR's Jackie Northam.
Trump doesn't say what he means by help. He just told the protesters to keep going, take over their institutions, and to save the names of, quote, killers and abusers, and that they will pay a big price. Trump added that he has canceled all meetings with Iranian officials until the killing stops.
How are Greenland officials reacting to U.S. interest in their territory?
Before Trump's comments, we had been hearing that there was an effort using intermediaries to find a diplomatic solution to this increasingly heated rhetoric and threats between the U.S. and Iran over these protests, but it seems that that's now broken down.
Casualties have not been verified, but the U.S.-based human rights activist news agency says the number of deaths from the protests, now top 2,500, and nearly 17,000 have been detained. Iranian officials accuse the United States and Israel of fueling violence in the country. The Trump administration is hosting a meeting with officials from Greenland and Denmark today. NPR's Lauren Freyer reports an official in Greenland says it's baffling that the U.S.
What proposed amendments are being discussed in Virginia's legislative session?
is considering taking over a NATO ally.
Greenland's Energy Minister Naya Nathanielson describes how Greenlanders are feeling.
We feel betrayed. We feel that The rhetoric is offensive.
Nathanielson told reporters in London she understands that the U.S.
What recent climate data was reported for the year 2025?
sees Greenland as part of its national security sphere, and she says her government is willing to collaborate with the U.S., but that she hopes that can be done without the use of force.
We are allies of the U.S., and of course we are bewildered that now I have to have a press conference discussing a possible annexation or selling of Greenland.
For others, the Arctic island may be a piece of land, but for Greenlanders, she said, it's home. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
Denmark's prime minister has warned that taking Greenland by force could end the NATO alliance. Virginia lawmakers head to the statehouse today to begin their legislative session. Affordability, a big topic. But VPM News' Jack Khalil reports that the Democrats in charge of the assembly have four changes to the state constitution on the agenda.
One would replace a ban on gay marriage that's currently in the Virginia Constitution with protections for marriage equality. Another would allow former felons to vote upon completing their sentence instead of requiring the governor to individually restore their rights. A right to reproductive freedom is another proposed constitutional amendment that protects abortion access, contraception, and fertility treatments. Maybe the most controversial amendment would allow the legislature to undergo mid-decade redistricting. Virginia is one of a handful of states that could get Democrats more seats in this fall's midterms. The fate of the amendments will rest with Virginia voters if the legislature passes them.
For NPR News, I'm Jad Khalil in Richmond, Virginia.
This is NPR News. Climate scientists say 2025 was the third warmest year on record. NPR's Jeff Brady reports.
What happened in the recent train accident in Thailand?
Countries have agreed to try to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius to avoid more extreme storms, rainfall, and heat waves. Samantha Burgess with the European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts says the Earth has nearly reached that.
the globe has warmed by about 1.4 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial level. And if warming continues at the same average rate experienced over the last 15 years, then we will reach 1.5 degree level by the end of this decade.
2024 was the hottest year in the past 11 years of all set records. The primary driver for the hotter climate is rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, mostly from human activity such as burning fossil fuels. Jeff Brady, NPR News.
Rescuers in Thailand are searching for survivors of a train accident. A construction crane being used on a high-speed rail project fell on a moving passenger train yesterday.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:04
2
What did President Trump say about the protests in Iran?
0:04–0:31
3
How are Greenland officials reacting to U.S. interest in their territory?
0:31–1:12
4
What proposed amendments are being discussed in Virginia's legislative session?
1:12–1:28
5
What recent climate data was reported for the year 2025?
1:28–3:08
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What happened in the recent train accident in Thailand?
3:08–4:24
7
Who will host the Grammy Awards this year?
4:24–4:39