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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright.
What is the situation with US military deployment in Minneapolis?
The Pentagon has put 1,500 US military soldiers on standby to possibly deploy to Minneapolis. The federal government has been conducting a massive immigration enforcement operation in the city. NPR's Kat Lonsdorff reports.
Some 2,500 federal immigration officers remain in Minneapolis, more than four times the number of local police, with more possibly on the way.
How is President Trump's Board of Peace related to Gaza reconstruction?
Local leaders have called on ICE to leave the city, as President Trump has threatened to send in the military. Meanwhile, many here say they plan to continue pushing back, not just protesting, but in the quieter ways too, patrolling neighborhoods or delivering food to those scared to leave their homes. Here's Mary Vavris, a resident of South Minneapolis.
Everybody is all in on this project because it's them today, but it could be anybody next.
She says she and her neighbors are in it for the long haul. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Minneapolis.
What tensions exist between President Trump and European leaders at Davos?
President Trump is inviting world leaders to join the Board of Peace for a price to help rehabilitate Gaza after the war. NPR's Daniel Estrin reports.
The United Nations Security Council officially sanctioned the new Board of Peace to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza. But Gaza is not mentioned once in the charter of the new Board of Peace that President Trump will head. NPR has obtained a copy of the charter being distributed. Trump seeks a broad mandate to secure peace in conflict zones, suggesting Trump may wish to use it as a kind of alternative UN to handle other world conflicts in addition to Gaza.
What are the details of Prince Harry's privacy lawsuit against a newspaper?
The charter appears to criticize the United Nations by calling for, quote, a more nimble and effective international peace-building body. The document says permanent member countries must donate at least $1 billion each, and Trump would have broad powers as chairman. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
The World Economic Forum opens this week in Davos, Switzerland, at a moment when relations between President Trump and some European leaders are tense. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has more.
European leaders say a line has been crossed with Trump's threats to take Greenland and punish any resistors with tariffs.
What happened in the recent train derailment in Spain?
There is no way they're going to accept this situation. Celia Belin is with the European Council on Foreign Relations. She says European leaders are looking for ways to hit back after Trump threatened eight nations with further 10% tariffs when they showed their support for Greenland. The EU's head diplomat, Kaya Callas, said Greenland's security should be addressed inside NATO and that tariffs undermine shared prosperity. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
Today is the federal holiday observing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 's birthday. Many communities are marking the day with parades, community service, and calls for unity. This is NPR News from Washington. Prince Harry is returning to court in a privacy lawsuit. against a British newspaper publisher. He accuses publisher Associated Newspapers of tapping his phone and other unlawful tactics to get stories. As NPR's Fatima Al-Kassab reports from London, the trial starts today.
Prince Harry, who is King Charles's younger son, has long said it is his mission to expose press intrusion by British newspapers. Now, alongside other claimants, including Elton John and the actor Liz Hurley, Harry is suing the publishers of the Daily Mail newspaper for alleged privacy invasions, including bugging phone lines and obtaining personal health records. It will be the second time the Prince has appeared in the witness box in three years. When Harry testified in another lawsuit against a newspaper publisher in 2023, he became the first British royal in more than a century to take the stand in a courtroom. Fatima al-Kassab, NPR News, London.
The number of people killed in a train derailment in Spain has risen to 39 and dozens are injured. Two high-speed trains collided yesterday about 200 miles south of Madrid. Investigators are trying to figure out what happened. were Spaniards traveling to and from Madrid at the end of the weekend.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:04
2
What is the situation with US military deployment in Minneapolis?
0:04–0:28
3
How is President Trump's Board of Peace related to Gaza reconstruction?
0:28–0:59
4
What tensions exist between President Trump and European leaders at Davos?
0:59–1:37
5
What are the details of Prince Harry's privacy lawsuit against a newspaper?
1:37–2:17
6
What happened in the recent train derailment in Spain?
2:17–4:37