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Chapter 1: What recent events have occurred between the U.S. and Iran?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Despite Thursday's new round of strikes between the U.S. and Iran, President Trump says a ceasefire remains in place. Speaking to reporters while inspecting renovations to the reflecting pool outside the Lincoln Memorial Thursday night, Trump called the strikes a trifle, and he said Iran still wants to make a deal.
No, the talks are going very well, but they have to understand, if it doesn't get signed, they're going to have a lot of pain. They're going to have a lot of pain. They want to sign it, I will tell you. They want to sign it a lot more than I do.
The U.S. military says it intercepted Iranian attacks on three Navy ships as they transited the Strait of Hormuz and then targeted Iranian military facilities that it said was responsible for attacking U.S. forces. Earlier Thursday, Iran said it is examining the latest proposals for ending the war.
Chapter 2: How is the situation in Gaza affecting civilians?
The death toll in Gaza continues to climb despite seven months of ceasefire. Gaza's health ministry says 26 people were killed in Israeli attacks this week. including the son of Hamas's lead negotiator. Israel's military had no immediate comment, and Pierre Zanas Baba reports from Gaza City.
Palestinians gathered to bury Azzam al-Hayya. He is the 31-year-old son of Hamas's interim political leader Khalil al-Hayya, who himself survived a failed Israeli assassination attack on Hamas leaders in Qatar last summer. He has now had four children killed in this war. Al-Hayya told Al Jazeera, the killing of his son Wednesday night in Gaza City was a direct political message.
No Palestinian is safe. Separately, family members mourned the father and son killed Wednesday in an Israeli drone strike as they were digging a hole to use it as a toilet for the displaced family.
Chapter 3: What are the charges against the Southern Poverty Law Center?
Also, 10 police officers were killed this week in Gaza, including the officer leading a campaign against drug dealers and local militias backed by Israel. Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
Southern Poverty Law Center pleading not guilty to federal criminal charges. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on the arraignment Thursday at Montgomery Federal Court.
The Southern Poverty Law Center's interim CEO, Brian Fair, entered the not guilty plea to charges including wire fraud, bank fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. At issue is its work tracking hate groups. The U.S.
Justice Department accuses the SPLC of fraudulently using some $3 million in donations to secretly pay informants in right-wing extremist groups, including the Ku Klux Klan. Fair says the allegations are politically motivated and provably wrong, and that information gathered from informants was used to dismantle hate groups. Acting U.S.
Attorney Kevin Davidson says there's nothing vindictive about the prosecution. Debbie Elliott, NPR News, Montgomery.
This is NPR. Results so far from local elections in England show big losses for Prime Minister Keir Starmer's governing Labour Party and gains for the hard-right Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage. Reform UK has gained more than 200 council seats in England so far.
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Chapter 4: How did local elections in England impact the Labour Party?
Although most councils have yet to announce the results, the election widely seen as a referendum on Starmer just two years after a landslide victory for his Labor Party. Australian police have formally charged three women with alleged links to the Islamic State group with offenses relating to slavery and other crimes.
Christina Cuculio reports from Melbourne they're among 13 women and children who returned to Australia after spending more than seven years in a Syrian detention camp.
Australian Federal Police confirmed that two of the women, aged 53 and 31, were charged with multiple counts of crimes against humanity, including enslavement, after being arrested at Melbourne Airport on Thursday. Each of the offences carries a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison. Police allege the women travelled to Syria in 2014 with family members.
Chapter 5: What crimes are Australian women being charged with related to ISIS?
The older woman is alleged to have purchased a slave for $10,000. The other woman, aged 32, was arrested at Sydney Airport and is accused of being a member of a terrorist organisation and faces lesser charges. The return to Australia follows an earlier attempt by a group of women and children held by Kurdish forces that were stopped by authorities before leaving Syria.
For NPR News, I'm Christina Kukola in Melbourne.
The major stock markets in Asia slipping in Friday trading. Japan's benchmark Nikkei down after closing the day before at a record high.
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Chapter 6: How are major Asian stock markets performing recently?
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