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Chapter 1: What recent changes have been made to temporary protected status for Lebanon?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Roman. The Trump administration is extending temporary protected status for those from Lebanon for six months. As NPR's Jimeni Bustillo reports, it's the first extension of protections under the current administration.
According to a 2024 government estimate, about 11,000 people in the US are on Lebanon's TPS. TPS provides protection from deportation and ability to get a work permit for people in the US. It's a temporary reprieve for people whose home countries are experiencing a natural disaster, armed conflict, or other significant event.
So far, the Trump administration has terminated TPS for more than half a million people. including from countries like Afghanistan and Venezuela. Several have resulted in lawsuits, even leading up to arguments in the Supreme Court. A high court decision is pending for individuals from Syria and Haiti. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
In France, authorities have taken into custody a phantom oil tanker belonging to Russia. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports that French authorities boarded the tanker in the Atlantic after the captain refused to comply with orders.
The French military released footage of soldiers dropping onto the tanker's deck from a helicopter. President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the operation on X, saying it took place on the high seas with the support of several partners, including the UK.
He also said, quote, it's unacceptable for ships to circumvent international sanctions, violate the law of the sea, and finance the war that Russia has been waging against Ukraine for more than four years. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denounced the operation as illegal and called it piracy. This is the latest of several suspected Shadow Fleet tankers intercepted by France in recent months.
The EU says there are some 600 Russian tankers at sea evading sanctions and refusing to fly flags to avoid being stopped. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
Police in Muscatine, Iowa say seven people, including the gunman, are dead in a series of shooting Monday involving a domestic dispute with members of the same family. Four people died in the first shooting, which took place midday. Later that afternoon, police found the person they believed was the shooter with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. He died at the scene.
He took his own life while police were talking with him. A short time later, police discovered two additional victims. bringing to seven the total number of people who died, including the suspect. Police Chief Anthony Keyes held a news conference Monday to update the community.
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Chapter 2: How did French authorities respond to the phantom oil tanker incident?
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