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What recent developments have occurred in the Iran-Israel conflict?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Iran says it ended talks with the U.S. because of Israel's continued invasion into Lebanon. This after Israel warned residents of South Beirut said to be a stronghold of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group that they needed to evacuate ahead of planned airstrikes. President Trump says he spoke by phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday telling him to stop bombing Lebanon. has more.
Keep in mind, both these men are facing elections this year. The Iran war is not popular in the U.S., but it does have broad support in Israel. And expanding the war in Lebanon derails those peace efforts with Iran. And Netanyahu put out a terse statement yesterday after his call with Trump that sounded like he was the one calling the shots.
How are recent Russian airstrikes affecting Ukraine?
He said he told Trump Israel would bomb Beirut if Hezbollah doesn't hold its fire, that Israel's position remains unchanged, and that the military will continue to operate as planned in southern Lebanon.
NPR's Aya Batrali reporting. At least 18 people are dead, more than 100 wounded in Ukraine following massive Russian airstrikes overnight. From Moscow, NPR's Charles Maines reports the attack comes days after the Kremlin warned it would launch, quote, systematic strikes on Ukraine.
Ukraine's air force says Russia launched more than 70 missiles and 600 drones, with several apartment buildings reduced to rubble in the capital Kiev and other cities. In a statement, Russia's defense ministry said it struck defense-related targets in response to what it called terrorist attacks by Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has seized on drone strikes on a college dormitory in occupied Luhansk last month that he says killed 21 students. To justify more intense bombardment of Ukraine, Kiev insists it struck a military unit. Yet the apparent new phase in air attacks comes as Russia's own ground campaign is largely stalled and polls show growing public fatigue with the war now in its fifth year.
Charles Baines, NPR News, Moscow.
What alarming trends are emerging in children's health insurance coverage?
The number of children in the U.S. without health insurance is growing fast, according to a new report. NPR's Selina Simmons-Duffin says the report found Texas, Florida and Georgia accounted for more than half of the increase.
Parents know that young children have a lot of doctor's appointments in their first three years. That's part of the reason why health insurance is so important during that time, says Elizabeth Burak, senior research fellow at the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. When they don't have access to the care that they need in those early years, they're at higher risk of falling behind developmentally. She co-authored the recent report, which looked at data through 2024.
What we found is we are now at the highest level of uninsurance for children under the age of six in nearly a decade.
There are signs that this trend is only going to get worse. An analysis by Burak's colleagues found 2 million fewer children covered by Medicaid now than there were when President Trump took office.
What is Secretary of State Marco Rubio's upcoming testimony about?
Selina Simmons-Duffin, NPR News, Washington.
You're listening to NPR News. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to testify before Congress this morning to present his department's annual budget request. But lawmakers are also likely to focus on the Trump administration's diplomatic efforts around the world. Rubio today will sit before a House and a Senate committee, and it's the first time he's going before Congress since the U.S. war in Iran started. Rubio has defended President Trump's decision to start that war and despite promising in the past not to engage in, quote, forever wars. Researchers are starting to understand how the brain identifies individual words that are spoken in sentences. And Pierce John Hamilton has more.
How does the brain process speech in familiar versus unfamiliar languages?
When we listen to a familiar language, we hear words. But Dr. Eddie Chang of the University of California, San Francisco, says it's different when the language is unfamiliar. One of the reasons why a foreign language sounds so fast is that you can't hear the pauses between words.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What recent developments have occurred in the Iran-Israel conflict?
0:01–0:49
2
How are recent Russian airstrikes affecting Ukraine?
0:49–1:58
3
What alarming trends are emerging in children's health insurance coverage?
1:58–2:53
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What is Secretary of State Marco Rubio's upcoming testimony about?
2:53–3:41
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How does the brain process speech in familiar versus unfamiliar languages?
3:41–4:27
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What economic indicators are affecting U.S. futures trading today?
4:27–5:03