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What are the key developments in the Trump‑Netanyahu meeting on Gaza ceasefire?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. President Trump is meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House this evening. Trump says a ceasefire deal in Gaza could be reached this week. NPR's Daniel Estherin reports from Tel Aviv.
Netanyahu was expected to remain in Washington until Thursday. He said talks with Trump could help with a deal in Gaza. Israeli and Hamas negotiators began talks Sunday in Doha, Qatar. Mediators tell NPR they're shuttling between the Israeli and Hamas delegations on different floors of the same hotel. They're working out the details of a 60 day ceasefire. Hamas would agree to release half of the living hostages it still holds.
How are Israeli and Hamas negotiators structuring a 60‑day ceasefire and hostage exchange?
In Gaza, Israel would release Palestinian prisoners, and the sides would start discussing a final end to the war in Gaza. Trump and Netanyahu are expected to discuss the terms of ending the war, which could lead to more Arab and Muslim countries opening diplomatic relations with Israel. Daniel Estran, NPR News Tel Aviv.
The White House says this Wednesday's tariff deadline could be extended to August first for some countries as negotiations on possible deals continue. President Trump says he may visit Central Texas on Friday. The full scope of devastation from deadly flash flooding on July 4th is still coming to light. At least 82 people were killed, and a summer camp for girls in Kerr County confirms this morning that twenty-seven of its campers and counselors died. The Guadalupe River rose extremely rapidly during intense rainfall. Questions are being asked now about whether those in dangers re whether those in danger received enough warning. Kerrville city manager Dalton Rice is promising a review of the emergency alert system.
Why is the White House considering extending the tariff deadline to August?
While it is not the time to speculate, local and regional partners are committed to a full review of the events and systems in place.
Rice says the focus now is search and re reunification efforts for victims still missing. Parts of North Carolina and Virginia are under flood warnings as Chantal, now a tropical depression, moves inland. NPR's Matt Bloom reports on flood waters already affecting the area.
The storm has dropped near record amounts of rain in some parts of central North Carolina. Video and photos on local news media show vehicles and storefronts submerged in Chapel Hill, where some evacuations were issued. National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Strickler
The heavy rain threat uh will certainly subside, but floodwaters may take some time to recede and rises on creeks and rivers may continue uh through the early part of the week.
Chantal made landfall in South Carolina as a tropical storm, the third named system of the Atlantic hurricane season. His remnants are expected to bring more rain to parts of Virginia before moving more northeast.
What flood warnings and impacts are affecting North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina as Chantal moves inland?
Matt Bloom, NPR News.
This is NPR News from Washington. Today marks six months since Southern California's deadly Eaton fire. One woman has made it her mission to reunite survivors with pictures and other keepsakes. Steven Quevas has more.
The raging winds that drove the fire through Altadena also scattered scores of family photos, kids' art, and other ephemera into yards and roadways. Claire Schwartz saw posts on social media about the found items, and she decided to take them off people's hands and search for the proper owners. Now the Eaton Fire Found Photos Project has reunited around two dozen locals with their keepsakes, sometimes for people who lost everything else. It's not putting a roof over anybody's head, but it maybe is bringing back a little bit of normalcy or comfort to somebody who might really need it. With so much of the community taken by the fire, Schwartz says it's been something that's also helped ease her own grief.
Why have measles cases surged to the highest level in 25 years across multiple U.S. states?
For NPR News, I'm Steven Guevas in Al Tadina.
The number of measles cases in the US has hit its highest level since the virus was declared eliminated twenty five years ago. The centers for disease control and prevention reports more than twelve hundred confirmed cases of the highly contagious virus this year.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the key developments in the Trump‑Netanyahu meeting on Gaza ceasefire?
0:00–0:43
2
How are Israeli and Hamas negotiators structuring a 60‑day ceasefire and hostage exchange?
0:43–1:49
3
Why is the White House considering extending the tariff deadline to August?
1:49–2:54
4
What flood warnings and impacts are affecting North Carolina, Virginia, and South Carolina as Chantal moves inland?
2:54–3:50
5
Why have measles cases surged to the highest level in 25 years across multiple U.S. states?
3:50–4:39