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What new tariffs is President Trump threatening Mexico and the EU with?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Romm. President Trump has sent a new round of letters imposing tariffs on US trading partners. As NPR's Tamarick Heath reports, this time it's Mexico and the European Union getting tariff threats.
Trump says he intends to hit both Mexico and the European Union with a 30% tariff rate starting August 1st. In the case of Mexico, he cites the country's inability to halt the flow of fentanyl into the US. In the EU letter, Trump blames long-term, large, and persistent trade deficits engendered by tariff and non-tariff policies and trade barriers. As with all the two dozen or so letters Trump has sent this month, month, he threatened Mexico and the EU with even higher tariffs if they respond with higher import levies of their own. Initially, Trump said he was trying to secure new, more favorable trade deals.
How many people are still missing after the Fourth of July flood in Central Texas?
Now he says these letters are the deals. Tamar
Keith, NPR News. The search for people missing since the Fourth of July flood in Central Texas is now in its second week. Офішился estimate more than one hundred seventy people are still unaccounted for. They say at least one hundred twenty people are confirmed dead. Greg Frolik is on a search team there and describes what he sees. A
lot of kids blow it. So, you know, you're walking by it and it's like you know, you try to think about like try to backtrack where that piece of clothing came from and you know where it came from.
And more rain is expected in the region.
Why are West African nations pushing back against U.S. pressure to take deported migrants?
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch through tomorrow evening. South Sudan has accepted eight third country deportees from the US. Rwanda says it's in talks on a similar deal. Nigeria says the US is pressuring other African countries to do the same. This follows a meeting this week at the White House between President Trump and five West African leaders. NPR's Emmanuel Akinwotu reports.
Nigeria's Foreign Minister Yusuf Tugar told local media that Nigeria would not become a quote dumping ground for migrants deported from the US. He said Nigeria and other African countries have been subjected to pressure from US officials to take Venezuelan deportees, some directly from US prisons, which he rebuffed saying, We have enough problems of our own. President Trump hosted leaders from African countries this week.
What happened to the U.S. citizen killed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank?
It was followed by reports of US demands as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration, which the US has not commented on. Emmanuel Akimoto, NPR News, Lagos.
Local officials in the occupied West Bank say Israeli settlers beat to death a US citizen last night. He was identified as a twenty one year old man who was born in Florida and had been visiting family in the West Bank. A US Embassy spokesperson confirmed the death. According to the Israeli military, a confrontation had broken out in the village between Palestinians and Israelis. This is NPR News. Russia launched another major attack against Ukraine overnight. With hundreds of drones and missiles.
How did Russia’s latest drone and missile attack affect Ukraine’s western region?
Ukrainian officials say at least two people were killed in the western part of the country. Рушає у ць атак з України сидить. Hundreds of Alaska residents wade into the mouth of the Kennai River each July to catch salmon with large nets, The subsistence tradition, known as dip netting, is a way for locals to eat through the winter. Hunter Morrison with member station KDL stopped by the river for opening day.
I'm not playing, I'm just I'm just getting
Anchridge's Zane Giles stands on a beach as he slices open a sockeye he caught just minutes before. Giles has dip netted on the Kenai River for more than a decade. He likes that it uses a long handled net instead of a rod and reel. But he enjoys the camaraderie among dip netters most.
What is dip‑netting on Alaska’s Kenai River and why is it important to locals?
We're all going for the same same thing. We're trying to feel feed our family and be out here in nature and enjoy the fishing and
It's a really good place. The fishery is an important subsistence resource. Alaskans are allowed twenty-five salmon per permit holder. For dip netters like Giles, that amount should last until next summer.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What new tariffs is President Trump threatening Mexico and the EU with?
0:00–0:53
2
How many people are still missing after the Fourth of July flood in Central Texas?
0:53–1:31
3
Why are West African nations pushing back against U.S. pressure to take deported migrants?
1:31–2:22
4
What happened to the U.S. citizen killed by Israeli settlers in the West Bank?
2:22–3:06
5
How did Russia’s latest drone and missile attack affect Ukraine’s western region?
3:06–3:54
6
What is dip‑netting on Alaska’s Kenai River and why is it important to locals?
3:54–4:39