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Why is the White House encouraging European NATO allies to sell U.S. arms to Ukraine?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Kristen Wright. Russia says the White House plan for European NATO allies to purchase US arms to send to Ukraine is likely to prolong the war. President Trump announced the weapons plan yesterday at the White House, along with threats to impose new sanctions if Russia doesn't sign on to a peace deal soon. NPR's Charles Maynes reports.
Trump approved the sale of U.S. made missile defense systems in particular, amid growing frustration over repeat Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian cities. Yet Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Ukraine would see the new arms deliveries, quote, not as a sign of peace, but a signal to continue the war. Peskov said Moscow remains committed to U.S. brokered peace talks with Kyiv that have yielded humanitarian exchanges but made no progress towards a ceasefire.
What controversies surround Mike Waltz’s potential nomination as U.N. ambassador?
Peskov also noted Trump's threats to impose secondary sanctions and tariffs on Moscow in fifty days' time, should Moscow fail to agree to a peace deal were directed at Russian President Vladimir Putin, adding it was up to Putin when and whether to respond. Charles Maines, MPR News, Moscow.
Former Congressman Mike Waltz, who served briefly as President Trump's national security advisor, will be back on Capitol Hill today for a hearing on whether he should be the next ambassador to the UN. NPR's Michelle Kelleman reports he's likely to face some tough questions and not just about the UN.
Democrats on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee are likely to ask Waltz about how he was fired for mishandling information during a military strike in Yemen. Waltz mistakenly added a journalist to a signal group chat about the attack plans. But that may not derail his nomination to be ambassador to the U.N. It's way past time.
How might Trump‑era defense cuts impact the United States’ ability to compete with China?
We should have somebody at the U.N. The committee's ranking Democrat Jean Shaheen will ask if Waltz
And that he understands that if we withdraw, that it leaves openings for China and our other adversaries to take up that space.
She says the Trump administration's cuts have weakened the ability of the US to compete with China. Michelle Kelleman and PR News, the State Department.
Search and recovery efforts have been on and off in Texas Hill Country because of more flooding and evacuations. Officials say one hundred one people are missing after the july fourth floods, and at least one hundred and thirty two are dead. A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts splashed down this morning in the Pacific off the coast of California.
What were the key moments of SpaceX’s crewed capsule splashdown and ISS mission?
SpaceX copies Flashdown and Stable One. On behalf of SpaceX, welcome home.
The private space flight is back from conducting scientific experiments and research at the International Space Station. The crew was docked there for 18 days. Astronauts from Hungary, India, Poland, and the U.S. were on board. The commander and former NAC former NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson extended her record, setting cumulative time in space by a U.S. astronaut.
How did Peggy Whitson break the U.S. record for cumulative time in space?
to six hundred ninety five days. You're listening to NPR. A new study finds the number of young children in the US accidentally swallowing nicotine products has soared in recent years, NPR's
Maria Gadoy reports. The study found that between twenty ten and twenty twenty three, US poison centers received about one hundred and thirty-five thousand reports of young children accidentally ingesting nicotine products. Most cases occurred at home in children under the age of two. While most children experienced no side effects or only minor ones, serious effects occurred in 39 children and two children died. The researchers say most cases of ingestion involved liquid nicotine, the kind used in vapes. However, since 2020, reports of children swallowing nicotine pouches have skyrocketed by more than 760%.
Why have nicotine pouch ingestions among young children surged in recent years?
That corresponds with a surge in sales of these products. The findings appear in the journal Pediatrics, Maria Gadoy and PR News. AMC Theaters
is expanding its discount movie days to two days a week. Adult tickets are now half off on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The deal is just for AMC Stubbs members.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is the White House encouraging European NATO allies to sell U.S. arms to Ukraine?
0:01–0:49
2
What controversies surround Mike Waltz’s potential nomination as U.N. ambassador?
0:49–1:40
3
How might Trump‑era defense cuts impact the United States’ ability to compete with China?
1:40–2:27
4
What were the key moments of SpaceX’s crewed capsule splashdown and ISS mission?
2:27–2:54
5
How did Peggy Whitson break the U.S. record for cumulative time in space?
2:54–3:49
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Why have nicotine pouch ingestions among young children surged in recent years?
3:49–4:38