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What are the latest developments in the Gaza humanitarian crisis?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The Palestinian Health Ministry says at least sixty seven people were killed today as they were trying to reach an A distribution site in northern Gaza. Local health officials say hundreds of people have died in recent months trying to get food. In the occupied West Bank, US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee yesterday visited the Palestinian Christian village where residents say the church of Saint George was set on fire earlier this month by extremist Israeli settlers. He condemned the attack.
It is an act of terror and it's a crime. It should be consequenced and it should be consequenced harshly. Because it is one of the last bastions of our civilization. The places we worship.
How is the U.S. responding to the recent church fire in the West Bank?
Huckabee said people just want to live their lives, they should be able to go to their place of worship. The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is still eager for a peace settlement for Ukraine. Once Moscow achieves its political and military objectives. The comments come after President Trump threatened to impose new punishing sanctions. If the Kremlin doesn't agree to a ceasefire by September, from Moscow, NPR's Charles Maynes report.
President Trump announced the sanctions threat countdown last week, part of a wider shift in policy towards Russia that includes the decision to sell arms to Ukraine through NATO allies in Europe.
recognized the complexities of achieving a lasting settlement three and a half years into Russia's full scale invasion. Meanwhile Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced he wants to speed up negotiations for a ceasefire and called on Russia to engage in a new round of peace talks this week.
A twenty nine year old suspect is in custody in Los Angeles on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, that weapon being his car.
What are Russia’s peace‑settlement claims and the U.S. sanctions threat?
Authorities say he used it to plow into a crowd in East Hollywood early yesterday. There were no fatalities, but at least thirty people were injured, seven critically. НПРС АМИ Хелд репорт
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Los Angeles police say bystanders pulled out the driver and beat him. Here's Captain Ben Fernandez.
Security from the club attempted to detain him and handcuffed him, at which time an additional suspect shot our suspect in the buttocks.
Police are looking for that gunman and looking into the driver's motives, including reports he had just been kicked out of the club for fighting. Amy held NPR News.
This is NPR News in Washington.
What happened in the Los Angeles car‑ramming incident and the police response?
Japan held a parliamentary election today. Exit polls suggest Japan's ruling coalition is likely to lose its majority in the upper chamber, the smaller of the two parliamentary houses. This would not immediately trigger a change of government, but it would add to political instability in Japan. Some U.S. Marines are in Australia as part of a military training exercise that involves more than a dozen nations. As Scott Maimon reports, it's a three-week exercise that's already underway.
This regular training exercise in Australia's North is called Talisman Sabre. Exercise Director Brigadier Damian Hill says 35,000 personnel from 19 countries are involved. practicing the business of defence with partner and like minded nations.
How might Japan’s election results affect political stability and U.S. military exercises?
He says it's important nations learn how to work together to improve combat readiness. It's about working out how we will and can work together in times of need. Officials have also been mindful about the deaths of three US Marines killed in twenty twenty three when the helicopter crashed during a tactical aviation exercise as part of Talisman Sabre. The exercise continues until mid-August. For NPR News, I'm Scott Mayman in Canberra, Australia.
Papa Jake has died at the age of 102. Jake Larson survived D-Day and the Battle of the Bulge. He shared stories of World War II and his fallen comrades on TikTok, attracting 1.2 million followers. Known to his fans as Papa Jake, his granddaughter said he died peacefully last week, cracking jokes until the end. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the latest developments in the Gaza humanitarian crisis?
0:00–0:45
2
How is the U.S. responding to the recent church fire in the West Bank?
0:45–2:03
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What are Russia’s peace‑settlement claims and the U.S. sanctions threat?
2:03–3:00
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What happened in the Los Angeles car‑ramming incident and the police response?
3:00–3:48
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How might Japan’s election results affect political stability and U.S. military exercises?
3:48–4:39