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What is the scale of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Under a growing hunger crisis Gaza health official state More than a hundred Palestinians were killed as they attempted to reach life saving supplies yesterday. The Israeli defense denies it kill that many people and maintains that forces fired warning shots at crowds. The encounter may have been the single deadliest for aid workers on the ground and the people they're trying to help. NPR's Anis Baba spoke to Dr. Nour Sheriff, an American doctor working at Gaza's Shifa Hospital.
I saw you today once I entered the hospital in the ER, and I saw you freezed.
I think I was in shock.
How are doctors on the ground describing the injuries and malnutrition they see?
I've never seen anything like this in my entire life. Лоцом член хан від. Gunshot wounds to the head and to the abdomen, chest. People are coming in with severe malnutrition.
doctor Sharov speaking with NPR Zanis Baba in Gaza. Texas state lawmakers return to Austin today for the start of a legislative special session. Houston public media's Andrew Schneider reports a rare mid decade round of congressional redistricting is set to dominate the agenda.
Governor Greg Abbott put redistricting on the special session call following a letter from the US Justice Department naming four Democratic districts as quote unconstitutional racial gerrymanders. Houston Democratic Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher says it's Abbott and President Donald Trump who want to push racial gerrymanders through.
Why is Texas holding a special legislative session on mid‑decade redistricting?
I am obviously deeply concerned, and everyone in Texas should be concerned, and everyone across the country should be concerned about what this represents, which is an absolute partisan power grab.
Trump has told Texas Republican members of Congress he wants to pick up five seats in the mid-decade round of redistricting. For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.
Japan's ruling coalition lost its majority in the upper house of parliament in elections yesterday. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports it's the first time since nineteen fifty five that the ruling party in Japan has become the minority in both houses of parliament.
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner the Kome Party failed to get the fifty seats they needed to retain the upper house majority. Two thirds of the contested seats were taken by opposition parties, with center right and right wing parties making the most dramatic gains. They include the Sansei Party, which advocates a Japanese first nationalist agenda. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba says he has a responsibility to stay on and deal with pressing problems such as Japan's aging population, rising cost of living, and tariff negotiations with the US.
What does Japan’s historic loss of upper‑house majority mean for its politics?
But having lost two parliamentary elections in a row, pressure within the party for Ishiba to step down is likely to grow, Anthony Kuhn in PR News.
From Washington, this is NPR News. Harvard University appears in federal court today to try to get back the two point six billion dollars a Trump administration cut in research funding. Harvard argues that the federal government is retaliating in a bid to influence the Ivy League's academic decisions. The administration says its policies are part of a broader attempt to rein in spending. The world's biggest snack food company is trying to attract more health conscious consumers in a bid to boost sales, and Pierre Zamie Hell has that story.
Climbing food prices and Americans changing eating habits have taken a bite out of packaged food sales. Now Pepsico, maker of Fritos, Doritos, and Cheetos is releasing some new products with protein. In an Arnine's call with investors last week, the CEO said they're starting with popcorners, Quaker snacks, and then it's on to bigger brands, even drinks.
How is the “Make America Healthy Again” push influencing major food companies?
Fiber will be another focus, Lay's and Tostitos will be relaunched free from artificial colors and flavors. And the company says they're moving away from some seed oils in favor of avocado and olive oil. This as the Make America Healthy Again movement, headed by Health Secretary Robert Kennedy, calls for diet changes while the nation confronts increased chronic diseases.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the scale of the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza?
0:01–0:40
2
How are doctors on the ground describing the injuries and malnutrition they see?
0:40–1:31
3
Why is Texas holding a special legislative session on mid‑decade redistricting?
1:31–2:45
4
What does Japan’s historic loss of upper‑house majority mean for its politics?
2:45–3:54
5
How is the “Make America Healthy Again” push influencing major food companies?
3:54–4:38