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Why is President Trump’s Scotland visit generating massive security measures and protests?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump has arrived in Scotland for a long weekend. He'll be playing golf and meeting UK leaders. He'll also be met with protests around the country. And as NPR's Fatima al Qasab reports from Edinburgh, a huge security operation is now underway.
Roads are closed and airspace is restricted as police prepare for the President to visit two of his golf courses on opposite sides of the country. Elena Ivanova is from the Stop Trump Coalition, which is organizing protests in several Scottish cities.
There will be a lot of local uh community groups represented, active campaigns, and just regular people.
What are the main concerns surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to the Trump trip?
We know people are traveling from Dundee, from Perth, from all over the place.
This week some protesters put up a sign at one of Trump's golf resorts declaring it twinned with Epstein Island, a reference to the late sex offender Geoffrey Epstein, and a controversy that may follow the president on this trip. Fatimir al Kassab, MPR News, Edinburgh.
Jeffrey Epstein's ex-girlfriend Galen Maxwell has finished her second day of interviews with Justice Department officials. Afterward, her attorney David Marcus was asked if they had requested clemency from President Trump in return for her speaking with government officials.
We haven't asked for anything. Um this is not a situation where we're asking anything in return for for testimony or anything like that. Um
How did former Congressman George Santos end up in federal prison and what crimes led to his downfall?
Of course everybody knows uh Miss Maxwell would would welcome any relief. Um she's been in very difficult conditions for five years, and so she would welcome any relief. Um it's the right thing to do, and and we have faith that the right thing will happen sooner rather than later.
President Trump, meanwhile, has been facing calls from within his own party for a greater explanation about his former relationship with the convicted sex offender. Former New York Congressman George Santos has reported to federal prison. His incarceration could mark the end of a swift rise and fall in politics, which prosecutors say started with fraud. Ben Fuerhard from Member Station W NYC has our reports.
A Bureau of Prison spokesperson says Santos reported to a federal prison in Fairton, New Jersey, where he'll begin his seven-year sentence.
Why did Peru seize four tons of smuggled mercury and what does it mean for Amazon gold mining?
Santos, who briefly represented parts of New York City and nearby suburbs, pleaded guilty last year to wire fraud and identity theft charges. Federal prosecutors say Santos committed a host of crimes in the lead-up to his election in 2022. They include embezzling funds from donors. Stealing identities, and charging credit cards without authorization. Santos was expelled from Congress in twenty twenty three after a House Ethics Committee found substantial evidence of his misconduct and illegal activity. For MPR News, I'm Ben Fuhrherd in Brooklyn, New York.
Santos posted on social media Friday that he may be leaving the stage for now, but that legends never truly exit. You're listening to NPR News.
Who was jazz legend Cleo Lane and why is her death noteworthy for British music history?
Officials in Peru say they've seized a record four tons of smuggled mercury. Mercury is used for illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforest. The huge seizure comes as an investigation into mercury smuggling warns of deadly devastation affecting multiple Latin American countries. Empire's Karikon reports.
Custom officials working off an international intelligence tip say they found four tons of mercury hidden inside bags of gravel. Labeled as crushed stone, the bags were on a cargo ship bound for Bolivia, originating from Mexico, which Peruvian officials say is the source of much of smuggled mercury. According to a new report by the Environmental Investigation Agency, a nonprofit group, at least 200 tons of mercury has been illegally smuggled to countries in the Amazon over the past six years. Soaring gold prices have boosted mercury demand.
What were the key market moves on Wall Street that closed the episode’s financial roundup?
The highly dangerous chemical is used to extract gold from river sediments. The process leaves behind toxic residues in the air, water, and ground poisoning wildlife and people. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro.
Singer Cleo Lane has died, she was regarded as perhaps Britain's greatest contribution to the jazz world.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is President Trump’s Scotland visit generating massive security measures and protests?
0:01–0:41
2
What are the main concerns surrounding Jeffrey Epstein’s connections to the Trump trip?
0:41–1:25
3
How did former Congressman George Santos end up in federal prison and what crimes led to his downfall?
1:25–2:16
4
Why did Peru seize four tons of smuggled mercury and what does it mean for Amazon gold mining?
2:16–3:01
5
Who was jazz legend Cleo Lane and why is her death noteworthy for British music history?
3:01–3:53
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What were the key market moves on Wall Street that closed the episode’s financial roundup?
3:53–4:39