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What is President Trump doing in Scotland and why are reporters concerned?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Romm. President Trump is spending the weekend in Scotland, his late mother's home country. He's playing golf, promoting golf resorts he owns there, and is to meet with British and European leaders. But issues back home have followed him. NPR's Lauren Freyer reports.
Stepping off Air Force One in Scotland, President Trump dodged reporters' questions about his former friend Jeffrey Epstein.
I'm focused on making deals. I'm not focused on conspiracy theories that you are.
How is the fighting along the Thai‑Cambodian border affecting civilians and the UN?
Trump is promoting his business interests here, inaugurating a new golf course at one of his resorts, and also talking trade and tariffs with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula Vanderleyen. But Scottish protesters lined his motorcade route, some with signs about Epstein.
Lint Lauren Freyer and PR News Edinburgh
Fighting along the Thai Cambodian border has continued for a third straight day, even as the international community is pleading for restraint and an immediate ceasefire. The two sides say at least thirty two people have been killed, mostly civilians. Michael Sullivan reports from Thailand.
The UN Security Council met Friday to address the ongoing fighting, the worst between the two neighbors in more than a decade. Thailand's foreign ministry says its UN ambassador told the Council it is deeply regrettable that Cambodia has deliberately avoided meaningful dialogue and instead sought to internationalize the issue to serve its own political purposes.
Why is the humanitarian situation in Gaza worsening and what aid is waiting to be delivered?
Cambodia's UN ambassador rejected those allegations, telling reporters after the meeting that Cambodia wants an immediate ceasefire and a peaceful solution. For now peace appears elusive with the Thai Navy reporting new fighting along the border near an area home to several popular tourist destinations. For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai.
International aid agencies say the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is becoming more dire every day. The United Nations World Food Program says one in three people in Gaza can't eat for days at a time. More than one hundred international humanitarian groups are calling on Israel to end its blockade of Gaza and allowed food deliveries. Channel Lowe is with the Norwegian Refugee Council.
What recent Russian drone and missile strikes hit Ukraine’s Dnipro and Kharkiv regions?
She says the aid is ready to be delivered.
There are thousands and thousands of tons of aid waiting to enter. We just need that aid to be able to actually go through those crossings and to be able to to access it and and for the for Israel to facilitate uh our movement across Gaza, our access throughout Gaza in order to be able to deliver.
Lo has been monitoring the situation from Amon Jordan. She says some of her colleagues working in Gaza are going hungry. This is NPR News in Washington. Ukrainian officials say Russian forces struck the Dnipro region in central Ukraine. And the Hark Eve region in the northeast overnight.
How are satellites revealing illegal industrial fishing in protected marine areas?
With more than two hundred drones and twenty seven missiles. At least three people were killed and eleven others were wounded. The strikes also damaged civilian infrastructure and residential buildings. New research is revealing how much illegal fishing goes on worldwide. Satellite technology is showing where fishing ships previously went undetected, NPR's Lawrence Summer reports.
Most of the global seafood catch is brought in by large industrial ships, basically floating factories at sea that can travel for months or years. It's been tough for marine scientists to figure out if they're fishing in places they shouldn't. Many ships have GPS transponders, but they can be disabled.
Why is the U.S. Postal Service celebrating 250 years and facing a possible overhaul?
Now, satellite-based radar is revealing their movements. Two studies in Madernal Science looked at that data. They found in places where fishing is banned, there's little fishing going on. But in protected areas where the restrictions are looser, two-thirds of them had industrial fishing that was previously undetected. Researchers say the new data could help countries enforce fishing bans in the future. Lauren Summer, NPR News.
The US Postal Service is two hundred and fifty years old today.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is President Trump doing in Scotland and why are reporters concerned?
0:00–0:31
2
How is the fighting along the Thai‑Cambodian border affecting civilians and the UN?
0:31–1:40
3
Why is the humanitarian situation in Gaza worsening and what aid is waiting to be delivered?
1:40–2:27
4
What recent Russian drone and missile strikes hit Ukraine’s Dnipro and Kharkiv regions?
2:27–3:09
5
How are satellites revealing illegal industrial fishing in protected marine areas?
3:09–3:51
6
Why is the U.S. Postal Service celebrating 250 years and facing a possible overhaul?
3:51–4:39