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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Linda Kenyon.
What are the latest developments on wildfires forcing evacuations in Spain and France?
Wildfires in Spain and France have forced mass evacuations in what is being described as some of the worst fires in recent memory. NPR's Miguel Macias is following the story in Seville, Spain.
So far this year, well over 300,000 acres have burned in Spain compared to an average of less than 250,000 acres per year in the past decade. So this year is looking like a record-setting one. And in France, 220,000 people have been evacuated as a single fire gets as close as nine miles to the city of Bordeaux in the wine region.
That's NPR's Miguel Macias in Seville. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country has bombed a ship traveling between Iran and Russia that was loaded with military supplies. As NPR's Greg Myrie reports, the attack points to the links between the war and Ukraine.
and the war in Iran. President Zelensky said Ukraine carried out long-range strikes in the Caspian Sea that included hitting a ship that was, quote, transporting military cargo in cooperation with Iran.
How did Ukraine describe the Caspian Sea strike on a ship linked to Iran and Russia?
The president did not provide details. Russia and Iran both have a coastline on the Caspian and use the sea for trade. Meanwhile, Iran condemned the Ukrainian attack on what it called an Iranian commercial vessel. Iran said one sailor was killed and another injured. Russia and Iran have a history of military cooperation that includes Iran sending drones to Russia in recent years. In separate remarks, Zelensky said Russia is providing military intelligence to Iran. Greg Myrie, NPR News, Kyiv.
Another setback has been dealt to President Trump's efforts to limit mail-in voting ahead of the fall midterm elections. NPR's Maria Andrusiewicz has more.
Trump has claimed without evidence that mail-in voting is, quote, inherently corrupt. On Saturday, a U.S. Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling blocking Trump from directing the Department of Homeland Security to compile a list of eligible voters.
What did the appeals court rule about Trump's attempt to compile mail-in voter lists?
A move critics, including more than 20 state attorneys general, say violates separation of powers and the Federal Privacy Act and would also disenfranchise voters. The judge said that Trump could not intimidate local elections officials into using voter lists that would be, quote, necessarily incomplete. Trump has been making false claims about election integrity ahead of the midterms as Republicans seek to retain majorities in Congress. Marie Andrusiewicz, NPR News, Washington.
The late South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham will lie in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda Tuesday. His funeral service will be held at the Washington National Cathedral. President Trump is expected to attend. The second day of Graham's funeral services will take place in South Carolina. Graham's sister, Darlene Graham Nordone, is serving as interim senator. You're listening to NPR.
What arrangements and reactions surround Senator Lindsey Graham's lie-in-state and funeral?
Health workers at an Ebola treatment facility in the Democratic Republic of Congo went on strike yesterday. As Michael Koloke explains, the number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Central African nation has risen to more than 3,000, including over 1,300 deaths.
Regular activities at the Elikia Ebola Treatment Center in the northeast of the country came to a standstill yesterday after scores of workers at the facility downed their tools over what they claim are unpaid bonuses. The Elikia Treatment Center is located in Ituri province, the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in Congo. The striking workers said the outstanding payments had led to a disruption in patient care at the facility and called on Congolese authorities to resolve the back pay dispute. The strike at Elikia came just a day after Congo's Prime Minister Judith Suminwa toured another Ebola treatment center in the region, where workers called on her to address their payment concerns.
Why did health workers strike at the Ebola treatment center in Congo and what are the outbreak numbers?
For NPR News, I'm Michael Kaluki in Nairobi.
The Tour de France's final stage is today and is being cut by almost a third due to the wildfires in the southwestern part of the country. Cutting the length will help divert officers to help in the fight against the fires.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:05
2
What are the latest developments on wildfires forcing evacuations in Spain and France?
0:05–1:08
3
How did Ukraine describe the Caspian Sea strike on a ship linked to Iran and Russia?
1:08–2:05
4
What did the appeals court rule about Trump's attempt to compile mail-in voter lists?
2:05–3:00
5
What arrangements and reactions surround Senator Lindsey Graham's lie-in-state and funeral?
3:00–3:56
6
Why did health workers strike at the Ebola treatment center in Congo and what are the outbreak numbers?
3:56–4:45
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How have wildfires affected the Tour de France route and what security resources were redirected?
4:45–5:01