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What is President Trump discussing with the EU’s top official in Scotland?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. President Trump is taking a break from his golfing weekend in Scotland to meet today with the European Union's top official. Their meeting is to begin within the hour. This comes ahead of a deadline for more U.S. tariffs. NPR's Lauren Freyer reports from Edinburgh.
European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen is meeting President Trump in Turnbury, where he owns a golf resort. She's leading negotiations for a US-EU trade deal ahead of a deadline Trump has set for this coming Friday for the U.S. to impose 30% tariffs on EU goods. As he left the White House for Scotland, Trump said any deal would have to buy down that 30% rate. But he put the chances of a deal. a deal at quote fifty fifty maybe less than that, and said there are sticking points on twenty different things.
How are the US‑EU trade negotiations shaping up before Friday’s tariff deadline?
Without a deal and if Friday's deadline holds, the EU could impose retaliatory tariffs on some American imports to Europe. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, Edinburgh.
More NASA employees have applied to leave their jobs through the Trump administration's deferred resignation program. NPR's Chandelise Duster has more on the story.
NASA says three thousand employees applied to leave the agency under the latest round of the deferred resignation program. That's in addition to more than eight hundred employees who applied to leave through the program earlier this year. Altogether that amounts to nearly twenty percent of NASA's workforce. Cheryl Warner, a spokesperson for NASA, says safety remains a top priority for the agency as they quote balance the need to become a more streamlined and more efficient organization. The announcement comes days after more than three hundred current and former NASA employees. signed a letter to interim NASA administrator Sean Duffy criticizing proposed cuts and changes.
Why are thousands of NASA employees applying to leave under the deferred resignation program?
Shandalise Duster, NPR News. The leaders of Thailand and
Cambodia have agreed to meet in Malaysia tomorrow to discuss an end to their hostilities. Clashes along their disputed border began Thursday. At least 30 people have died. They agreed to meet after President Trump spoke to them yesterday and told them to stop fighting. Michael Sullivan has been following the story in Shangrai, Thailand.
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hunman publicly welcomed President Trump's proposal for what the Prime Minister called an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. While Thailand's acting Prime Minister Pum Tam We Chaya Chai said he was thankful for Trump's concern, but wanted to focus on a bilateral solution to begin withdrawing troops and long range weapons from the conflict area. So a slightly less enthusiastic response, and meanwhile, the two sides have been pounding each other with artillery for a fourth straight day.
Michael Sullivan, reporting from Shang Rai Thailand. And you're listening to NPR News in Washington.
What steps are Thailand and Cambodia taking to end border hostilities after Trump’s ceasefire proposal?
The Israeli military says it's halted military operations in parts of Gaza, a pause it will carry out each day for ten hours to allow UN convoys to deliver food and medicine. It will also establish new aid corridors to facilitate deliveries. Israel has been under growing international criticism for the crisis in Gaza. The World Food Program says about a third of the two million people there haven't eaten in days. Israel denies it's deliberately starving them. Law enforcement officials are investigating a mass stabbing yesterday at a Walmart Super Center in the Michigan resort town of Traverse City. Quinn Kleinfelder of Member Station WDET reports.
Officials say a 42-year-old northern Michigan man stabbed eleven people with a folding knife near a checkout counter. Nearby shoppers subdued the suspect while others helped triage victims. Grand Traverse County Sheriff Michael Shea says it's unclear what triggered the bloodshed. It appears there were random acts.
How is the Israeli military adjusting operations in Gaza to allow humanitarian aid deliveries?
The victims were not predetermined. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer was monitoring the situation. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Budig, who has a home in Traverse City, posted on social media that he was quote shaken by the awful and senseless violence.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is President Trump discussing with the EU’s top official in Scotland?
0:00–0:52
2
How are the US‑EU trade negotiations shaping up before Friday’s tariff deadline?
0:52–1:54
3
Why are thousands of NASA employees applying to leave under the deferred resignation program?
1:54–3:00
4
What steps are Thailand and Cambodia taking to end border hostilities after Trump’s ceasefire proposal?
3:00–4:03
5
How is the Israeli military adjusting operations in Gaza to allow humanitarian aid deliveries?
4:03–4:36
6
What happened during the mass stabbing at the Traverse City Walmart and how are authorities responding?
4:36–4:39