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What new US‑EU trade agreement was announced and what are its key terms?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The United States and the European Union reached a trade agreement today at a meeting between President Trump and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at one of Trump's private golf courses in Scotland. Trump had threatened a place of thirty percent tariff on EU goods. Now he says it will be lower.
So we have a tariff of fifteen percent. We have the opening up of all of the European countries which I think I could say we're essentially close. I mean they you weren't exactly taking our orders, you weren't exactly taking our agriculture. And now it's open. Very importantly they'll be investing a lot of money, but the military is a big number, but that's one number we're not determining.
How are Israel, Jordan and the UN responding to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza?
It's gonna be whatever it is. But they're gonna be purchasing Uh hundreds of billions of dollars worth of military equipment.
Israel and Jordan have carried out airdrops of food over the Gaza Strip. This follows international condemnation of restrictions that have caused starvation in Gaza, NPR's Daniel Estrin reports.
Jordan, in partnership with the United Arab Emirates, says it carried out airdrops of twenty-five tons of food over the skies of Gaza, dropping food for Palestinians. The Israeli Air Force also carried out airdrops of flour, sugar, and canned food. The UN World Food Program also welcomed a new Israeli announcement that Israel would create secure routes for aid trucks entering Gaza. The WFP says a third of Gaza's population was not eating for days, and that it has enough food in or on its way to Gaza to feed Gaza's whole population for about three months.
On Gaza, carrying food and other supplies.
Why are Harvard alumni urging a “Columbia‑style” deal with the Trump administration?
Israel said it was bringing the boat to shore. Daniel Estran, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Some Harvard alumni are quietly urging University President Alan Garber to reach a deal with the Trump administration, similar to the agreement Columbia announced last week. From member station G B H in Boston, Kirk Arapeza reports.
Several alumni say they'd like Harvard to agree to certain reforms in order to restore billions of dollars in federal research funding. They say Columbia simply agreed to follow existing laws related to race conscious admissions and student discipline policies. The most prominent example might be former Harvard President Larry Summers. He posted on X that the Columbia deal is, quote, an excellent template for other colleges. Others view the Columbia Deal as a dangerous warning for civil society, and they want Harvard to resist what they see as purely political attacks on American higher education. For NPR News, I'm Kirk Carapesa in Boston.
What details emerged about the deadly church attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
You're listening to NPR News in Washington. Militants attacked a Catholic church in the Democratic Republic of Congo early this morning with guns and machetes. Officials say at least thirty-four people were killed. They blame the attack on the Allied Democratic Force, rebels with ties to the Islamic State, who operate in Congo and Uganda and often target civilians. The leaders of Thailand and Cambodia are to meet in Malaysia tomorrow to discuss a ceasefire. Clashes along their disputed border are now in the fourth day. More than thirty people have been killed, more than one hundred sixty thousand have been displaced. Athletes from all over the world competed this month in the Lumberjack World Championships.
There were more women than competing than ever in the competition and Hayward, Wisconsin, Mayan Silver of Member Station WWM reports.
How are women reshaping the Lumberjack World Championships in Wisconsin?
Lumber jokes, or women in timber sports, made up 45 out of 100 competitors in this year's games. They swing axes and wield cross-cut saws. 16-year-old Inie Anderson was inspired by her mentor's ability to go toe-to-toe with boys on a log roll. That's where two people tread on a log and try to knock their opponent into the water without touching.
Just seeing her being able to get falls on them and compete with them and humble them and it's like I wanna do that too one day.
Logging, which inspired timber sports, reigned supreme in northern Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan at the turn of the twentieth century.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What new US‑EU trade agreement was announced and what are its key terms?
0:01–0:46
2
How are Israel, Jordan and the UN responding to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza?
0:46–1:56
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Why are Harvard alumni urging a “Columbia‑style” deal with the Trump administration?
1:56–2:55
4
What details emerged about the deadly church attack in the Democratic Republic of Congo?
2:55–3:51
5
How are women reshaping the Lumberjack World Championships in Wisconsin?
3:51–4:39