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What are the details of President Trump's new trade deal with the EU?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Robb. President Trump says he's reached a new trade deal with the European Union. NPR's Franco Ordonia's reports the agreement comes just days before a deadline that would have kicked off new tariffs.
President Trump met with European Union President Ursula Vanderleyen at his golf club in Scotland. The two sides talked for just over an hour when Trump called the press back. Uh we've reached a deal. Under the agreement, Trump says most European Union exports to the US will face a fifteen percent tariff down from the thirty percent tariff that Trump threatened would go into effect on Friday. The US would pay no tariffs. It's the biggest of all the deals.
How is Texas addressing alleged unconstitutional racial gerrymanders?
It will be the biggest of all the deals. The deal will not cover steel and aluminum nor pharmaceuticals. Trump said the EU has also agreed to buy seven hundred and fifty billion dollars worth of US energy as part of the agreement and invest six hundred billion into the United States. Franco, Ordonnez, NPR News, Turnbury, Scotland.
Texas state lawmakers met in Houston this weekend to take public testimony. It's part of a rare mid decade round of congressional redistricting, Houston Public Media's Andrew Schneider reports.
The Justice Department has identified four districts in which black and Latino residents dominate as quote unconstitutional racial gerrymanders, which it is ordering Texas to redraw. Dallas Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett told state representatives that the twenty twenty one maps are already heavily gerrymandered against the state's non white majority.
To comply with the Voting Rights Act, we should have 60% of the seats that allow people of color to elect their representatives.
What sparked the latest artillery exchange between Thailand and Cambodia?
That would be 24 seats. Instead, we currently only have 14.
Crockett is one of three black Democrats in the Texas congressional delegation and the only one whose district is not targeted in the Justice Department letter. For NPR News, I'm Andrew Schneider in Houston.
Thailand and Cambodia exchanged artillery fire across their disputed border for a fourth straight day today. Michael Sullivan reports.
Cambodia and Thailand both say the other opened fire first early Sunday morning. The Cambodians insisting Thai forces were massing for attacks across the border, while the Thai said they were simply responding to attacks from Cambodia. Cambodia's prime minister said he agreed with President Trump's proposal for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire.
Why has the Israeli military paused operations in parts of Gaza?
Thailand's acting Prime Minister Puntam Weichaya Chai said he was grateful for President Trump's efforts, but said he preferred bilateral talks between the two countries. In a statement, Puntam's office now says he will travel to Malaysia Monday for negotiations with his Cambodian counterpart to work towards a ceasefire. For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Shang Rai, Thailand.
This is NPR News. 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.
What does the mid‑year analysis reveal about falling violent crime rates in the U.S.?
Homicide and other violent crime rates are falling in the U.S., according to a mid-year analysis of crime data released by the Council on Criminal Justice, a nonpartisan think tank. NPR's Meg Anderson reports the analysis mirrors the findings of other researchers.
The Council on Criminal Justice looked at the rates of thirteen crimes in more than three dozen US cities. Those included violent crimes like homicide and sexual assault, and property crimes like shoplifting and motor vehicle theft. Researchers found the levels of nearly all crimes they examined were lower in the first half of this year than the first half of last year. Drug offenses remained the same and domestic violence rates rose slightly.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the details of President Trump's new trade deal with the EU?
0:00–0:45
2
How is Texas addressing alleged unconstitutional racial gerrymanders?
0:45–1:46
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What sparked the latest artillery exchange between Thailand and Cambodia?
1:46–2:33
4
Why has the Israeli military paused operations in parts of Gaza?
2:33–3:30
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What does the mid‑year analysis reveal about falling violent crime rates in the U.S.?
3:30–4:39