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What is the EU‑US trade deal and how will the 15% tariffs affect European exporters?
Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Herbst. The European Union is hailing its new trade agreement with President Trump as a good deal, even though it will mean fifteen percent tariffs on EU exports to the US. Terry Schultz has more.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen acknowledges she didn't succeed in getting President Trump to entirely drop the plan to add import duties on European products, but only to cut his original threat in half. Fifteen percent is not to be underestimated, but it is the best we could get. Von der Leyen says there will be some zero tariff items, among them aircraft, some agricultural products, and critical raw materials. Other parts of The deal we will replace Russian gas and oil by significant purchases of US LNG oil and nuclear fuels. Von der Leyen says, while tariffs will still be a challenge for some, at least now the destabilizing uncertainty is over. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
How did Ursula von der Leyen negotiate zero‑tariff items like aircraft and critical raw materials?
Israel's military has begun a limited pause in fighting in three populated areas of Gaza for ten hours a day as part of measures including food air drops and As concerns grow over surging hunger. Empire's Eleanor Beersley was in Gaza today with a group of journalists on a visit organized by the Israeli military, which showed aid it says is from the UN.
I am standing in a vast black top parking lot with probably millions of tons of aid rotting in the sun. I've come into Gaza. with th the IDF we've had an escort. We were brought in in trucks. We're wearing our f our flak jacket and our helmets. I can hear shooting like tank fire and small gun fire in the distance. This is a desolate place that feels like the end of the earth.
What is the on‑the‑ground situation in Gaza during the limited pause in fighting?
There's rotting oil, beans, baby formula, diapers just stacked up, rotting in the sun, there are birds picking at it. And I'm just it's a seascape of barbed wire.
And Bears Eleanor Beardsley reporting. More NASA employees have applied to leave their jobs through the Trump administration's deferred resignation program. And Pierre's Chandelise Duster has more.
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 have been.
Why are thousands of NASA employees applying to leave through the deferred resignation program?
Signed a letter to interim NASA administrator Sean Duffy criticizing proposed cuts and changes. Chandelise Duster, NPR News. This is NPR News
from Washington. In Michigan, authorities continued to search for the motive in a mass stabbing attack at a Walmart near Traverse City yesterday. That left eleven people in church. Police say a suspect is in custody and that several people, including one who was armed with a gun, helped apprehend the forty two year old man. Authorities say the suspect had a folding knife and that the attack appears to have been random. He faces charges of terrorism in connection with the attack, along with eleven counts of assault with intent to murder. Slovenian champion Tade Pogacar has secured his fourth Tour de France title despite rain slicked roads. Rebecca Rossman has more from Paris on his victory, saying it came amid a dramatic and historic final stage.
How did Tade Pogacar secure his fourth Tour de France title despite rain‑slicked roads?
There were steep hills, slick cobblestones, and a surprise downpour in the final leg of the twenty-three day race. For the first time in its one hundred and twenty one year history, Cyclist tackled three punishing loops around the steep bout de Montmart. Thousands of fans packed the narrow streets, even climbing trees and rooftops to catch a glimpse of the riders. Twenty-six-year-old Slovenian star Tade Pogochar struggled slightly on the third ascent, giving Belgian Wout van Art the edge to win the final stage.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the EU‑US trade deal and how will the 15% tariffs affect European exporters?
0:00–1:02
2
How did Ursula von der Leyen negotiate zero‑tariff items like aircraft and critical raw materials?
1:02–1:51
3
What is the on‑the‑ground situation in Gaza during the limited pause in fighting?
1:51–2:49
4
Why are thousands of NASA employees applying to leave through the deferred resignation program?
2:49–3:47
5
How did Tade Pogacar secure his fourth Tour de France title despite rain‑slicked roads?
3:47–4:38