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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 Janine Herst. President Trump says he reached a trade deal with the European Union less than a week before his self imposed deadline of august first. Impierzalena Moore reports he announced the agreement after meeting with EU President Vanderleyen at his golf course in Scotland.
The deal puts a 15% tariff on EU exports to the US. That's a drop from a few weeks earlier when Trump threatened to make it 30%. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Trump said the deal excludes steel, aluminum, and pharmaceuticals. He also said that no tariffs would be placed on US imports into the EU, and that the EU would purchase 750 billion worth of US energy. And invest six hundred billion into the country. The EU is one of the US's largest trading partners.
How is Israel changing its military operations in Gaza after international criticism?
Dozens of other countries have also received new proposed tariff rates from the White House, but just a handful have formally announced deals. Elena Moore, NPR News.
Israel has announced a change and its offensive in Gaza following international criticism about Israeli restrictions on food aid leading to deaths from starvation. It peers Daniel Estran has more from Tel Aviv.
Israel says it's pausing military activity 10 hours a day until further notice in Gaza City, Der al Balach, and Mawasi, a large tent camp along the coast. Those are the areas where Israel has ordered Palestinians to shelter. Israel blamed Hamas for stoking chaos around aid distribution, and it says it's also creating secure routes for UN aid trucks to distribute food and medicine across Gaza. The hospital officials say even as these new routes and pauses and fighting came into effect Sunday, at least two dozen Palestinians seeking aid have been killed. Israel's military said it was looking into the matter.
Are U.S. colleges entering a recession and what are the main financial pressures they face?
Daniel Estran, NPR News Tel Aviv.
College business officers say the financial threats facing their schools are getting worse. For member station GBH, Kirk Harapeza reports a new national survey shows deep anxiety across the higher ed industry.
With cuts to federal research funding and growing pressure on foreign student visas, just 43% of college business officers expect their school's finances to improve over the next year. That's down from 56% in last year's survey from the site Inside Higher Ed.
Are we in a higher education recession? At this point, we likely are.
Robert Kelchin teaches higher ed policy at the University of Tennessee Knoxville.
We've had long standing issues with
Why are doctors and psychiatrists challenging the FDA panel on SSRIs for pregnant women?
A decline in overall college enrollment, but now we're seeing pressures to any federal funding.
Colleges also worry many international students may not make it to campus this fall, another potential blow to their budgets. For NPR News, I'm Kurt Carapesa in Boston.
And you're listening to NPR News from Washington. Doctors and psychiatrists are speaking out against a recent panel organized by the FDA on the use of certain psychiatric medications by pregnant and postpartum women. They say the panel which raised questions about the safety of a group of medicines called SSRIS misrepresented data and spread misinformation. And Peris Ritu Chatterjee has more.
A majority of panelists cited studies they say illustrate health risks of SSRIs, which include drugs like Zoloft and Prozac. They said the medications have been linked to worse pregnancy outcomes like miscarriage and birth defects.
What made the new Fantastic Four movie a box‑office hit this weekend?
Several healthcare groups have released statements saying that SSRI use in pregnancy has been very well studied, with data on hundreds and thousands of pregnant women. Psychiatrist Dr. Nancy Byte is at UMass Chan Medical School.
What the overall data shows, in fact, is that antidepressants are not associated with major birth defects.
She says the data also show that most SSRIs are safe and effective for pregnant and postpartum women. Read the Chatterjee and PR News.
At the weekend box office, the Fantastic Four First Steps took the top spot with an estimated $118 million in ticket sales. The film is set during the 1960s in a retro futuristic world led by the Fantastic Four, a family of astronauts turned superhumans from exposure to comic ra uh cosmic rays during a space mission.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are the details of President Trump's new trade deal with the EU?
0:00–0:53
2
How is Israel changing its military operations in Gaza after international criticism?
0:53–1:53
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Are U.S. colleges entering a recession and what are the main financial pressures they face?
1:53–2:37
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Why are doctors and psychiatrists challenging the FDA panel on SSRIs for pregnant women?
2:37–3:36
5
What made the new Fantastic Four movie a box‑office hit this weekend?
3:36–4:38