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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
Why is Netanyahu visiting the U.S. and how has U.S.-Israel friction escalated?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu travels to the U.S. today for a meeting this week with President Trump, who paused U.S. military operations with Iran over the weekend. NPR's Emily Fang has the latest from Tel Aviv.
Friction between Trump and Netanyahu has been growing. Netanyahu is being accused by his critics in Israel of fracturing his relationship with the U.S. and failing to stop the U.S. from signing a nuclear energy agreement with rival Saudi Arabia last week. The U.S. has also been pushing Israel to withdraw from land inside Lebanon that Israel has occupied this year. Trump has criticized Israel for continuing to strike and demolish homes inside Lebanon after a ceasefire. Plus, another ceasefire with Iran last month was not popular in Israel. A survey released this week by an Israeli think tank finds Israelis consider a nuclear Iran plus conflict with an Israeli society as the two biggest perceived threats to their country.
Emily Fang, Empire News, Tel Aviv.
A candlelight vigil scheduled tonight in memory of the three people killed in a mass shooting during an annual food festival in Seattle yesterday.
What criticisms is Netanyahu facing over the U.S.-Saudi nuclear agreement and Lebanon operations?
Several people were also wounded when gunfire erupted at the Seattle Center. One person's in custody. Police are searching for a second person who may have information about the shooting. Paige Browning of member station KUOW has more.
Crowds of people were mulling about getting food from rows of food trucks and around 6 p.m., gunshots were fired. Police say it appears two people were trying to shoot at each other, that this was some sort of fight that broke out. But in the chaos of the crowded scene, seven people were shot. And tragically, three of them died last night, one after being rushed to the hospital, and the four others who were injured received medical care of varying degrees, and they're in recovery.
That's Paige Browning reporting. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a new change to the asylum process that could result in more cases being sent to immigration court. NPR's Ximena Bustillo explains the goal is to reduce the backlog of cases, but lawyers warn people could get stuck in the court process.
Asylum is a protection immigrants can ask for once they are already in the country.
How do Israelis view the threats of a nuclear Iran and internal conflict?
Typically, they can apply at USCIS directly if they are here legally, like on a visa. The immigration court system is usually reserved for people who are already in the deportation process. But a new rule will allow USCIS officers to send cases to immigration court without interviewing the immigrant first. USCIS Director Joseph Edlow said in a statement that the asylum system has been exploited by people wanting a work permit and not with legitimate fear of persecution. But immigration lawyers warned that in immigration courts, asylum approvals are at a record low and people with valid claims of persecution might be denied. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
You're listening to NPR News. More than 300,000 Haitians and several thousand Syrians living in the United States could lose their temporary protected status starting today. A U.S. Supreme Court ruling last month allowed the administration to end legal protections for people escaping violence and natural disasters in Haiti and Syria. A new survey finds three in four voters say the cost of child care is a major problem. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports it's among reasons affordability is a top issue this election year.
For parents who pay for child care, more than a third say it's one of their top two expenses. That's according to a poll commissioned by the First Five Years Fund, which advocates for expanding early learning and care. Nearly half of parents say child care challenges affect their work, and it's not just them. Nearly 40 percent of all voters say they're affected when a colleague's child care is disrupted. Nationally, there is a serious shortage of child care, and in many places it can cost more than housing or college tuition. A growing number of cities and states are committing money to expand free and subsidized child care.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:04
2
Why is Netanyahu visiting the U.S. and how has U.S.-Israel friction escalated?
0:04–1:06
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What criticisms is Netanyahu facing over the U.S.-Saudi nuclear agreement and Lebanon operations?
1:06–2:16
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How do Israelis view the threats of a nuclear Iran and internal conflict?
2:16–4:59