NPR News: 07-28-2026 12AM EDT
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
What is happening with wildfires and heat waves in southwestern France?
French President Emmanuel Macron visited firefighters battling blazes around the southwestern city of Bordeaux Monday. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports that a fourth heat wave is expected midweek, which will make conditions increasingly difficult.
Macron paid homage to the two firefighters who have died fighting the blazes in the forests and countryside of the Gironde region around Bordeaux. More than 200,000 people have been evacuated as aggressive and unpredictable fires rip through parched forests and countryside. Temperatures will top 100 degrees again this week in the fourth heat wave of the summer.
How are fire clouds (pyrocumulonimbus) changing firefighting in Europe?
Scientists say firefighters are contending with a new phenomenon, immense fire clouds created by extreme wildfires that then create their own wind and lightning, sparking fresh blazes. Known as fire clouds or pyrocumulonimbus clouds, scientists say they are new to France and another consequence of human-caused climate change. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Sémur-en-Oxois, France.
The fires in France as well as in Spain are historic in scope.
How widespread are the wildfires across France and Spain and who has been evacuated?
A fire west of the Spanish capital of Madrid is Spain's largest on record.
What did President Trump say and do during his Michigan visit about tariffs and elections?
In Michigan Monday, President Trump watched General Motors vehicles compete in drag races and visited a GM facility in suburban Detroit where he defended his tariff policies.
They placed historic tariffs on foreign producers and manufacturers. including a 25% tariff on foreign automobiles, something that no other president had the courage to ever do.
Trump's tariffs have affected many businesses in Michigan, where the economy relies heavily on trade with Canada. Early voting is underway for Michigan's primary next week.
What legal and public safety updates are affecting the U.S. — from Idaho petitions to Seattle manhunts and mail‑in voting?
Republicans hope to flip a Senate seat there. The man convicted of killing four college students in Idaho almost four years ago has filed a petition to reopen his case. From Boise State Public Radio, Lauren Patterson reports.
Brian Koberger is serving four life sentences in prison following his conviction last July. He's now filed a petition for post-conviction relief, and court records suggest he's representing himself.
What are the latest developments in Sudan’s civil war and the humanitarian crisis?
In an interview from prison, Koberger told the New York Times he's seeking to abandon his guilty plea and have a trial. He said his guilty plea, quote, "...hinged on false promises and blatant disinformation and must be withdrawn." Koberger is claiming ineffective legal counsel, saying his lawyers failed to disclose or review exculpatory evidence, according to a handwritten filing made public by court officials and cited by The Times. For NPR News, I'm Lauren Patterson in Orofino, Idaho.
A manhunt is ongoing in Seattle. Police still searching for a third suspect linked to Sunday's shooting at a food festival near the Space Needle. Authorities say a 15-year-old was arrested at the scene, a second suspect killed during the shootout. This is NPR News. The Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to allow the president's executive order on mail-in voting to be implemented nationwide ahead of the November midterm elections. The order is aimed at tightening restrictions on mail-in voting. The administration's request follows an appeals court decision that upheld the judge's ruling that prevents enforcement of the order in 23 mostly Democratic states and Washington, D.C., while litigation plays out.
They had challenged it as unconstitutional. Sudan's army has retaken a key highway from the paramilitary group it's been fighting in a brutal civil war. The highway links the capital with a region that's facing a humanitarian crisis, as Kate Bartlett reports.
The retaking of the highway by government forces will block the rapid support forces' attempts to seize El Abed. About half a million people are trapped in the city, facing intense drone strikes from the paramilitary group. Earlier this month, the UN's human rights chief warned of possible atrocities happening in and near the city. The UN has also described a, quote, dual terror facing women in the city as they face drone strikes going to fetch water during the day and risk sexual violence if they go to water distribution sites at night.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:04
2
What is happening with wildfires and heat waves in southwestern France?
0:04–0:39
3
How are fire clouds (pyrocumulonimbus) changing firefighting in Europe?
0:39–1:07
4
How widespread are the wildfires across France and Spain and who has been evacuated?
1:07–1:12
5
What did President Trump say and do during his Michigan visit about tariffs and elections?
1:12–1:48
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What legal and public safety updates are affecting the U.S. — from Idaho petitions to Seattle manhunts and mail‑in voting?
1:48–2:14
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What are the latest developments in Sudan’s civil war and the humanitarian crisis?
2:14–5:03