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What happened in the Midtown Manhattan mass shooting and who was the shooter?
Live from MPR News in Washington, I'm Shay Stevens. Investigators are seeking a motive for Monday's mass shooting in Midtown Manhattan. A gunman killed three people, including a police officer and critically injured a fourth victim in a high rise office building. Y PD Commissioner Jessica Tish. Says surveillance camera footage shows the gunman exiting a double parked vehicle and entering the high rise carrying a rifle.
The building's security camera footage shows the shooter enter the lobby, turn right, and immediately open fire on an NYPD officer. He then shoots a woman who took cover behind a pillar and proceeds through the lobby, spraying it with gunfire. The
gunman has been identified as twenty seven year old Shane Timor of Las Vegas. Томура was found dead on the thirty-third floor of the high rise, apparently after taking his own life.
How did President Trump address the Gaza humanitarian crisis during his EU trade talks?
President Trump has announced another trade deal this time with the European Union. And Pierce Lauren Freyer reports that tariffs were not the only issue to dominate Trump's talks in Aberdeen, Scotland on Monday.
President Trump was asked whether he agrees with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu that there's no starvation in Gaza. And he replied, quote, not particularly. He told reporters he's seen the TV footage from Gaza.
We can save a lot of people. I mean, some of those kids are that's real starvation stuff. I see it. And you can't fake that.
What are the allegations from Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador and how is the U.S. responding?
Speaking alongside Trump at a Scottish golf resort the president owns, UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer said he finds those images of starving children revolting. Trump said the US and other countries will be more involved, setting up food centers where Palestinians can walk in without fences, he said. Lauren Freyer, NPR News Aberdeen.
Some of the Venezuelan men deported from the United States to El Salvador are now describing their stay in a maximum security prison. NPR Sergio Martinez Bertrand reports. The men say they were beaten, sexually abused, and
denied adequate food. One of the men is 19-year-old Carlos Daniel Terran. He was sent to Sikot in March as part of President Trump's mass deportation efforts. That was hell, says Teran.
Why did a major Russian airline experience a massive IT outage and who claimed responsibility?
He says guards at Secoch stomped on the men with their heavy boots and hit them with batons. He says one time they shot at them with rubber pellets. El Salvador's government did not respond to a request for comment. A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security called the allegations, quote, false sub stories. The Trump administration paid El Salvador six million dollars. To house the men, the White House said they were gang members, but many of them, including Teran, do not have a criminal record in the US. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News.
US futures are h flat in after hours trading on Wall Street on Asia Pacific market shares are lowered down one percent in Hong Kong. This is NPR.
What was the outcome of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe’s bribery trial?
Severe weather has claimed more than thirty lives in northern China. More than eighty thousand residents of Beijing were relocated Monday as heavy rain unleashed flooding and a landslide. The city received half a foot of rain by midnight Tuesday and knocked out power from the to dozens of villages. Up to a foot of rain is expected in Beijing before the storm moves on late Tuesday. A major Russian airline and its affiliates have cancelled more than a hundred flights following a disruption to their IT systems. Pro Ukrainian activists are taking credit for the outage, as NPR's Jenna McLaughlin reports.
The largest airline in Russia, Aeroflot, says it's making emergency adjustments to its flight schedule after experiencing a major IT outage. Russian officials said they were working to rebook passengers on alternative flights, but the disruption has already led to long lines at the airport.
What are the key takeaways from today’s NPR news roundup?
Russia's prosecutor general's office appears to have opened a criminal case in response. A pro Ukrainian hacker group claimed credit for the outage on social media, saying it partnered with other groups. Throughout Russia's years-long war in Ukraine, activist hacking groups and government cyber operations have been important elements of ongoing Ukrainian resistance.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened in the Midtown Manhattan mass shooting and who was the shooter?
0:01–0:54
2
How did President Trump address the Gaza humanitarian crisis during his EU trade talks?
0:54–1:27
3
What are the allegations from Venezuelan men deported to El Salvador and how is the U.S. responding?
1:27–2:17
4
Why did a major Russian airline experience a massive IT outage and who claimed responsibility?
2:17–3:01
5
What was the outcome of former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe’s bribery trial?
3:01–3:54
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What are the key takeaways from today’s NPR news roundup?
3:54–4:38