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What is Jared Kushner’s role in the latest Gaza cease‑fire negotiations?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Linda Kenyon. President Trump's envoy and son in law Jared Kushner is in Egypt today, where he will try to advance the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. НПРС ДНІЛЕЕСРИНРОТИЗРИКТЬ АПЛАН ФОРГАЗАТЬ БАЗЕД ТРОМ.
Kushner is traveling to the region with Tony Blair and Nikolai Maladinov, top officials on Trump's Board of Peace. They're meeting Egyptian officials to discuss next steps for Gaza. Hamas's top leader is meeting separately with Egyptian officials. On Monday, Kushner and the Board of Peace officials head to Israel to meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and discuss Israel's concerns about their 15-point proposal. proposal for Gaza. That's according to a Board of Peace official speaking anonymously ahead of the meeting. Netanyahu has rejected the proposal, which calls for Hamas to give up their weapons in exchange for Israel withdrawing from Gaza.
How are conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln affecting its crew after an eight‑month deployment?
Hamas and Israel don't agree on who should make the first move. Daniel Estran, NPR News Tel Aviv.
The head of U.S. Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper, has visited the USS Abraham Lincoln amidst concerns over conditions on board the aircraft carrier. The crew has been at sea for more than eight months with reports of supply concerns and mental health issues. When asked about the lengthy deployment last week, President Trump said it was not nearly long enough. Maryland's democratic governor Wes Moore on CNN's State of the Union criticized that response.
I I would have hoped that since he's never been forward deployed. Since he's never put on the uniform and sacrifice for this country, that he would have more compassion. For the people who are willing to.
Why is Hawaii’s tropical storm Lala causing widespread power outages and road hazards?
That he would have more compassion for their family members. Who are who are willing to offer their loved ones to this country because they love this country so much?
Мор сервив і на ейті секунд арборн і Афганістан. In Hawaii, Hurricane Lala has been downgraded to a tropical storm. But as Hawaii public radio's Bill Dorman reports, tropical storm winds and heavy rains are now battering the state's most populous island.
As the sun rose over Honolulu Sunday morning, more than one hundred twenty five thousand people on the island remained without electricity. Seventy mile an hour winds are whipping across Oahu with higher gusts. Streams and rivers around the island are flooding. Roads are littered with tree branches and palm fronds. Authorities are asking people to stay off the roads, calling it a dangerous and life-threatening situation.
What recent art heists have hit Italian museums and what are investigators doing?
Lala continues to move slowly west, and the entire state remains under a tropical storm warning. For NPR News, I'm Bill Dorman in Honolulu.
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NPR. Italian valise have recovered three paintings stolen several months ago from a museum near Parma, but as Willem Mark reports, a day later, separate thieves struck again, stealing four Renaissance works from a museum far to the south in Sicily.
The Italian police branch known as the Carabinieri announced on Friday they'd recovered a Cezanne, a Renoir, and a Matisse stolen back in March from a museum outside Parma. That hall was worth around ten million dollars, and nine suspects from the small European nation of Moldova remained under investigation. But for the dedicated police squad focused on protecting Italy's cultural heritage, the celebrations were short lived. For on Saturday night at the height of nationwide summer celebrations known as Felagusto, Thebes broke into a museum in the Sicilian city of Messina. They made off with panels by a local Renaissance master, Antonello da Messina, the latest in a wave of heists targeting museums and galleries across Europe.
For NPR News, I'm Villa Marx.
Is Arizona State University’s new bachelor’s in content creation worth the hype?
Arizona State University has launched a new bachelor's degree in content creation. This new major has sparked both considerable interest and scrutiny. The program includes courses in traditional communication and media studies, along with skills based classes in podcasting, studio production and on camera presence, but critics question the legitimacy and value of such a degree.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is Jared Kushner’s role in the latest Gaza cease‑fire negotiations?
0:01–0:58
2
How are conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln affecting its crew after an eight‑month deployment?
0:58–1:44
3
Why is Hawaii’s tropical storm Lala causing widespread power outages and road hazards?
1:44–2:48
4
What recent art heists have hit Italian museums and what are investigators doing?
2:48–3:56
5
Is Arizona State University’s new bachelor’s in content creation worth the hype?
3:56–4:54