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What is the current situation with the Nepal‑China border floods and rescue efforts?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston and Search and rescue efforts are continuing around the clock three days after catastrophic flooding and mudslides devastated communities along the Nepal China border. More than six hundred people are confirmed dead and thousands of others remain missing, including dozens of Americans. NPR's Jennifer Pack has the latest from Beijing. To reach the
worst affected area, the Jilong Raswa border checkpoint, Chinese rescue teams have had to go on foot. One group, accompanied by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, arrived Saturday morning only to find vast stretches of mud. Suddenly they spot a car and tree branches poking out. Is anyone there? The rescuers call out. They must work fast. They risk facing further floods, landslides, and avalanches. It's the same challenge over in Nepal.
How is the U.S. health secretary responding to the rise in measles cases as schools reopen?
Umatapa with the charity World Vision tells NPR severe weather and blocked roads are limiting aid distribution. Jennifer Pack, NPR
News, Beijing. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is facing growing pressure about the government's response to rising measles cases as students head back to school. NPR Selina Simmons Duffin reports, a former health secretary, is urging him to do more.
Kathleen Sibelius served as health secretary under President Obama. She said the fact that Secretary Kennedy is holding events about school lynches instead of raising public awareness about the dangers of measles is a choice.
both the spread of measles um throughout the country, but also the effectiveness of vaccines and a call to action for parents to get their kids vaccinated.
That's especially needed now as students go back to school, she said, since measles is extremely contagious and can cause blindness or even death.
Why is the Lindsey Clancy trial sparking a national conversation about postpartum mental health?
Selena Simmons Duffin, NPR News.
Jury deliberations resume Monday in the trial of a Massachusetts woman charged with killing her three children in twenty twenty three. Deborah Becker from Member Station WBUR reports attorneys for Lindsey Clancy are seeking what's known as the insanity defense.
The trial has ignited a national conversation about postpartum mental health. The defense says Lindsay Clancy was experiencing postpartum psychosis, a psychiatric emergency. Psychiatrist Dr. Aruj Kamal Header says diagnosis is critical and new moms should seek help if they feel something is wrong. There is a dangerous misconception that the mom has to be hallucinating or hearing voices, but really it's the quieter. Symptoms that we miss. Header says about one to two of every one thousand new moms experience psychosis, which is temporary but treatable. For NPR News, I'm Deborah Becker in Boston. This is NPR.
What does the Icelandic referendum mean for the country’s future relationship with the EU?
Voters in Iceland cast their ballots today in a referendum on whether to restart negotiations with the European Union about joining the bloc, Esme Nicholson reports.
Iceland first applied to join the European Union in two thousand nine in the wake of the financial crisis that hit the island hard. Talks stalled amid political concerns about sovereignty loss and fishing rights, but the current referendum comes amid a push to bolster maritime security in the Arctic and North Atlantic in response to President Trump's threats to take over Greenland and amid concerns about Russian effort. naval movements in the region. Iceland is already part of the Schengen zone of visa free travel, but at a time of global instability, Brussels is eager to show that the twenty-seven Nation Union is able to grow rather than shrink, as it has done since Brexit. For MPI News, I'm Esme
Nicholson in Berlin. Virginia is removing several Confederate statues from Capitol Square in Bridgemont. The effort to remove the monuments began around 2018. Democratic State Senator Mike Jones says their continued presence at the Capitol misrepresents what Virginia stands for today.
Is this what the Commonwealth is about? Is this where we want to direct people to? And it's not.
Why is Virginia removing Confederate statues from Capitol Square and where will they be relocated?
Statues honoring Confederate General Stonewall Jackson, former Governor William Smith, and Confederate physician Hunter Holmes Maguire will be moved to historic battlefield sites where they can be displayed with additional historical context.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the current situation with the Nepal‑China border floods and rescue efforts?
0:00–0:56
2
How is the U.S. health secretary responding to the rise in measles cases as schools reopen?
0:56–2:00
3
Why is the Lindsey Clancy trial sparking a national conversation about postpartum mental health?
2:00–3:00
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What does the Icelandic referendum mean for the country’s future relationship with the EU?
3:00–4:21
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Why is Virginia removing Confederate statues from Capitol Square and where will they be relocated?
4:21–5:03