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What new information was revealed about the 9/11 air‑quality lawsuits and hidden documents?
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Officials in New York City have settled two lawsuits linked to air quality risks. After the nine eleven terror attacks twenty five years ago. The city is also releasing documents withheld for decades by past mayors and And Pierre's Brian Mann with details.
After the nine eleven attack, much of Lower Manhattan was covered in thick dust. Mayor Zoran Mandani says past Democratic and Republican city administrations concealed details of the toxic material in that debris.
These are documents that show what the city knew about the toxic air around ground zero. When they knew it and how they acted to limit liability.
How are the UK, France and Canada responding to Israeli settlement products?
Comedian John Stewart campaigned for release of these documents during a press conference. Stewart said acknowledging the devastating impact of toxic air after nine eleven is long overdue.
We've lost three times as many people to nine eleven related illnesses as we did on nine eleven. Three times as many, almost 10,000 people.
On Friday, during a nine eleven ceremony, New York City will hold a moment of silence for those who've died from nine eleven related illnesses. Brian Mann, NPR News, New York.
The United Kingdom, France, and Canada say they're banning imports of goods from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. And a wider group of countries say they'll also take steps amid mounting concern over settlement expansion and violence. And Pierre's Lauren Freyer has this from London.
What impact are the recent trade tensions and tariffs having on U.S. goods?
UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliban says his government has concluded that settler terrorists are responsible for ethnic cleansing against Palestinians. So he says the UK is banning all goods grown or manufactured in settlements, things like fruit and vegetables or wine. And it's sanctioning companies that do business with those settlements or help construct them.
So to those who finance or facilitate illegal settlements, let me say this you will face the full force of UK sanctions.
Israel says it's closing the British consulate in East Jerusalem in response. And Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel, accused Miliband of Jew hate, even though his parents are Holocaust survivors. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
US goods are now subject to retaliatory tariffs from Canada. As of today, about twenty billion dollars worth of American products are subject to levies up to fifty percent.
What caused the fatal Amazon cargo‑jet accident in Florida?
In Toronto, reporter Peter Armstrong has more on the neighbors elevated trade war.
The two sides are not talking at this point. Uh Trump is posting maps of North America covered in the US flag, memes of him fighting the prime minister and calling him governor. Defense Secretary Pete Heggseth was recently accused of making fun online of the appearance of a Canadian teenager army cadet and her instructor. You know, getting out of any conflict is hard. Trade wars are no different. Uh common ground is really needed and none of the things. None of this makes finding that common ground any easier.
That's Peter Armstrong speaking with NPR's up first.
How did thieves steal Renoir paintings from a French Riviera museum?
From Washington, this is NPR News. Florida authorities say five people were killed when their van that's used to get cleaning crews to planes was struck by an Amazon cargo jet that slid off the runway Sunday. Miami Dave County Sheriff Rosie Cordero Stutt said today the people who died ranged in age from forty seven to seventy five. Five other people were injured too critically. Federal investigators are examining what led to the incident, including the lack of a system to slow or stop speeding jets. Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch says he is retiring after thirty eight years of service with the Smithsonian. In two thousand nineteen, he became the first African American to lead the organization. Thieves got away with two renoir paintings from a small museum on the French Riviera.
Rebecca Rossman reports police say the suspects are still on
the loose.
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Police describe the two suspects as, quote, well-equipped and well informed. They say the thieves entered the museum early Tuesday by cutting through a fence with an electric knife.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What new information was revealed about the 9/11 air‑quality lawsuits and hidden documents?
0:01–0:41
2
How are the UK, France and Canada responding to Israeli settlement products?
0:41–1:25
3
What impact are the recent trade tensions and tariffs having on U.S. goods?
1:25–2:19
4
What caused the fatal Amazon cargo‑jet accident in Florida?
2:19–2:56
5
How did thieves steal Renoir paintings from a French Riviera museum?
2:56–3:52
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Can Medicare for All address the high costs highlighted by Mark Cuban?
3:52–5:03