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What happened in the Austin ICE shooting and how are officials responding?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Protesters gathered in Austin Sunday after an ICE officer shot and wounded a man thought to be a Venezuelan national. He is said to be in stable condition. An attorney representing the man said he's been taken into ICE custody. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson responded to the shooting. It needs to be said that as mayor of the city of Austin, I'm very angry about this. Watson says he wants local police to be involved in the investigation of the shooting, and Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis agrees.
This has happened in the city of Austin. The city of Austin deserves answers on what occurred. The mayor is demanding some answers.
How are the United States and China planning an AI dialogue to prevent security incidents?
The city manager wants answers, and we're going to get all those questions answered.
But Homeland Security now says its investigative team is leading the investigation and will be joined by the FBI. The U.S. and China have discussed launching an official dialogue on artificial intelligence, and the U.S. wants there to be a way for the two countries to notify each other about security incidents involving AI. As NPR's John Ruich reports, this comes after a meeting between senior U.S. and Chinese officials ahead of Chinese leader Xi Jinping's visit to Washington this week.
Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng led the all-day meeting, which took place in New York. Besant called it a, quote, very successful engagement. On AI, he told reporters the two sides discussed setting up a U.S.-China AI dialogue and agreed to meet again.
What did the recent German regional elections reveal about the rise of the far‑right and far‑left?
The idea is to get a shared vision of common goals and threats. He said the U.S. side proposed what he called a notification mechanism between the two countries for more transparency when there are AI-related incidents that touch on national security. The meeting tees up a key issue for President Trump and Xi Jinping to take up in Washington on Thursday. John Ruich, NPR News.
In Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz's ruling coalition has suffered another setback in regional elections. The far right won another eastern state this weekend, while the far left won the capital's mayoral race. Esme Nicholson reports Merz is ignoring calls to step aside.
Just two weeks after Friedrich Merz's Conservatives halved their share of the vote in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, the party has ended up with its worst-ever results since World War II in the north-eastern state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Here, Merz's Social Democrat coalition partner has also been defeated by the far-right Alternative for Germany party, which ran an anti-immigration campaign.
Why is Russia’s United Russia party dominating the first parliamentary vote since the Ukraine invasion?
The AfD has even gained ground in liberal Berlin, but the clear winner here is the far-left party Die Linke, which pledges to make the capital affordable again. Speaking as the exit polls were announced, Mertz admitted the results are a disaster, but defiantly vowed to push ahead with his federal agenda. For NPR News, I'm Esme Nicholson in Berlin.
Russia's main Kremlin party, United Russia, is dominating that country's first parliamentary election since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The vote began on Friday. The balloting included residents of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow illegally annexed after the war began, but still does not fully control. This is NPR News. The number of measles infections continues to grow in Pennsylvania. Sydney Roach from Member Station WPSU reports the state has recorded at least 767 cases so far this year with at least four deaths.
Almost 100 of those cases were reported in the past week.
How is Pennsylvania handling the surge in measles cases and what actions are officials taking?
Governor Josh Shapiro called on Pennsylvanians on Friday to get vaccinated.
I hope and pray that we lose no more lives. I hope and pray that the spread stops.
The state's Department of Health has administered more than 1,500 MMR vaccines so far this month. Pennsylvania's Department of Health is asking the CDC for on-the-ground help, but Governor Josh Shapiro has said he won't accept federal help until the CDC acknowledges the deaths in Pennsylvania. Currently, the CDC hasn't recorded any measles deaths this year. For NPR News, I'm Sydney Roach in State College, Pennsylvania.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened in the Austin ICE shooting and how are officials responding?
0:01–0:35
2
How are the United States and China planning an AI dialogue to prevent security incidents?
0:35–1:23
3
What did the recent German regional elections reveal about the rise of the far‑right and far‑left?
1:23–2:22
4
Why is Russia’s United Russia party dominating the first parliamentary vote since the Ukraine invasion?
2:22–3:18
5
How is Pennsylvania handling the surge in measles cases and what actions are officials taking?
3:18–4:15
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What are the weekend box‑office results and how does NPR’s new politics series address the distraction economy?
4:15–5:04