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What warnings did the UN Secretary‑General give about global conflicts and climate?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman, the Secretary General of the United Nations, has opened this week's high-level debate with a stark warning about today's fractured world. And Pierce Michel Kellyman reports his term ends this year, but he says he's not ready to
look back. Political divides have deepened, the climate crisis is a daily reality, and artificial intelligence is moving at a speed that has stunned even those who created it. Those are some of the warnings from UN секретар-нтоніогутереш. He's calling for cooperation on these global challenges and an end to conflicts from Russia's war in Ukraine to the US war with Iran. In the Middle East, Guterres calls the Hamas October seventh attack on Israel abhorrent and says what followed was an onslaught on Palestinians, unlike anything he's seen as Secretary General. And he's warning that violence in the West Bank, in his words, raises the specter of ethnic cleansing. Michelle Kelleman NPR News The United Nations.
President Trump will also address the UN General Assembly shortly. Stock's open mix this morning as a blockbuster entertainment merger moves closer to the finish line. NPR Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones industrial average slipped more than forty points in early trading.
How is the blockbuster Paramount‑Warner merger progressing and why are states involved?
The eighty one billion dollar merger of Paramount Skydance and Warner Brothers Discovery looks set for the closing credits. Now that Paramount has reached a settlement with a dozen states that challenge the deal on antitrust grounds. California and other states dropped their complaint after Paramount agreed to boost its domestic movie production and guard the editorial independence of its T V news networks. Critics say the settlement doesn't go far enough and warn the combination of two big movie and TV companies will lead to reduced competition and higher prices. Crude oil prices fell for the fifth day in a row, while retail gasoline prices in the US dip by less than a penny a gallon overnight. Triple A says the average price of diesel fuel is still climbing to another record high near six dollars fifty three cents.
Scott Horsley Impair News, Washington.
A grand jury in Mississippi has declined to issue any indictments in the death case of a young black man.
Why are diesel and gasoline prices still rising despite recent oil price drops?
Nolan Wells died over the fourth of July holiday off the Mississippi coast. The grand jury found that the cause and manner of his death was undetermined, but that drowning is likely based on a diagnosis by exclusion. Jackson County District Attorney Angela Myers McElrath.
After a thorough and exhaustive investigation, your grand jury met last week concerning the death investigation of Nolan Wells and unanimously returned a no true bill.
Wells was found dead on a coastal island after boating there with friends. A civil rights lawyer representing his family says Wells had an injury on the back of his head that remains unexplained. He has urged the state of Mississippi to continue investigating. This is NPR. A jury in Vermont has convicted a man of attempted murder in the shootings of three Palestinian college students. They were walking near his home nearly three years ago. Jury rejected Jason Eaton's insanity defense he had claimed to be He was following orders from the CIA and Massage. One of the students he shot was paralyzed. The man who was shot and wounded in Texas by an officer with US immigration and customs enforcement is speaking out.
The shooting happened Sunday in Austin after a traffic stop. Katie McAfee of Member Station KUT has more.
Twenty-eight-year-old Wilbur Rafael Garces Perez is originally from Venezuela. He told reporters over the phone in Spanish that he spent four hours in the hospital before being released with a bullet still lodged near the back of his neck.
What were the findings of the Mississippi grand jury in the death of Nolan Wells?
A spokesperson for his attorney interpreted the phone call.
When he arrived at the detention center at four AM, he also complained about the pain and he had to sleep on the floor. Gas Perez's
attorneys say he entered the US legally through a Biden era parole program the Trump administration canceled.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What warnings did the UN Secretary‑General give about global conflicts and climate?
0:00–1:21
2
How is the blockbuster Paramount‑Warner merger progressing and why are states involved?
1:21–2:09
3
Why are diesel and gasoline prices still rising despite recent oil price drops?
2:09–3:49
4
What were the findings of the Mississippi grand jury in the death of Nolan Wells?
3:49–4:28
5
How did a Vermont jury convict a man of attempted murder of Palestinian students?
4:28–5:03