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What did President Trump say about the United Nations at the General Assembly?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump bashed the United Nations as ineffective during a nearly hour-long speech to world leaders today. During the UN General Assembly, he bragged about American business deals and warned that other countries were going to hell because of their immigration policies.
What is the purpose of the United Nations? The UN has such tremendous potential. I've always said it. It has such tremendous, tremendous potential. But it's not even coming close to living up to that potential.
Trump is finding himself increasingly isolated at the UN, where there is a growing push to recognize a Palestinian state. Most recently by the UK, France, and Canada. Trump said those efforts were a mistake. Ahead of the General Assembly, the U.S. Secret Service dismantled a massive hidden telecom network out across the New York area. Investigators say it was a SIM card farm, and it could have crippled cell towers, jammed 911 calls, and flooded networks with chaos as world leaders arrived. The cash was packed with over a hundred thousand SIM cards. Iran's Supreme Leader has dismissed direct talks with the U.S. over his country's nuclear program, saying that the first time. saying they would be a dead end.
Why do experts say the United Nations is falling short of its potential?
His comments come as Iranian as Iranian officials meet with European leaders in a bid to avoid more sanctions over its nuclear program, NPR's Jackie Northam reports.
In a broad-ranging televised speech, Ayatollah Ale Hamini said that it was not worth negotiating with the US, saying it had broken promises, killed senior Iranian officials, and bombed Iran's nuclear facilities. Hamini said Iran would not surrender to pressure about uranium enrichment, and that Iran neither wanted nor had nuclear weapons. Meanwhile, senior Iranian officials met with diplomats from the E3. Germany, France, and the UK on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, looking at options to prevent the reimposition of nuclear sanctions for violating the terms of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal, Those sanctions are likely to resume this weekend. Jackie Northam, NPR News.
President Trump's warnings about Tylenol and autism has created confusion. NPR's Allison Aubrey reports pediatricians are trying to help patients understand the evidence.
There is no evidence that taking Tylenol while pregnant causes autism in children, which the FDA has acknowledged. Dr. Nicole Baldwin is a pediatrician who says Tylenol has been shown to be safe and left untreated. High fevers can cause complications for the mother and the fetus. We don't want parents to just tough it out. You know, we want moms to be treated. Some studies have pointed to a link between autism and Tylenol, but these correlations could be a Fluke or coincidence. Baldwin says both shark bites and eating ice cream increase in summer, but that doesn't mean that one causes the other. She says correlation is very different from proving that something causes harm. Alison Aubrey, NPR News.
From Washington, this is NPR News. Camp Mystic, the girls' summer camp in Texas, where twenty seven people died in a flood in July, will reopen next year. That's according to the camp's owners. The US Department of Education has canceled nine grants for college prep programs nationwide due to diversity, equity, and inclusion measures it says don't line up with its priorities. Idea stream public media's Connor Morris has more.
The Federal Gear Up Grant pays for counselors and other programs to teach students how to apply for college, write resumes, and more. Winter Mason, one of those counselors at a high school in Akron, says her work went far beyond that though.
those students see you every day and they believed in you and you built that relationship with them.
How did the Secret Service uncover a massive hidden SIM‑card network in New York?
So it's just an amazing feeling to have. And we don't want that to be removed.
Advocates say the canceled gear up grants total almost $170 million and impact students at 220 schools across the US. Cleveland and Akron are two of the biggest, but grants were also canceled in New Hampshire, Indiana, and California.
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