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What happened at the Trump‑Xi state dinner and why was it controversial?
Live from MPR News, I'm Gyel Snyder. President Trump and China's leader Xi Xin Ping toasted each other at a state dinner in the White House, trading praises for one another while surrounded by American industrial leaders and tech executives. NPR Zimmie Fang reports.
Trump and Xi entered the dinner with music from the US Marine band drowning out loud human rights demonstrations against the Chinese leader outside. Toasting to Trump's health, China's Xi Jinping heralded a quote, new chapter in US China relations, and Trump invited Xi and his wife to be the first guests to step inside the unfinished East Wing ballroom. This show of Bonomy was despite ongoing trade and geopolitical tensions with China. And journalists from MSNow and CNN also say they were denied access to the dinner, despite a judge ruling this week that Trump's ban of the outlets violated the Fifth Amendment of the Constitution. Emily Fang and Pier News, Washington.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas is urging the United Nations to help save a two state solution by preserving the land where a Palestinian state should be. He spoke to the UN General Assembly via video Thursday after the US refused him a visa.
How are UN leaders addressing the two‑state solution and accusations of genocide?
Here he has heard through an interpreter.
We affirm that we have fulfilled our obligations. carried out a comprehensive national reform programme And upheld our commitment to international law. To shunning violence and terrorism. And to the two state solution. And to peace on the basis of resolutions of international legitimacy.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahou also spoke to the UN Thursday, calling accusations of genocide in Gaza the biggest lie of the century. When he took the podium, dozens of diplomats walked out while his supporters cheered from the public gallery. A new study finds more families are struggling to pay their rent.
Why are more American families, especially middle‑income renters, struggling to pay rent?
Researchers worry this could put more families at risk of homelessness. MPR's Marissa J. Lang found it's not just low income households who are falling behind.
One in five renters in the United States could not afford to pay their rent on time or in full at least once last year. That's according to a new report from the Urban Institute that found more families were struggling to cover the cost of housing in 2025 than in years prior. The biggest change was among middle income households. Here's researcher Samantha Batko. And seeing this increase among middle income renters is a big and important shift that reflects overall challenges with affordability in the country currently. And it's not just housing. Roughly the same amount of adults also reported difficulty paying for oil, gas, or electricity last year.
What are the risks of Hurricane Nolo for Hawaii and how are residents preparing?
Experts say this is a worrying trend that could result in more people losing their housing altogether. Marissa J. Lang, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says that big storm on a track toward Hawaii's big island has strengthened into a hurricane. Forecasters warn that rainfall from Hurricane Nolo. Could last several days. Residents are preparing for the potential of catastrophic flooding. Harmful disease outbreaks spread by wildfire on the rise worldwide. MPR's Jonathan Lambert reports on new research showing humans are driving many outbreaks, but in complicated ways.
How does human activity influence the spread of emerging diseases worldwide?
Risk for diseases in lots of ways. Cutting down the rainforest might bring people into closer contact with harmful animal viruses, or climate change could be pushing disease-carrying mosquitoes to new places. But figuring out just how much influence humans have is tricky. A new study in the journal Nature tried to answer that question by creating a big global map. Researchers pinpointed over 50,000 instances of someone getting diseases like Ebola, Mpox, or dengue. Then they analyzed How human activity, including deforestation and climate change, influenced risk. Humans influenced virtually all of these diseases, though no one factor drove them all. But access to health clinics boosted the likelihood of detecting an outbreak.
The authors say investing in health care can keep an outbreak from spreading.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What happened at the Trump‑Xi state dinner and why was it controversial?
0:00–1:11
2
How are UN leaders addressing the two‑state solution and accusations of genocide?
1:11–1:58
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Why are more American families, especially middle‑income renters, struggling to pay rent?
1:58–2:48
4
What are the risks of Hurricane Nolo for Hawaii and how are residents preparing?
2:48–3:30
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How does human activity influence the spread of emerging diseases worldwide?
3:30–4:11
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What are the latest market movements and political ad strategies ahead of the midterms?
4:11–5:03