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Why were five people arrested near the UK airbase used for US strikes on Iran?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. Police in England say five people have been arrested near a UK airbase that's used by the US military for strikes on Iran. The men are being held on suspicion of a terrorist act that appears to involve three vans. The base, Fairfort, has been used by American bombers for strictly limited strikes against Iranian missile sites. That deal was agreed to under former Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who was opposed to the US war in Iran. Police haven't released details on those arrested, but President Trump praised the arrests, saying, quote, We had them under investigation. without giving them uh giving more details. In New York, at least one person is dead in the powerful nor'easter that hit the area.
Forecasters say the storm is slowly moving along the east coast, with heavy rain and strong winds leading to flooding in New York City and New Jersey.
How is the powerful nor'easter affecting New York and New Jersey communities?
Governor Mikey Sherrill says shore communities have been hit hard and that they're monitoring the damage closely.
Dozens of people have evacuated from their homes due to flooding. And dozens more were rescued from cars and flooded roadways.
Forecasters say flash flooding is still possible in places. The president's latest fight with the media continues after the White House blocks CNN, which was T V pool coverage, from riding with him on Air Force One yesterday as Trump headed to a college football game in Tennessee. The federal judge ordered the White House to temporarily restore access last week.
If here's Marl Eyeson has more. Why is fighting the press good for him, especially if it ends up getting him less coverage? Is that a good strategy for the midterms?
What is President Trump's latest strategy in fighting the media and how might it impact the midterms?
It's the same question uh that arises when you wonder why the president has taken so many stands opposed to ma majority public opinion on issue after issue. On AI, the public wants regulation, he says we shouldn't have any. On data centers, the public's against them. He says the only people who are against data centers are people who want to be quote poor and backwards. He's for flock cameras, the public doesn't like them, and of course, he's for tariffs and the war in Iran, two very unpopular policies.
And here was Mar Eliason reporting. Pope Leo told a massive crowd gathered at the Shrine of Lourdes that the Catholic Church has to confront deep wounds caused by clergy abuse. If here's Eleanor Beardsley reports, Leo is on a four day visit to France.
Lourdes is a town in the foothills of the Pyrenees Mountains that attracts some three million pilgrims a year for its purported healing spring waters on the spot where a nineteenth century shepherd girl had apparitions of the Virgin Mary.
The story's tall mosaics have been covered for the Pope's visit. Leo has previously apologized for abuse scandals that have damaged the church's credibility. On a trip to Spain in June, he told bishops they must listen to survivors and offer reparations.
What message did Pope Francis deliver during his visit to the Shrine of Lourdes?
Russian attacks across Ukraine overnight killed at least three people after Moscow rejected German calls to ease its escalation toward NATO. Russia's foreign minister Sergei Levrov dismissed a meeting with his German counterpart at the UN General Assembly in New York last week, saying it lacked genuine dialogue. Tensions between Russia and Germany have worsened after a drone attack at Leipzig Airport last month. Meanwhile, Ra Moscow continues to target Ukraine with missiles and drones while Kyiv strikes Ukrainian Russian oil refineries. Moscow's war shows no sign of slowing and both sides are blaming each other for ongoing hostilities. Voters in Switzerland said a resounding no to proposals to make their traditional neutrality more strict.
As Imogene Folkes reports, the size of the defeat reflects a growing realization that trying to ignore today's conflicts is neither morally nor strategically a good idea.
The result seventy percent of those voting rejected the proposals suggest most Swiss believe neutrality cannot ignore international law. Or reward aggression.
Why did Swiss voters reject stricter neutrality proposals and what does it mean for future alliances?
and that to protect their own country new alliances with European neighbors may be necessary.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
Why were five people arrested near the UK airbase used for US strikes on Iran?
0:01–0:53
2
How is the powerful nor'easter affecting New York and New Jersey communities?
0:53–1:37
3
What is President Trump's latest strategy in fighting the media and how might it impact the midterms?
1:37–3:01
4
What message did Pope Francis deliver during his visit to the Shrine of Lourdes?
3:01–4:07
5
Why did Swiss voters reject stricter neutrality proposals and what does it mean for future alliances?
4:07–4:54