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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theschmidt.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump says Ukraine and Russia should stop where they are and negotiate an end to their war.
He described his meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky as cordial and interesting today. NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.
The Ukrainian leader came to Washington with hopes of getting long-range Tomahawk missiles as well as more help with air defenses to stop daily Russian missile and drone strikes. He came away saying he was, quote, realistic about the prospects of getting Tomahawks, but he says the meeting was productive and he agrees with Trump's message on truth social.
The president is right that we have to stop where we are. This is important to stop where we are. And then But he says this is a message for Putin, who started the war. Zelensky says he thinks Trump can pressure Putin to stop the aggression. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the State Department.
The Trump administration has fired the entire team that supports sexual and reproductive health clinics. The program is called Title X. And as NPR's Selena Simmons Duffin reports, the clinics that rely on it are reeling.
Title X is a longstanding program.
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Chapter 2: What recent developments have occurred in the Ukraine-Russia conflict?
It was signed into law by President Nixon. It helps pay for birth control, cancer screenings, and testing for sexually transmitted infections, and nearly 4,000 clinics all over the country. Jessie Hitchens runs a clinic in Nebraska that receives Title X funds. She's really concerned by the fact that the whole Title X federal staff was just fired. Not knowing where we stand right now,
is really hard to plan for the future. She says Title X has gotten results, like bringing down high rates of syphilis and gonorrhea in Nebraska. If the whole Title X program goes away, she says, we are likely to see those diseases spike in our rural communities. Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR News.
The brother of the King of England is giving up his royal titles and honors. Prince Andrew has made embarrassing royal headlines stemming from his friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. NPR's Lauren Frayer reports.
The Epstein scandal prompted Prince Andrew to step down from royal duties more than five years ago. But British media have now published excerpts of a posthumous memoir by Epstein's best-known accuser, who said she had sex with the prince when she was 17.
Andrew denies that, but in a statement from Buckingham Palace, he says the continued accusations distract from the work of His Majesty King Charles. So after discussion with the king and with their wider family, Andrew says he will no longer use the title Duke of York. He remains a prince, is expected to keep living near Windsor Castle, and his daughters will still be princesses.
But his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, will lose her Duchess of York title. Lauren Freyer, NPR News, London.
Gold prices topped $4,300 for the first time this week. Gold sales can rise when anxious investors seek a safe haven for their money. This is NPR News from Washington. A landmark agreement to cut emissions from global shipping has been postponed for at least a year. The deal was negotiated over a decade and then blocked by the Trump administration, as NPR's Camilla Dominovsky reports.
The giant ships that move cargo around the world mostly run on oil. Alternative fuels could cut emissions and help the global fight against climate change. The International Maritime Organization has spent years negotiating a deal that would set legally binding rules to cut emissions. It was almost finalized this week. Then the U.S. started working to undo the deal.
President Trump called the effort to cut emissions a, quote, green new scam tax that would raise costs. The U.S. is the world's largest oil producer and, along with other large producers like Russia and Saudi Arabia, managed to push the final decision on the rules back by at least a year. In a post on X, Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the vote a huge win for the president.
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