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What recent developments are there in the Russia-Ukraine conflict?
President Trump says Russia and Ukraine should stop fighting and negotiate an end to their war. Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House Friday. Afterwards, Zelensky spoke with the media.
One of the topics that we discussed with President Trump was about security guarantees. We want the United States to be a part of security. We count on the leadership of the United States. We spoke about it.
Earlier this year, Trump had hinted that the U.S. may offer Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles that could reach deep into Russia as an incentive for Moscow to stop fighting. But Trump Friday seemed to back away from the offer after a Friday phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. A bipartisan group of senators will force a vote to limit President Trump's powers to enter into war with Venezuela. NPR's Claudia Rosales reports that this comes amid fears that Trump will unilaterally take the U.S. into a new military conflict with no end in sight.
Virginia Democrat Tim Kaine is leading the bipartisan group to force the vote in the Senate following a 10-day waiting period. Kaine says he's worried Congress is running out of time to stop Trump's escalating campaign against Venezuela.
The pace of the announcements about the authorization of covert activities and the military planning makes me think,
Kentucky Republican Rand Paul and California Democrat Adam Schiff have also signed on to force the vote. The move follows Trump-ordered military strikes in the Caribbean, new covert operations, and plans to begin military operations inside Venezuela. Claudia Rizales, NPR News.
A Palestinian man living in Louisiana has been arrested and charged in connection with his alleged involvement in the Hamas-led attack on Israel more than two years ago. NPR's Ryan Lucas reports.
Court papers identified the defendant as 33-year-old Mahmoud Amin Yaqub al-Muqtadi, originally from the Gaza Strip but currently living in Lafayette, Louisiana. A criminal complaint unsealed in federal court says al-Muqtadi is an operative for the armed wing of a militant group based in Gaza that took part in the Hamas-led October 7th attack on Israel. Prosecutors say al-Muqtadi crossed into Israel on that day to assist in the attack. In 2024, he allegedly lied on his U.S. visa application about his ties to a militant group and never taking part in terrorist activity. Now al-Muqtadi faces charges of visa fraud and material support to a terrorist organization. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
Prince Andrew says he's giving up his royal title of the Duke of York after his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has returned to the media headlines. Andrew says he and the royal family have decided the continued accusations against him are distracting from the work of the royal family, but Prince Andrew continues to deny the accusations against him. You're listening to NPR News. President Trump Friday commuted the sentence of former U.S. Representative George Santos. Santos was serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges. The New York Republican was sentenced in April after admitting last year he deceived donors and stole the identities of 11 people.
The civil war in Sudan continues and it's keeping millions of displaced civilians from having access to clean water, sanitation or health care. And as NPR's Fahmatanis reports, a major cholera outbreak has already claimed the lives of several thousand people.
Overcrowded displacement camps and heavy rains have contributed to a cholera outbreak that is spreading with what the aid group CARE calls terrifying speed. The World Health Organization says they have registered more than 110,000 cases so far and more than 3,000 deaths from cholera.
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