Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. City leaders in Charlotte, North Carolina, say they're still largely in the dark about a planned Border Patrol operation that could start this weekend. Nick Daly-Canel with member station WFAE reports.
Border Patrol agents are expected in Charlotte on Saturday or early next week. The local sheriff says he's not involved, and Charlotte police say they don't take part in federal immigration enforcement. At a news conference, local Democrats argue the operation isn't needed and appears politically motivated. Here's city councilman-elect J.D. Mazuera-Arias, himself an immigrant.
This is not about public safety. It is not about finding criminals. It is about fear, it is about quotas, and it's about control.
State Representative Ayesha Dew also questioned why a border operation is planned for Charlotte, noting the nearest border is South Carolina. For NPR News, I'm Nick Della Canal in Charlotte.
A little notice provision in the federal spending bill signed by President Trump this week could damage what's a booming industry.
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Chapter 2: What recent events are impacting Charlotte's immigration policies?
The measure bans many products infused with THC, including gummies, drinks, topical pain relief, and vapes. Jim Higdon owns Cornbread Hemp in Kentucky. He says he's heading to Washington, D.C.
talking to legislators and staff, trying to figure out what we can do in the next 364 days to right this wrong that Congress has given us.
39 state attorneys general signed a letter supporting the ban on synthetic THC products. President Trump Friday signed an executive order to remove tariffs on a number of commodities, including beef, coffee and tropical fruits. The move comes after voters in elections earlier this month handed big wins to Democrats across the country. The voters cited economic concerns as their top issue.
Israeli forces have shot and killed two teenage boys in the occupied West Bank, claiming they were terrorists on their way to carry out an attack. It's a particularly dangerous time for Palestinians in the West Bank, as NPR's Kat Lonsdorf tells us.
The 15-year-olds were killed in a town outside the Palestinian city of Hebron. Their deaths were confirmed by Palestinian health officials and the town mayor. The Israeli military says the two were headed to an Israeli settlement to carry out what it called a terror attack when soldiers shot them.
More than 45 Palestinian children and minors have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank this year, according to the UN. That's as Israel has been carrying out an extended military operation in the north since January. displacing tens of thousands, the longest and largest displacement crisis in the West Bank in decades.
In recent weeks, Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has also surged to an all-time high. Kat Lonsdorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Competing recovery plans for Gaza are now being discussed at the U.N. The U.S. plan would create a transitional authority that's meant to be headed by President Trump. A rival Russian plan, meanwhile, would remove that authority. A vote in the U.N. Security Council is expected for both plans sometime early next week. You're listening to NPR News.
A court in London has ruled that global mining giant BHP is liable for the 2015 deadly dam collapse that led to the worst environmental disaster ever in Brazil. As Julia Carneiro reports, the company plans to appeal the decision. The lawsuit was filed by some 600,000 people affected by the incidents.
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