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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What unexpected event changed David's life?
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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dualisa Kautel. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says officials are reviewing the video of a September 2nd strike against an alleged drug boat near Venezuela to determine if it will be made public. NPR's Joe Hernandez reports.
Democratic lawmakers and others have criticized the September 2nd strike after it was revealed that the military fired on survivors of an initial attack. Congressman Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, told CBS' Face the Nation that the footage should be made public.
These guys, and this is why the American people need to see this video, these guys were We're barely alive, much less engaging in hostilities.
Defense Secretary Hegseth has said he authorized the initial strike, but that a military commander approved the follow-up attack. Hegseth has not committed to releasing the full video, saying on Friday that officials were trying to determine whether doing so would endanger ongoing operations. Joe Hernandez, NPR News.
Three days of high-stakes talks between U.S. and Ukrainian teams in Florida ended without a breakthrough. NPR's Eleanor Beersley has the latest.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is projecting determination and a cautiously upbeat tone. And U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner said the process is moving forward even if no major concessions emerged. The key sensitive topics still to discuss include territory, the use of frozen Russian assets, and security guarantees for Ukraine. Ukrainians and the Europeans fear the U.S.
will pressure Kiev to give away too much to Russia. Speaking over the weekend, Ukraine's top commander said it would be unacceptable for Kiev to surrender territory it has fought for and held on to. Separately, the Kremlin welcomed the Trump administration no longer calling Russia a direct threat in its revised national strategy. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Kyiv.
The UN's top humanitarian and emergency relief official, Tom Fletcher, recently visited Darfur to witness how that country's civil war is displacing millions of people.
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Chapter 3: What details are emerging about the September 2nd military strike?
Speaking to NPR, he describes the situation as horrific and called it the epicenter of suffering in the world right now.
We're there on the ground and we're saving as many lives as we can, but we're only 32% funded. So we are making these brutal life and death choices every day about which lives to save, literally, which projects to cut, which projects to keep. So we're doing our best. We're getting particularly food in, which is so, so vital right now.
Try and get medicine in, trying to stand up some of the essential health services, but we're overwhelmed.
The Royal Thai Army has launched missile attacks against Cambodia following fresh-arm clashes along their shared borders on Sunday. Evacuation orders were also announced in four border provinces along the Cambodia-Thai border. You are listening to NPR News from New York City.
In a live broadcast on Sunday evening, the president of Benin, Patrice Talon, told his nation of more than 14 million people that the political situation on the ground is now, quote, totally under control following an attempted coup.
A group of armed soldiers identifying itself as the Military Committee for Refoundation hours earlier went on national television criticizing the 67-year-old Talon, who has been in power since 2016, and declared a takeover of the country.
Talon, in his public address, said simply that he would like to commend the sense of duty demonstrated by his army and its leaders who have remained loyal to the nation. Baseball has a new member of the Hall of Fame, but the game's all-time home-run leader has again been rejected. Steve Futterman has the latest.
In his 17-year career, Jeff Kent hit more home runs than any other second baseman in history.
Jeff Kent has done it! A two-run home run!
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