Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua Lisa Kautau. For the first time ever, the annual Kennedy Center Honors Gala was hosted by a U.S. president. Donald Trump and his wife Melania were photographed in formal black attire, visibly joyful during tributes to the actors Sylvester Stallone and Michael Crawford, the singers Gloria Gaynor, George Strait, and the band KISS.
Before the Star-Studded festivities, President Trump updated reporters about the current negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
Russia, I guess, would rather have the whole country when you think of it. But Russia is, I believe, fine with it. But I'm not sure that Zelensky is fine with it. His people love it.
This weekend, Russia continued massive strikes on Ukraine, and Moscow said it shot down 77 Ukrainian drones. Thailand says it launched airstrikes against Cambodian positions after at least one Thai soldier was killed and several wounded during border clashes this weekend, Michael Sullivan reports.
A statement from the Thai army says Cambodia initiated the clashes and had also launched rockets toward civilian areas but reported no casualties. Thailand says it's now evacuating civilians from the affected areas. Cambodia's defense ministry, meanwhile, blamed the Thais for launching dawn attacks on Cambodian positions but claimed its troops had not retaliated.
The initial ceasefire agreement was brokered by President Trump and Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Five days of fighting between the two sides that erupted in July left nearly 50 dead. For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Elon Musk's ex has kicked the European Commission out of a key system for buying and tracking advertisements.
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And Piers Bobby Allen reports it follows a $140 million fine against ex by European regulators.
Musk's ex announced it had terminated the European Commission's access to its ad system, accusing EU officials of abusing an ad tool to boost a post about its hefty fine against Musk. It comes just days after the commission fined X for issues including deceptive design practices over its paid blue check feature. It allows anyone to pay for so-called verification.
EU regulators said that exposes users to scams, manipulation, and the spread of misleading content. Since the fine, Vice President J.D. Vance has attacked the move as punishing Musk for not engaging in censorship sought by European regulators. Europe's crackdown on X and other social media sites has reignited tensions with Washington over the future of free speech online. Bobby Allen, PR News.
In Honolulu, Hawaii, veterans, their families, and a younger generation came together at Pearl Harbor National Memorial to mark 84 years since a surprise attack by Japan that killed more than 2,400 Americans. Only 12 survivors remain, all of them older than 100 years old. This is NPR News.
Thousands of survivors of the Eaton fire and their supporters gathered to relight the famed Christmas tree lane in Altadena over the weekend.
at the beginning of this year whether we would have this ceremony, but you showed us what resilience looks like.
While bird populations are declining worldwide, due in large part to habitat loss, and as Vicky Barker reports, that's led to a corresponding rise in the number of streets in the UK named after these vanishing species.
Skylark Lane, Nightingale Road, Lapwing Avenue. Figures obtained by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds found that between 2004 and 2024, the number of streets named after Britain's most beloved wild birds rose approximately 200%, while breeding populations have fallen by as much as 89%.
The RSPB's chief executive says its analysis shows councils and developers are happy to name streets after the nature we love, while efforts to prevent these birds disappearing from our skies remain woefully inadequate.
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