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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Police in Rhode Island say a person of interest has been taken into custody in connection with the mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday. Ian Donis from Ocean State Media reports the attack left at least two people dead.
A man in his 30s was arrested overnight in a hotel in Coventry, about 25 miles from the shooting. Providence Mayor Brett Smiley says people can breathe a little easier.
I think maybe intellectually, we knew it could happen anywhere, including here. But that's not the same as it happening in our community. This is an incredibly upsetting and emotional time for Providence, for Brown, for all of us.
The shooter opened fire in a classroom where students were taking an exam. Two students were killed and nine other people, eight of them students, were injured. Investigators have yet to cite a motive. For NPR News, I'm Ian Donis in Providence, Rhode Island.
The head of the United Nations is condemning a mass shooting that left at least 12 people dead at Bondi Beach in Sydney today. Adam Hancock reports the gunmen targeted members of the Jewish community during an event marking Hanukkah.
UN Chief Antonio Guterres has called Sunday's shooting a heinous deadly attack on Jewish families. The gunmen shot at crowds on the beach during a mass celebration. Police say more than 1,000 people were in attendance.
What happened during the mass shooting at Brown University?
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the shooting was an act of terrorism that has struck at the heart of the nation. He described the attack as, quote, evil anti-Semitism. 29 people have been taken to hospitals following the shooting, including a child. One gunman was killed at the scene and a second suspect is in a critical condition. For NPR News, I'm Adam Hancock.
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are in Berlin today. NPR's Rob Schmitz reports they're meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders to discuss a plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.
The meeting comes as the Kremlin reaffirms it will give its blessing for a ceasefire only after Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from parts of the Donetsk region that they still control. It's a demand that's likely to be rejected by Ukraine. Witkow and Kushner plan to meet with Zelensky as well as key European leaders, including German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. French President Emmanuel Macron, and U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. In related news, Germany's Merz declared the era of Apex Americana over in a speech over the weekend, warning of a permanent U.S. withdrawal from Europe after the Trump administration published its national security strategy, a document that heavily criticized European leaders as being weak and ineffective.
Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Berlin.
You're listening to NPR News from Washington. President Trump is promising retaliation after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in an ambush in Syria. U.S. Central Command says three other service members were wounded in the attack by a lone gunman. The White House says it believes the Islamic State group was responsible. Media mogul and democracy activist Jimmy Lai is scheduled to be sentenced on Monday in Hong Kong. Lai is facing multiple charges for his activism. NPR's Emily Fang reports one carries a potential life sentence.
Lai was first arrested in 2020 under Beijing's national security law in Hong Kong, accused of colluding with foreign forces by contacting American politicians like President Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence, as well as journalists. He had already spent years in prison on protest charges when his national security trial began in 2023. And while awaiting his verdict, his family says the 78-year-old's health has declined. Lai's work funding and organizing pro-democracy demonstrations came late in life.
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