Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Hurst. In Australia, at least 15 people are dead, including a child, and dozens of others are injured after gunmen opened fire on Bondi Beach in Sydney as hundreds gathered for a Hanukkah festival. Authorities say it was a terrorist act targeting the Jewish community. New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon.
We are satisfied that there were two offenders involved in yesterday's incident. One is deceased, the second is in critical but stable condition in hospital at the moment. The offenders are a 50-year-old and 24-year-old male who are father and son.
Police say they also located a vehicle linked to one suspect that they say had several improvised explosive devices inside. Mass shootings are rare in Australia. The country implemented some of the world's toughest gun laws after a mass shooting in 1996 when a lone gunman killed 35 people at multiple locations, including a cafe and a tourist site.
A person of interest is in custody in the mass shooting at Brown University yesterday that left at least two people dead, nine others injured. Police say it's a man in his 20s and sources identified him as Benjamin Erickson. And Pierce Luke Garrett reports the shooting is renewing Democratic calls for stricter gun safety laws in the U.S.
Connecticut Senator Chris Murphy, a Democrat, tells CNN he's not hopeful the GOP-controlled Congress will pass new gun legislation.
The Republicans in Congress don't ever meaningfully break from this president. So until they get the OK from President Trump to break with the gun lobby, I think the chances of us getting something done are slim.
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Chapter 2: What happened in the Sydney shooting incident?
Murphy says the Trump administration's defunding of mental health and gun prevention programs is making the country more dangerous. Republican Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana tells CNN Congress already passed a firearm safety law in 2022.
And I would argue that if the facts are known, you will see that Congress has acted.
According to data from the Gun Violence Archive, this year there have been at least 43 shootings on college or university campuses that caused injury or death. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
Gaza is getting a reprieve from heavy rains from a severe storm last week, but more rain is expected tomorrow. That means Palestinians are facing more devastation. And here's Adil Al-Shulji has more.
Thunderstorms flooded hundreds of tents in Gaza, leaving thousands of already displaced Palestinians homeless and cold. Buildings have collapsed, killing several families, while at least two babies died of hypothermia, according to local health officials. Mahmoud Basal is the spokesperson for the Gaza Civil Defense. He says the tents are just not strong enough.
He says there's an urgent need for caravans rather than tents and that the reconstruction of Gaza needs to begin immediately. Humanitarian groups say the Israeli government is obstructing their work as it restricts aid into Gaza. Hadil Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are in Berlin, where they're meeting with Ukrainian President Zelensky and European leaders over a ceasefire in Russia's war in Ukraine. This comes as Moscow says it will okay a ceasefire only after Ukraine withdraws from the part of Donetsk that it still controls.
Zelensky has said he will not cede land to Russia, and he's offering to drop Ukraine's bid to join NATO, this in exchange for Western security guarantees. Zelensky stressed the need for peace on fair terms and highlighted ongoing diplomatic efforts. Some ancient plant species attract pollinating insect by producing heat.
As NPR's Nell Greenfield-Boyce reports, that makes the plants glow with infrared light.
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