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Russia conducts referendum to annex parts of Ukraine
"Say a planned speech later this week by Russian president Vladimir Putin may see him declare four occupied territories of Ukraine as parts of Russia In a daily intelligence briefing the British defense ministry says Putin will address both houses of the Russian parliament on Friday and could declare the annexation of the regions The internationally criticized vote is ending Tuesday the ministry adds Russia will almost certainly hope that any accession announcement will be seen as a vindication of the special military operation
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"Hurricane specialist Daniel Brown told CBS News where Fiona is headed next. It's forecast to pass near the eastern tip and then stay very close to the northern coast of the Dominican Republic through midday Monday. And then it should begin to move away from the Dominican Republic passing near or just east of the southeast Bahamas on Monday night and early Tuesday. President Biden declared a state of emergency in Puerto Rico as Fiona approached the island. Meanwhile, WTO Steve Dresden has covered hurricanes and tropical storms in Puerto Rico and tells us what it's like surviving the natural disaster. People may have generators, but it's all about water getting supplies in. And that takes time by boats, by AirDrops, but again, you're paralyzed with no communications, a lot of people live and die by cell phones. You have to power the towers. And they don't even have any power. If you don't have satellite Internet, it's going to be tough to communicate with the outside world, so to speak, what I will tell you is the ham radio operators, which are great. I'm also a ham radio operator, but I was reading on Twitter. They're playing a big part in this and keeping the pictures and the communications going. A hearing today in a Baltimore courtroom for adnan syed syed is currently serving life plus 30 years in prison for the death of his high school ex-girlfriend. Last week, Baltimore prosecutors filed a motion to vacate his murder conviction, and they won a new trial in the death of the high school student. You may remember syed was featured in the podcast serial. Baltimore prosecutors say information revealed this year about two other potential suspects being involved in the case. Now to Ukraine, Ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky promised his country Sunday that there would be no let up after a series of Ukrainian victories taking cities and towns back from Russian troops. He said there would be no lull until all of Ukraine is free. Russian shells hit cities and towns across a wide stretch of Ukraine over the weekend. The British defense ministry warned that Russia is likely to increase attacks on civilian targets as it suffers battlefield defeats, a Vatican envoy distributing humanitarian aid was among those who came under fire. There were no injuries and prosecutors in harkey for accusing Russia of torturing civilians in one village that was recently freed. Fighting in Ukraine this weekend has put new pressure on Russian forces and their retreat. And some areas reveal atrocities. CBS News, Debra patta is in by rock Ukraine for more. I've never seen anything like this heart keeps chief war crimes prosecutor oleksandr Illinois told us the scale of killing is unbelievable. Multiple torture chambers across the region dispense the terror that kept civilian populations under control. Anatolia was in one of them, where he survived electric
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"Today's schedule, you're free in home estimate. It's ten 11. Ukrainian troops have reclaimed a wide swath of territory from Russia and pushed all the way back to the northeastern border in some places. The Ukrainian military also reports capturing many Russian soldiers, the gains are part of a lightning advance that forced Moscow to make a hasty retreat from occupied land. As blue and yellow, Ukrainian flags are now fluttering over these newly liberated towns, Ukrainian military says its troops have freed more than 20 settlements in just one day. In recent days, keeps forces have captured territory, at least twice the size of Greater London that comes from the British defense ministry. The momentum has lifted Ukrainian morale. It's provoked rare public criticism of president Vladimir Putin's war. NBC News correspondent Courtney QB covers national security and The Pentagon. QB tells us about whether Putin is now looking at his third defeat in this war so far. It's definitely true that Putin and the Russian military are on their heels. When you look at this later counter offensive, but everyone needs to take a step back because right now this is one battle in a larger war. Ukraine is making pretty significant battlefield advantages and gains right now. And it's a very important area up in the car key variant in the northeastern part of the country near the Russian border. The fact that the Ukrainian military was able to take back some reports say upwards of 1200 square miles, that is extremely significant. It is a blow to the Russian military, but we have to keep in mind that at the end of the day the Russian military still is outnumbering the Ukrainian military. They still have more equipment even with the tremendous amount of support that the international community has provided to Ukraine and the Ukrainian military. This has been a tough offensive already. It's still pretty new, but at a certain point, they will also be tired. So this is a significant win in this battle is a big deal, but we can't look at this as potentially the end of the war. I think we are still in for a longer war here. Very much appreciate your words of caution. It's always smart to go that route. How likely is Ukraine to keep this territory once it's taken it back from the Russians? So I think as long as they maintain enough equipment to hold it, they will be able to. So where they have a disadvantage is in their numbers. They don't have as big of a military force as the Russian military does. But they have a force that is much more motivated to fight than what we've been hearing and seeing from the Russian military. So I think they have a good chance of being able to hold it as long as the international community can continue to supply them with the weapons and really critically with the ammunition that they're going to need. NBC News Pentagon and national security correspondent Courtney QB over the weekend, she was presented with the award for excellence in journalism from the congressional Medal of Honor society. She says it left her speechless and that she is proud to have journalism in the national spotlight. We're watching Monday Night Football and seeing a commander's rookie sideline for the rest of the year sports on the way on WTO. The
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"Dot com today and schedule your free in home estimate. It's great to have you here at 7 11. Ukrainian troops have reclaimed a wide swath of territory from Russia and pushed all the way back to the northeastern border in some places. The Ukrainian military also reports capturing many Russian soldiers. The gains are part of a lightning advance that forced Moscow to make a hasty retreat from occupied land, as blue and yellow Ukrainian flags are now fluttering over newly liberated towns, the Ukrainian military says its troops have freed more than 20 settlements in just one day. In recent days, Kyiv's forces have captured territory at least twice the size of Greater London that, according to the British defense ministry, the momentum has lifted Ukrainian morale and provoked rare public criticism of president Vladimir Putin's war. NBC News correspondent Courtney QB covers national security and The Pentagon, QB tells demetri about whether Putin is now looking at his third defeat in this war so far. It's definitely true that Putin and the Russian military are on their heels. When you look at this later counter offensive, but everyone needs to take a step back because right now this is one battle in a larger war. Ukraine is making pretty significant battlefield advantages and gains right now. And it's a very important area up in the car key area in the northeastern part of the country near the Russian border. The fact that the Ukrainian military was able to take back some reports say upwards of 1200 square miles, that is extremely significant. It is a blow to the Russian military, but we have to keep in mind that at the end of the day the Russian military still is outnumbering the Ukrainian military. They still have more equipment even with the tremendous amount of support that the international community has provided to Ukraine. And the Ukrainian military. This has been a tough offensive already. It's still pretty new, but at a certain point, they will also be tired. So this is a significant win in this battle is a big deal, but we can't look at this as potentially the end of the war. I think we are still in for a longer war here. Very much appreciate your words of caution. It's always smart to go that route. How likely is Ukraine to keep this territory once it's taken it back from the Russians? So I think as long as they maintain enough equipment to hold it, they will be able to. So where they have a disadvantage is in their numbers. They don't have as big of a military force as the Russian military does, but they have a force that is much more motivated to fight than what we've been hearing and seeing from the Russian military. So I think they have a good chance of being able to hold it as long as the international community can continue to supply them with the weapons and really critically with the ammunition that they're going to need. That is NBC News Pentagon and national security correspondent Courtney QB over the weekend. She was presented with the award for excellence in journalism from the congressional Medal of Honor society. She says it left her speechless and she's proud to have journalism in the national spotlight. Stay with us for the second part of our conversation on Ukraine at 8 40 when we talk about what's happening on the Russian side of the war. And in just about a minute, commanders fans, myself included quite ecstatic tonight, but one player, sadly, is out for the season. Also got Monday Night Football and rob's got it all for you coming up. Teens use Instagram to explore their interests and connect with their friends. That's
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"NYC FM HD and a.m. New York. Good morning as states look ahead to the midterms democratic activists are looking to get off the boat among world black communities in Georgia. Those voters could help statewide candidates when office. They got Stacey Abrams close and pushed two senators to victory. Once you engage and mobilize black people and brown people in these counties, you will actually see your work comes to flourishing. I'm Michael hill, it's morning edition from NPR and WNYC. A former U.S. attorney talks about what a judge will consider when appointing a special master in the Mar-a-Lago documents case, Britain's King Charles the third already faces multiple challenges as he begins his reign, and a new investigation into New York Shiva's finds many leave students without a basic academic education. It's Monday, September 12th, the news is next. Live from NPR news in Washington on corvo Coleman, the British defense ministry says that Russia has probably ordered its troops to withdraw from the last parts of Ukraine's kharkiv region, villa Marx reports this follows lightning advances by Ukraine's military. In a regular tweeted update, the UK's defense intelligence organization said the Ukrainian military has recaptured an area twice the size of Greater London this past week. There were still isolated pockets of resistance, east of kharkiv, the UK said, but most troops appeared to have withdrawn beyond the natural boundary of the oskol river. Further south near the city of resin, the UK said Russian commanders are quote likely to face challenges as they seek to reinforce their front lines across the dnieper river given the few remaining crossing points. Ukraine so far successful counteroffensive will have what the UK calls significant implications for Russia's overall operation and trust and commanders among ordinary troops may deteriorate. For NPR news, I'm bill and marks in London. Policymakers for the International Atomic Energy Agency opened their week long quarterly meeting today, topping the agenda is Ukraine's nuclear power plant. It's occupied by Russian forces, but its Ukrainian operators powered down the last working nuclear reactor over the weekend. President Biden will visit Boston today to speak about the progress his administration is made to find a cure for cancer and bear's deepest shivaram reports, the speech falls on the 60th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's own moonshot speech when he vowed to send humans to the moon. In a speech at the Kennedy presidential library, Biden will lay out new actions, his administration is taking to combat cancer. That includes signing an executive order to launch a national biotechnology and biomanufacturing initiative. The White House says the goal is for the technology needed to end cancer to be developed and manufactured in America. And in the process, they say this will create more jobs. And Pierre's deepest shiver on reporting. Wildfires are still burning in the western U.S., including the mosquito fire burning northeast of Sacramento. It scorched nearly 75 square miles in forest more than 11,000 people to evacuate. These fires were stoked by a historic heat wave last week in California, governor Gavin Newsom has now approved a slew of legislation aimed at preparing California for further extreme heat from member station KQED, Christopher allam reports, one Bill encourages projects that battle climate change. The bill allows for cities and counties to create new districts known as climate resilience financing districts to fund projects that address climate change. Projects to combat sea level rise, wildfires, drought, and other extreme weather conditions are considered eligible for funding. The districts can also raise money through tax revenues and fees, namely a property tax, but for increased tax revenue to be approved and must pass by a two thirds vote among citizens in the new district. For NPR news, I'm Christopher Allen in San Francisco. This is NPR. On doubly NYC at 6 O four, good morning on Michael hill, 69 with some fog and mist in Central Park and other places cloudy this morning slim chance of showers late this afternoon and then cloudy and a high of 81. A Bronx resident has been sentenced to four months in prison for interfering with crew members during a 2021 flight from Dallas to LA, WWC Tiffany Hansen has more. According to federal prosecutors, 32 year old Kelly picardo and another first class passenger engaged in intimidating behavior on the flight. The aircraft had to be diverted to Phoenix sky harbor international airport where the women were removed from the plane. Authorities say the women assaulted a passenger and used racial slurs when a male passenger asked them to stop. They were indicted for disorderly conduct for verbally and physically assaulting other customers and crew members, prosecutors say picardo has been ordered to pay more than $9000 in restitution to American Airlines, and will serve three years of supervised release after her prison sentence. The other female passenger pleaded guilty and will be sentenced in November. Nearly a hundred New Jersey officials with criminal convictions related to their words still have been getting pension payments, and advanced media reporter Riley Yates analyzed public records and identified the officials in a recent report, yeats says that legislation to end the practice is being considered in New Jersey in neighboring states and regulation of pension payments already exist. New York, if you're convicted of a felony that's related to a job you can lose your pension or have it reduced. Similar to new jerseys, Pennsylvania just recently enacted the get tough law that says anyone who is convicted of a felony related to their office loses their pension. Yeats estimate that New Jersey spends nearly $3.7 million per year on pension payments to convicted officials. A former professional baseball player turned port authority police officer was killed over the week and while driving to work at the 9 11 memorial ceremony in Manhattan, a thought he said 37 year old Anthony rovero, a father of four, was hit by a wrong way driver on the New Jersey turnpike, barbaro spent 6 years as a Major League Baseball pitcher, mostly on the Atlanta Braves, he changed careers in 2016 becoming a patrol officer with the port authority and working within the
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"Adele mero abade. Marie rose abad. Andrew Anthony abate. Victim's relatives and dignitaries, including vice president Kamala Harris are in New York for the annual ceremony marking the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. President Biden is planning to speak next hour at The Pentagon First Lady Jill Biden is to deliver remarks in shanksville, Pennsylvania, the national flight 93 mobile. The operator of the nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine controlled by Russia and at the center of much international concern says it is powering down the final working reactor NPR's Alyssa Edward has more on that decision. In a message Sunday morning, the organization in charge of nuclear safety in Ukraine said that while power lines have been restored to the zapper power plant, enabling the plant to power its own needs, reactor number 6 was being disconnected. The plant's operator says it is preparing the reactor to be cooled and transferred to a cold state. The safest state possible, according to atom. Because of shelling in and around the plant, the entire plant has been cut off from the electricity grid for the past 6 days now. With that one working reactor on island mode, essentially powering the rest of the plant. The Ukrainian owners have been discussing shutting down the plant because of the power issues and the condition of the Ukrainian workers there. Alyssa nad warning, NPR news, nipro, Ukraine. Last reactor, the zebra plant is being powered down as Ukrainian forces pushed their counter offensive in the east, Ukraine reported to be making significant gains in the harkey region, the British defense ministry says Russia is likely withdrawing units but fighting continues around the city as izium. Queen Elizabeth's coffin is making a 6 hour journey this morning from the royal castle in balmoral to Edinburgh, the convoy passing through small Scottish towns where thousands are lining the streets to pay their respects NPR's Frank lankford reports from bakery. Thousands
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"As the queen herself did with such unswerving devotion. I too know solemnly pledge myself throughout the remaining time God grants me. To uphold the constitutional principles at the heart of our nation. And later this hour, the week in politics, the hotline for farmers struggling with challengers. Remembrance for Jeff garam and the Las Vegas reporter who reported on official corruption, the tribute to our own and geralt's and Roxy music back in vinyl and on the road after 50 years, first our newscast, et Saturday, September 10, 2022. Live from NPR news, I'm Joel Snyder, the British defense ministry, says Ukrainian forces have advanced more than 30 miles and an offensive operation near the city of harkey, as villa Marx reports. The UK's defense intelligence organization tweeted that Ukrainian attacks starting this week had made major advances on a narrow front, but had quote likely surprised Russian troops. The region around har Kev has been lightly defended the UK said, and Ukrainian forces have captured or surrounded several towns in the region. Ukrainian forces reportedly threatening Russia's supply lines in the harkey region. They're said to be pushing toward an important railroad hub in the city of Copenhagen. Reuters is reporting that Ukrainian officials are sharing photos of troops raising Ukrainian flag in the city. In London today
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"Been sounding warnings for months about growing problems at a city water plant. He has already been distributing water to city residents. Experts from the UN's nuclear watchdog agency are trying to reach the zapper Asia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. It's occupied by Russian troops and Russian and Ukrainian troops have been fighting there. Now the Russian occupying authorities in the region say they won't give the experts a pass to get there today. The British defense ministry has announced that Ukraine's military has continued to attack Russian forces in southern Ukraine, villa Marx prepared this report. In a regulatory update, the UK's defense intelligence organization said formations of Ukrainian troops have significantly pushed back Russia's front line in certain places taking advantage of relatively weak defenses. Russia will now likely seek to fill those gaps by using reserve units, it's lined up for that purpose, the UK said, and this could include some of its forces from further east in Ukraine. The UK said that Russia was working to accelerate recruitment efforts to reinforce its troops in Ukraine with some volunteer battalions having left their home base close to the Russian capital last week. British authorities said such troops lack training, so might not be operationally effective. Then PR news I'm Bill and Marx. You're listening to NPR news from Washington. On WNYC in New York at 8 O four, good Wednesday morning on Michael hill. 73 right now in sunny, this last day of the month, sunny and 85, some rain would be greatly appreciated. D trains running with delays this morning, so is NJ transits northeast quarter north Jersey coast and Morrison Essex lines and the metro north's Hudson line all with delays. State and city officials are
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Eyes on Kherson as Ukraine claims bold move on Russians
"All eyes are on the cursor region as Ukraine claims a bold move on Russians A surge in fighting on the southern front line and Ukrainian claims of new attacks on Russian positions is feeding speculation that a counter offensive to try to turn the tide of war has started The British defense ministry said that as of early Monday several brigades of the Ukrainian armed forces have increased the weight of artillery fires in frontline sectors across southern Ukraine meanwhile a UN nuclear watchdog team has arrived in Kyiv and is further preparing a mission to safeguard the endangered Russian occupied sapper Asia atomic plant from
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"I'm Stan and gold in Richmond, Kentucky. The British defense ministry has announced a Russian forces are likely mobilizing in the south of Ukraine either to anticipate a Ukrainian counteroffensive or launch their own assault. Reporting from London. The UK's defense intelligence organization tweeted that Russia was moving tanks and artillery from the eastern Donbass to what would become the region with heaviest fighting between the cities of Hassan and zapor Asia, Russia was also deploying more troops to khasan and the Crimea the UK said, while Ukraine's forces were concentrating fire on bridges and ammunition depots in the south. Russia and Ukraine accusing each other of shelling Europe's biggest nuclear power plant Ukraine's nuclear agency says there's been no leak though. This is NPR. The annual perseid meteor shower is underway with the peak number of shooting stars expected to come on the night between August 12th and the 13th. But in piers now Greenfield boys reports of full moon just before the peak may put a damper on things. The perseid meteor shower is a popular one because the warm summer weather makes for pleasant sky watching and this event offers lots of shooting stars, even fireballs. What's happening is the earth is plowing through bits of debris left behind by a comet. This year, though, the peak comes just after the full moon on August 11th, and the light from a full moon makes it hard to see anything but the very brightest shooting stars. So this time around, you might try looking up a few days before the peak before dawn and just after the moon sets. Nell Greenfield voice NPR news. To Miami now where Florida First Lady, Casey desantis, has helped kick off the states annual hunt for the invasive Burmese python in the Florida Everglades. So I'm excited to go out, hunt up some pythons, literally hope to catch a python, not gonna be using my hands, may touch a stick. More than 800 competitors are participating in the hunt that includes cash prizes of up to $2500. The state says more than 17,000 Burmese pythons have been removed from the Everglades over the past 22 years, registered hunters come from 32 states and Canada. This is NPR
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"Marlboro, 81 in Centreville and 82 in Washington. At 1140. Ukraine now says it's making gains in the country's south. The British defense ministry says Russian troops are virtually cut off by a counter offensive, which is gaining momentum. Mario mancuso, a global affairs expert and former Pentagon official, joined John Aaron earlier to explain the counter offensive. We know it's in its initial stages in what the Ukrainians appear to be doing is preparing the battle space for follow on operations. So we know that the Ukrainians have captured dozens of small towns just north of Kirsten city and for the listeners here, kirsan is in the south central portion of the country. So they've captured dozens of small towns. What they've also done with the assistance I might add of long-range artillery supplied by the U.S. and its allies been able to damage a number of key bridges across the dnieper river. The significance of those activities, particularly the destroying or damaging of those bridges, is that those bridges were serving a as an axis of supply for the Russians. But secondarily, they could have also been used by the Russians to mount further offensive deeper inside of Ukraine. So again, capturing dozens of small towns, seemingly restricting the space that Russian forces in and around car San can operate. So the Ukrainians appear to be, again, preparing the battle space for follow on operations and they're setting the conditions for those follow operations. Why is Carson so important and how does this counter offensive fit in with what's happening in other parts of Ukraine right now? The tactical significance I think of capturing kursa is that croissant is a key hub in the supply link that the Russians have and southern and eastern Ukraine. It's a logistics hub. If the Ukrainians are successful, they obviously create significant problems for the Russians. I also think there's very significant political impacts to this. Remember, the U.S. and its allies have provided more weapons recently, including especially these long-range rocket systems that the Ukrainians were begging for for a long time. They needed to have range over match with the Russians so they can create some standoff distance. Well, the Ukrainians are using those to seemingly great effect and the political significance is demonstrating to the United States and the allies if you give us weapons we can use them. So for this purpose, the second purpose, quite apart from the military tactics, it's a demonstration by the Ukrainians that, hey, we're a good investment. Invest in us and we'll take care of the fight. Global affairs expert Mario mancuso, you can follow him on Twitter, at man Q so online. Funding for a
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"Computer chip production is now headed to President Biden's desk following House approval. The president is now pressing the Senate to pass a new spending deal. WTO's Mitchell Miller reports from Capitol Hill. House approval of the chips bill included Republican support, though GOP leaders whipped against it after West Virginia democratic senator Joe Manchin surprise announcement of a deal on an economic package. President Biden is urging senators to move the legislation ahead, noting it addresses key energy, climate, and drug pricing issues, while reducing the deficit. This bill will reduce inflationary pressures on the economy. So passive. But the Senate stopped Republican Mitch McConnell says hundreds of billions of dollars in new spending will only make economic matters worse. Democrats say the response to democratic inflation is democratic toxics. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller WTO be news. He may have had more than one target. That's what the FBI is now saying in court documents about the man accused of plotting to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Nicholas Rossi, the man arrested near Brett Kavanaugh's home in Montgomery county last month may have been planning to go after other justices. The FBI says it uncovered a conversation Rossi had with someone online in which roski said he wanted to remove three people from the Supreme Court, though the other two are not named in court documents. Rossi allegedly was carrying burglary tools in a gun when he was arrested. The FBI says rawski spoke online of wanting to alter the court for decades to come and says he carried out Internet searches for assassin skills and assassin equipment nickel in LA WTO news. Russia is using mercenaries to hold sections of the front line in Ukraine. Greater reliance on paid fighters for frontline duties rather than their usual work in special operations would be another sign that Russia's military is under stress 6 months into its war in Ukraine. But the British defense ministry says in an intelligence update that the mercenaries are unlikely to make up for the loss of regular infantry units or change the trajectory of Russia's invasion. Protesters in mayor Bowser Agri, there's a humanitarian crisis brewing in D.C., but they disagree on a recent proposal on how to solve it. The
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"Feinstein, teddy gellman, as our producer. The top story we're following is the government's latest economic report. It's raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession. The economy shrank from April to June, contracting at a 0.9% annual rate. That's the second straight quarterly drop in the GDP in informal, though not definitive indicator of a recession. Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell said yesterday, it doesn't feel like one I do not think the U.S. is currently in a recession. Saying too many areas of the economy are performing well, especially the jobs market. Still, there are concerns or recession may be coming, as the fed keeps boosting interest rates to ease inflation. Washington. Senator Joe Manchin and Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer have a deal. They say it could resurrect some of the Democrats key economic proposals. Here's WTO's Mitchell Miller on Capitol Hill. The West Virginia senator says the agreement would cover energy policy, climate, and tax policy. Manchin has sought to keep costs down, sometimes to the frustration of fellow Democrats amid concerns about rising inflation. The legislation would also include lowering prescription drug prices, something Virginia senator Mark Warner supports. We've seen too many places where those drug costs have gone up dramatically more than even inflation. Facing Republican opposition to new spending, Democrats would still need 50 votes to pass the legislation through budget reconciliation, and the Senate is scheduled to go on its August break at the end of next week. On Capitol Hill, Mitchell Miller, WTO P news. After months of internal debate, the Biden administration has offered to exchange a convicted Russian arms trafficker for WNBA star Brittany griner and former marine Paul Whelan. Russia today is critical, saying these types of negotiations should not be conducted in public. This was leaked out to several press outlets by the Biden administration yesterday ahead of the Secretary of State blinken's announcement yesterday that they were seeking to swap Victor boot reputed arms dealer for grinder and Paul Whelan. But Kremlin has confirmed that they are in these discussions and talks, but it hints at this animosity between the U.S. and Russia. That's the WTO national security correspondent JJ green. The president's support for the swap overrides opposition from the Department of Justice, which is generally against prisoner trades. In the war in Ukraine, forces firm Ukraine are stepping up efforts to retake southern parts of the country that Russia now controls by trying to bomb and isolate Russian troops in areas where it's difficult for Moscow to bring in fresh supplies. The British defense ministry says Ukraine has used its new long-range artillery to damage at least three bridges that Russia relies on to supply its forces. Meantime, Russian forces have launched massive missile strikes on Ukraine's key vent. Regions, areas that haven't been targeted and weeks, Russian troops withdrew from those areas months ago after failing to capture either. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is threatening to use nuclear weapons and he's issuing warnings to both the U.S. and South Korea. More from CBS reporter Alex Jensen in Seoul. After months of speculation that North Korea is preparing a first nuclear test since 2017, leader Kim Jong-un said his country's nuclear deterrent is ready to mobilize. Speaking on the anniversary of the ceasefire ending the Korean War, he also said the north's fully prepared for a military confrontation with the U.S., while threatening South Korea with annihilation over its recently announced military plans. Experts say North Korea will continue to intensify threats against the U.S. and South Korea as it expands military exercises over the summer. We are learning more about the man from Gaithersburg, who was killed after being kicked out of a lift ride share in Dewey beach over the weekend. 43 year old Sydney wolf once worked for Andrew Cuomo when he was governor of New York. He was also the reelection campaign manager for Montgomery county council member Sidney Katz, who represents district three. Delaware state police say cat wolf's group got into an argument with the Lyft driver between Dewey and Bethany beach. They say the driver stopped the vehicle in the middle of the road and told the group to get out. Wolf was hit by a car when he followed the drivers instructions. The driver's been removed from the company and is said to be cooperating with authorities, no charges have been filed, Sidney Wolfe leaves behind a wife and two children. Still to come. A pregnant woman bystander, hit by gunfire near her job. I'm ridiculous. Ten 36. The following is a paid commercial message. Government price setting could
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"She does work here. She's a manager of the property, but we just believe that potentially she could have just been here to just the wrong place the wrong time. Commander branch says police believe gunman in separate cars opened fire on each other. We believe that there were several vehicles involved with the shooting. We're currently investigating that. Police have recovered 90 or more shell casings, some cars and buildings were hit by gunfire. Particularly on WTO P news. Ukraine is stepping up efforts to retake southern areas of the country that Russia now controls by trying to bomb an isolate Russian troops in areas where it's tough for Moscow to bring in fresh supplies. The British defense ministry says Ukraine has used its new long-range artillery to damage at least three of the bridges that Russia relies on to supply its forces. Meantime, Russian forces have launched massive missile strikes on Ukraine's key and churning regions, areas that haven't been targeted in weeks. Russian troops withdrew from those areas months ago after failing to capture either. The coast guard is rethinking how it brings people into the service, federal news networks got mascioni reports. Coming out of the coast guard admiral Linda fagan says the service hasn't revamped its talent management system in 75 years in a tough labor market and with only about one in three people between the age of 17 and 24 eligible to serve, that's a problem. Fagan says the coast guard is taking new steps to bring its recruiting efforts into the future. The service already set up a new office to take a hard look at how it recruits. It's also putting more emphasis on online reach outs to get people excited about the coast guard mission. Scott mascioni, federal news network. Coming up after traffic and weather. Twin health concerns COVID and monkeypox what Montgomery county is doing on Kate Ryan. It's 7 36. The U.S. Army needs a flight proven long-range weapons system
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Ukrainian forces strike key bridge in Russian-occupied south
"Ukrainian forces have struck and seriously damaged a bridge that's key for supplying Russian troops in southern Ukraine The deputy head of the Moscow backed administration for the Russia control southern Kirsten region says the Ukrainian military have struck the bridge across the new river with missiles scoring 11 hits in remarks carried by the interfax news agency he added the bridge sustained serious damage but wasn't completely closed for traffic The British defense ministry says the bridge was likely still usable but it is a key vulnerability for Russian forces needed for Russia to supply or withdraw its forces in the territory its occupied west of the river I'm Charles De Ledesma
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"And cigarettes. He says Ukrainians know the Russian world or ruski meir very well and want no part of it It doesn't bring you opportunities. It doesn't bring you prosperity. It brings you misery, destruction, and death. Unless you agree to cooperate and be a slave. Ukrainians, he says, see their future with a democratic Europe and the west. Eleanor Beardsley and Pierre news lviv. The latest assessment from the British defense ministry says Russia is reinforcing its positions in southern Ukraine, following the announcement by Ukraine's leaders of a renewed push to reclaim the country's coastline. Firefighters in Europe fighting a string of wildfires this weekend amid a heat wave that's sending temperatures soaring. Piggy Barker has more from London. And on seasonable drought this spring left thousands of acres of European Woodland tender dry, and that amplified the effects of this summer's record breaking heat wave. Wildfires in France, Spain, Portugal, Croatia, and Greece have forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people. Britain is under its first ever heat related national emergency, with temperatures forecast to reach a 104° for the first time Monday. Britain's are being urged to stay indoors and to hydrate and authorities are warning that everyone in the worst affected areas is at risk of serious illness or death and not just the most medically vulnerable. For NPR news, I'm Vicki Barker in London. Texas House committee is expected to release its report today on the mass shooting at rob elementary school in uvalde, the panel has been investigating the police response, many claim police took too long to confront the gunman. The committee has interviewed some three dozen witnesses and its report is expected to be received first by family members of the victims before it's made public. Police in Charlotte, North Carolina have a man in custody who fired off a gun inside a comedy club last night, no one was injured, but witness serenity Sanders says a gunshot had people running for the exits. I heard it there were people running out, even some of our coworkers can really get in and they were kind of confused on what was going on. So it was a lot of chaos. Charlotte observer newspaper says a man brandished the gun as he entered the club near
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"I'm Bill Curtis And I'm Peter sagal the most important congressional hearings since Watergate continued this week revealing more and more damning details that everybody has known about for months It's a bit like trying to stay interested in a murder mystery when the guy who did it keeps saying it's me over here We'll ask who's trying to generate suspense plus we find out if there's anything actor and podcaster Sean Hayes can't do and Bill Curtis reveals how his fellow anchorman reacted when he joined this show They have repeatedly questioned by sanity We'll ask a really insist he's not crazy No enough crazy at all on our quiz coming up right after this hour's news Live from NPR news I'm Joel Snyder the British defense ministry says it believes Russian forces in Ukraine are renewing their efforts to move south from the city of izium the Marx reports from London In a regular update posted to Twitter the UK's defense intelligence said Russia has likely renewed its efforts to move forces south from izmir to further surround the pocket of Ukrainian resistance that remains near the town of Sierra Donetsk In response to Russian claims about the establishment of humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians in contested areas the UK says these have previously been used as a quote mechanism to manipulate the battle space and forcibly transfer populations The update also posited that if Ukrainian civilians do not willingly accept transfer to Russian controlled territory Russian forces may not distinguish between them and military targets For NPR news I'm villa Marx in London It's a war in Ukraine raging in the east of the country European Union leaders expected to endorse a recommendation that Ukraine and neighboring Moldova be put on the path to EU membership Ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky welcomed the move in his latest video address A standoff over New Mexico's primary elections has come to an end the otero county commission has reversed itself and voted two to one to certify the results After the state Supreme Court ordered the certification and the attorney general threatened legal action commissioner coy Griffin was the lone no vote I.
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"Last week the U.S. committed to sending Ukraine advanced high Mars missile systems and rockets that can fly 40 miles which puts and dismissed as not having any impact on the battlefield The U.S. hasn't sent its more powerful missiles capable of reaching four times that distance The threat comes as Russia strikes at Ukraine's capital for the first time in 5 weeks Ukrainian officials say that video circulating online shows the attack The strike hitting a railway repair shop which Russia claims was housing tanks and other military equipment that Ukraine denying any hardware was stored there Video posted by Ukraine state energy agency shows a Russian missile flying just above the south Ukraine nuclear power plant heading towards Kyiv Meanwhile in the east as the battle for the Donbass rages on President zelensky visiting towns along the front lines in the region meeting with troops and handing out awards to Ukrainian soldiers Zelensky saying I'm proud of everyone I met Everyone I shook hands with Everyone with whom I connected with The heaviest fighting in the east is concentrated around the key city of sevier done yet street to street battles have been raging since Russia initially advanced and seized ground Now the British defense ministry saying that Ukrainian counterattacks likely blunting momentum Russian forces previously gained Well the UK Ministry of Defense also saying there's going to send Ukraine multiple launch rocket systems that can strike targets up to 50 miles away This of course follows the American decision to send that similar system worth having though that we've heard these threats from Russia before about retaliating to western weapons for Ukraine so far they've been empty but of course there is always a risk that things could escalate.
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"Listening to the globalist. 9 15 a.m. in Kyiv, 7 15 a.m. here in London, now there's further evidence that Russian forces have adopted a deliberate strategy of targeting civilians in Ukraine. The British defense ministry says there's clear evidence of mass graves and the fatal use of hostages as human shields. Moscow denies the claims. Meanwhile, president Putin's former chief economic adviser, Andre ilyanov said the war in Ukraine could be over within a month or two of the western poses what he calls a real embargo on Russian energy. Well, I'm joined now by the Ukrainian journalist and academic Olga to karaoke. Good morning Olga. Good morning, Emma. It's very good to have you on the program once again. Just explain to us this increased evidence of war crimes more and more evidence of absolutely breathtaking atrocities have been emerging this weekend, haven't they? Yes, while everyone was or most of the people were shocked when images of water a week ago over this week that has passed, we've seen very similar scenes emerging also in other locations of Ukraine that have been liberated by Ukrainian forces, we've seen in borough dank and other town New York. Images of terrible destruction where multi story buildings were destroyed by Russian shelling with people who are hiding the basement were trapped in this basement for days and they were slowly dying there because a rescuers were unable to reach them Russians were shooting at them and only now the scale of those atrocities emerging as this rubble is being cleared and bodies are being extracted around already those of people who are the bodies who have been found and disrupted and many more are emergent. And we've also heard and seen the images of executed people basically torture chambers that were created by Russians in different locations in Ukraine, not just in cave region also in harpy region region, there are more and more reports of rape of women, men and also children and elderly people with the most outrageous report I've seen is a video of. A Russian soldier.
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"European commission. Chief ursula von lion visited the area with on saturday and pledged the blocks long term support at we assure the citizens that we will of course be here also for reconstruction underlying says science indicates natural disasters like this will happen more often and last longer due to climate change for npr news. I'm teri schultz in brussels. Chancellor angela miracle is to visit a village in western germany today. Most of the more than one hundred eighty people now confirmed dead in the floods were killed. There forecasters warning of dangerous wildfire weather at least through tomorrow and both california and southern oregon where the bootleg fire the largest burning in the. Us right now is growing amid dry and windy conditions. Bootleg is burned an area larger than new york city the british defense ministry welcoming. Us proposals to build more than a dozen large satellite dishes. In britain they would track potentially hostile or dangerous objects nurse. We're a bit as villa. Marks reports from london the us space forces in discussions with british authorities about installing up to twenty large satellite dishes in the uk in order to track potentially target satellites debris and other dangerous objects in orbit spacewalks official told the bbc that scotland amongst the locations on the consideration. As part of a new program that britain's defense ministry said would make space quote safer and more secure candidate has surpassed the us and the percentage of the population. that's fully vaccinated against cove in nineteen. But dan carpenter. Reports at canada's vaccination rate remains among the highest in the world but that rate is beginning to slow as the number of people looking for vaccine jabs is declining and the number of cova. Nineteen cases is trending downwards in canada with most of the country now reporting lower infection rates than in most of the us. It's a major shift for canada. Two months ago it was reporting more than eighty seven hundred cases a day. Now that average is down to three hundred eighty cases. At least one vaccine tracker says forty eight and a half percent of canadians are fully vaccinated with almost seventy percent. Having had at least one shot the same tracker puts the us at forty eight percent fully vaccinated and just over fifty five percent with one shot and the us centers for disease control says hospitalizations deaths in daily case. Numbers are trending upwards for npr news. I'm dan carpenter in toronto. This is npr news following stiff criticism. British prime minister boris johnson and his finance minister or abandoning plans to skip quarantine after they were exposed to the corona virus. A to had plan to participate in a pilot scheme involving daily testing. It would've allowed them to continue working. But after a backlash the government now says they will isolate themselves for ten days scientists at the centers for disease control and prevention of confirmed a case of the rare monkey pox virus in dallas taxes. Bill ziebel's with member station k. e. r. a. An unnamed patient currently hospitalized in dallas with monkey pox is in stable condition. The cdc says the patient recently flew home from nigeria. Officials are now working to reach others. Who may have come in contact with the patient. Public health officials believe monkey. Pox hasn't been seen in the us since two thousand three plane. Travelers were required to wear masks through to covert nineteen so authorities say the risk of spreading. The virus is low monkey. Pox brings flu like symptoms at a widespread rash that lasts two to four weeks in a separate case. A dallas hospital is now caring for a four year old with whitmore's disease typically from south asia. The dallas morning news says the child had not traveled. There officials are trying to figure out how the girl got infected. I'm bill ziebel in dallas. Who california now. The state has released a list of candidates who have qualified to run in september's recall election the list releases. Weekend shows forty-one candidates have filed the required paperwork amid the push to remove democratic governor gavin. Newsom i'm joel snyder. This is npr news..