Zelenskyy on NPR; Pope Leo; Kimberly Guilfoyle : NPR
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At the moment’s high tales
In an interview with NPR, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the Trump administration warned it might minimize intelligence-sharing with Ukraine until Ukrainian forces halt long-range drone strikes on Russian oil refineries. Zelenskyy stated the administration’s determination to raise sanctions on Russian diesel will not decrease gasoline costs and refuted President Trump’s declare that Ukraine prompted the worth to spike, as a substitute pointing to the battle in Iran. This interview comes as Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches its five-year mark.
- 🎧 Zelenskyy says that each piece of intelligence is essential for Ukraine, as stopping ballistic missiles is a high precedence, NPR’s Joanna Kakissis tells Up First. Missiles have killed dozens of Ukrainians, together with greater than 20 folks just lately in an residence constructing in Pryluky. Zelenskyy recounted to Kakissis visiting a wounded woman within the hospital whose father died within the assault, although she did not comprehend it. Zelenskyy says he feels the affect of every assault deeply. Final week, Trump stated that Russia and Ukraine agreed to halt some strikes on vitality websites. Zelenskyy stated he would comply if Russia did the identical. Two hours after Trump’s announcement, Russia focused a Ukrainian energy plant, and the strikes have continued.
Pope Leo XIV has been recognized with lung most cancers following surgical procedure to take away a development from his lung, the Vatican introduced. Medical doctors at Gemelli Hospital in Rome eliminated the decrease lobe of the 71-year-old Pope’s proper lung throughout a profitable process that lasted about 90 minutes. Submit-surgery evaluation confirmed the prognosis of lung adenocarcinoma.
- 🎧 NPR’s Scott Detrow says that lung consultants he has spoken with are optimistic concerning the Pope’s situation, based mostly on Vatican statements. Dr. Vin Gupta from the College of Washington says that docs’ actions recommend that they caught the most cancers early, suggesting it hasn’t unfold. If that’s the case, this prognosis might not affect his lifespan. The Pope will keep hospitalized for a number of days, and his schedule is cleared for at the very least every week. Detrow has spoken to a number of of the Pope’s associates, who’ve been involved with him and say he stays responsive and in good spirits.
Trump has ousted Kimberly Guilfoyle as his ambassador to Greece. She was a outstanding MAGA determine and the previous fiancée of his oldest son. Guilfoyle confronted unflattering allegations that she was making an attempt to revenue from her place, which she denies. The Wall Avenue Journal reported a sequence of questionable actions by Guilfoyle final month. One incident concerned her asking a Trump donor for $100,000 to settle a bank card invoice, promising to make use of her connections inside the administration in return.
- 🎧 Trump known as for Guilfoyle’s resignation yesterday, citing unfavorable media protection. The president talked about he hadn’t even spoken to her earlier than she introduced her departure on X. NPR’s Michele Kelemen spoke to Gregory Meeks, the rating Democrat on the Home Overseas Affairs Committee, who stated that her resignation does not equate to accountability and urged Congress and the inspector basic to research her actions and the doable misuse of taxpayer funds. Meeks added that serving as a U.S. ambassador is a place of public belief, not a enterprise alternative. Guilfoyle has defended her dedication to advancing Trump’s America First agenda in Greece and vowed to defend her title, repute and integrity.
A federal decide dominated late yesterday that Trump can not bar information organizations from protecting him on the White Home as a result of he does not like their protection, at the very least till a proper trial concludes. U.S. District Court docket Choose Timothy J. Kelly discovered that Trump’s determination to exclude greater than 70 journalists from CNN, MS NOW, and Politico violated their free speech and due course of rights. Each rights are enshrined within the Invoice of Rights of the U.S. Structure.
On the bottom
The outcomes of the 2026 midterm elections will form the ultimate two years of President Trump’s second time period and function a precursor to the 2028 basic election. This month, Morning Version is reporting from six states that might change the stability of energy in Washington.
This week, Morning Version‘s A Martínez traveled to the reliably purple state of Texas. The price of residing is a significant concern for a lot of voters right here. Floor beef hit a file excessive of about $7/lb in August, which is round $1.50 greater than when Trump returned to workplace. In Floresville, Texas, Martínez spoke with a fourth-generation farmer and rancher who raises beef cattle concerning the challenges he’s dealing with. Hearken to what he needed to say.
Martínez additionally spoke with residents about what’s on their minds forward of Election Day. Hear extra about:
- 🎧 How the redistricting battle launched by Texas Republicans might alter Latino illustration.
- 🎧 The affect that the Trump administration’s immigration insurance policies have had on a Texas border city, and why a conservative pastor close to the tip of his life shifted his vote and devoted his life to supporting migrants.
- 🎧 Why the Senate and gubernatorial races are unusually aggressive this 12 months.
Observe the reporting: North Carolina and Georgia protection airs Oct. 20, adopted by reporting from Ohio and Michigan. You possibly can observe alongside on Morning Version, NPR.org, within the NPR app and on this e-newsletter.
Behind the story
by Anthony Kuhn, Worldwide Correspondent
A screenshot from Girl Gaga’s advert for familymart
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To report on Girl Gaga’s advert for the FamilyMart comfort retailer chain, the very first thing I needed to do was watch the video of it.
Gaga performs the a part of a retailer employee dancing by the aisles in a leather-based uniform and platform footwear. To me, she regarded like a excessive priestess of camp, boogying by a temple of retail effectivity to a mad techno beat.
It wasn’t simply the wild type that hooked me. It was additionally the confluence of tradition and commerce in Japan.
The difficulty of Japan’s growing older society and its shrinking workforce are an inescapable a part of life in Japan, and overseas staff are an inevitable a part of the answer. FamilyMart’s advert leverages Girl Gaga’s non-conformist pop persona to attraction to an more and more numerous workforce, a retail analyst defined to me.
Konbinis, as comfort shops are known as in Japan, are additionally an inescapable a part of life there. They perform as a deli, put up workplace, copy store, financial institution, tax workplace and Ticketmaster all rolled into one. That is as a result of it is cheaper for the federal government and companies to supply these companies by the konbinis than to run their very own.
One other draw is the loopy recent meals, delivered to the shops a number of occasions a day. After I’m on task in Tokyo, I am typically on deadlines, so I head straight for the konbini onigiri (rice balls) with salmon, tofu and seaweed salad and mochi for dessert. It could be good to have time for a correct meal, however till I do, I am not too badly off residing the konbini way of life.
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3 issues to know earlier than you go
The Trump administration abruptly minimize down greater than 400 timber at Washington D.C.’s historic East Potomac Golf Hyperlinks final weekend. A federal decide has ordered testimony from two high-level officers with the Inside Division over the current abrupt elimination of timber; the decide plans to carry one other listening to Oct. 19.
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- A federal decide has quickly stopped the Trump administration from reducing extra timber at East Potomac Golf Hyperlinks after it minimize down a whole lot with little discover.
- NPR has introduced the winners of the Pupil Podcast Problem after reviewing practically 1,500 submissions from 42 states and Washington, D.C. Take a look at the grand prize winner for center faculty, who talks about her dyslexia, and for highschool, who discusses an vital household reminiscence.
- Cheese firm Sargento has up to date American cheese, additionally identified within the business as processed pasteurized cheese, to replicate trendy consuming habits by introducing a pure model. (by way of KCUR)
This article was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.
