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Aviv Regev is the co-founder of the Human Cell Atlas. It's a huge leap in understanding how human cells work. She says it's like upgrading from a 15th century map of the world to Google Maps. If I want to develop a medicine that would only go to the place where something is broken, I need to know how to get there. The new wave of biotechnology that's on the TED Radio Hour podcast from NPR. D. W. Willman Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. The Supreme Court early Saturday blocked the Trump administration from deporting any of the Venezuelans who are currently being held at a detention center in Texas. They're being held under the 1798 Alien Enemies Act.

The justices were responding to an appeal by the ACLU. NPR's Ron Elving has more. R. W. Willman The court ruled that the individuals in question in Texas were informed that they were being deported but not given a chance to contest it. What's crucial here is that this time the court has intervened before the fact, before the detainees in question had left the country or, as in the previous case, were in mid-flight or being loaded onto planes. That matters because those earlier men, 139 Venezuelans, are in that maximum prison in El Salvador today.

That's NPR's Ron Elving. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said once again Saturday that he will not allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon. He made the statement during a pre-recorded message that aired on Israeli TV. It came on the same day that Iran and the U.S. wrapped up a second round of indirect talks aimed at discussing Iran's nuclear program. And Piers Hadil Ashaltchi reports. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not give up or back down on

preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. His statement came hours after Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Rakhchi and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Wittkopf met in Rome for a second round of indirect talks mediated by Oman. After the talks, the Omani Foreign Ministry said that the two sides agreed to enter a next phase aimed at reaching a deal that would lift US sanctions on Iran and allow the country to develop quote, peaceful nuclear energy only. Last week, President Trump said Israel would lead in any military action against Iran to prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv.

Demonstrators gathered once again in cities across the country Saturday to protest actions of the Trump administration. Hundreds of people in Mississippi traveled to Jackson as Shamira Mohammed with Mississippi Public Broadcasting reports. More than 400 people marched around Mississippi State Capitol building chanting and holding signs that read, stop deportations and hands off our future. Several participants called on the state's congressional delegation, including the state's U.S. senators, to hold town halls.

Keith Lyon traveled more than 100 miles from Natchez, Mississippi, to Jackson. I feel like our country is in absolute crisis, perhaps domestically the worst since the Civil War. We have a president who is trampling upon constitutional rights, seems to be unaware or not care about separation of powers. Another protest in Mississippi is set to take place May 1st. For NPR News, I'm Shamir Mohammed in Jackson. And you're listening to NPR News. Thirty years after the deadliest homegrown attack

in U.S. history, a remembrance ceremony was held in Oklahoma City on Saturday. 168 people died in a terrorist explosion in 1995, including 19 children who were in a daycare center at the time of the blast outside the Murrow Federal Office Building. Bill Clinton, who was president when the attack occurred, said he remembers the bombing as if it took place just 30 minutes ago. The British government has announced plans for commemorating the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe and that cultural institution, the British pub, will be playing a central role.

Vicki Barker reports from London. On May 8th, VE Day plus 80, pubs in England and Wales will be allowed to stay open till 1 a.m. two hours past their mandated 11 p.m. closing time. Kate Nicholls runs the trade organization UK Hospitality. She told the BBC this anniversary will have an added resonance. When we last had a major national celebration of VE Day an anniversary we were in the middle of COVID so this is a great opportunity for people to be able to come together as communities. Prime Minister Keir Starmer is urging Britons to use the extended hours to quote raise a glass to all of the men and women who served their

country in World War II. For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London. Thousands of people gathered in central London on Saturday to protest a ruling by that country's Supreme Court this week that says transgender women are excluded from NPR News.