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Starting in the 1950s, there was a push to get meat onto Americans' plates at every meal. So you would have breakfast with maybe perhaps sausage offered. You'd have lunch where it would be deli meat sandwiches. And you'd have dinner that would center over a large cut of meat. The hidden forces behind our everyday decisions. That's on the TED Radio Hour from NPR. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. India and Pakistan have agreed to a ceasefire.

The two sides have been trading attacks this week in what's been the worst conflict in 50 years between the two nuclear powers. But as Deah Hadid tells us, despite the deal taking effect Saturday morning local time, the attacks have continued. Just hours after it was announced by President Trump, it seems a ceasefire is being violated in Kashmir. Residents tell NPR there that they've been hearing the sounds of blasts over two major cities, Jamal and Srinagar.

NPR producer Bilal Kutche is in Srinagar, and he told us at first that people thought these were fireworks to celebrate the ceasefire, but pretty quickly people began rushing home to shelter in place. This NPR's Diya Hadid reporting from Mumbai. Four European leaders visited Ukraine this weekend and pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin to accept a 30-day unconditional ceasefire or face more sanctions. And as NPR's Jornica Kissis reports, the leaders say President Trump does support their proposal. The leaders of France, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Poland traveled to Kiev in their

first joint appearance. They joined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a meeting of Western nations supporting Ukraine. Other leaders participated online via video link. Zelensky and the four European leaders in Kiev also called President Trump. Zelensky told reporters Trump supports the ceasefire proposal. It's quite possible to monitor the ceasefire in coordination with the United States, Zelensky said. The ceasefire could start as early as Monday if Russia agrees to it. However, the Kremlin says it will oppose a ceasefire unless Western countries

stop providing military aid to Ukraine. Joanna Kekesis, NPR News, Kiev. The Trump administration has gutted the National Service Agency known as AmeriCorps. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that 32,000 people, most of them young adults, have been forced to stop work immediately. AmeriCorps team leader Theo Fauché got the bad news last month while repairing park trails in West Virginia. He says it's a shame because the experience was good for the young people he led. The personal growth and agency and confidence I saw in these members was massive. The White House said $400 million in grants no longer fit the agency's priorities, and

it noted AmeriCorps has not passed an audit in eight years. Advocates for national service, say schools and nonprofits are reeling from the sudden loss of these volunteers. Two lawsuits allege President Trump does not have authority to gut a program that was created and funded for decades by Congress. Jennifer Ludden in PePR News, Washington. Ecuador's Navy says five fishermen who spent 55 days adrift at sea have been rescued by a tuna boat.

The five have now arrived at a port in the Galapagos Islands. The three Peruvians and two Colombias have been missing since mid-March. The men are said to be in stable condition. This is NPR News. Torrential rains in eastern Congo have caused heavy flooding in stable condition. This is NPR News. Torrential rains in eastern Congo have caused heavy flooding in the region. Several villages along the shores of Lake Tanjaniqa have been washed away. Officials say at least 62 people have been killed by the floods and another 50 are missing. Rescue operations are being hampered by the shutdown of phones during the flooding.

Texas is now the largest state with a statewide school voucher program. Signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott, the program will allow families to use public funds to pay for private school tuition starting in the fall of 2026. But as the Texas newsroom's Blaise Ganey reports, critics are still fighting to stop it. Groups opposing the school voucher program say Texas legislators have abandoned making necessary improvements to and investments in the public education system. They are now attempting to find out how, if at all,

it violates the current laws in the state. Texas Democratic Party Chair Kendall Scudder believes the program runs afoul of the state constitution. Texans have a constitutional right to a public education and an efficient public education system and that is what they are denying from us. He says Democrats are exploring legal action to stop the billion dollar program from taking effect.

I'm Blaise Ganey in Austin. With one round remaining, Sepp Straka and Shane Lowry share the lead at the PGA Championship underway in Flower Town, Pennsylvania this weekend. Straka started the day two strokes off the lead, but Carter just won bogey and five birdies to finish with a 4-under 66. Keith Mitchell, who had held the lead through two days of play, now stands at 11 under par with Justin Thomas. They're both three strokes off the lead.

I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.