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Does the idea of listening to political news freak you out? Well, don't sweat it. The NPR Politics Podcast makes politics a breeze. Every episode will break down the day's headlines into totally normal language and make sure that you walk away understanding what the day's news might mean for you. Take a deep breath and give politics another chance with the NPR Politics Podcast, available wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. India says Pakistan has struck sites across its western border and at least one man has been killed.

The strikes came after India hit Pakistani army air bases overnight, including near the capital of Islamabad. While the death toll has so far been relatively low, fighting between the two nuclear armed rivals has not been this intense since they went to war in 1971. Ampere's Diya Hadid reports from Mumbai. This latest escalation began at this moment. India struck three Pakistani army bases including near the capital. Pakistan quickly responded with its own fire. In the name of Allah, the most gracious, the most merciful.

Today on 10th May at the time of Fajr, we have given a strong... As the shelling escalated, Pakistan shutted its airspace. India suspended operations in 34 airports and Pakistan's military spokesman said, we will finish what they started. Diyya Hadid, NPR News, Mumbai. Early in his second term, President Trump seemed to side with Russia in its war with Ukraine but recently Trump and his advisers have criticised Russia and seem more engaged with Ukraine. NPR's Greg Myrie has more on the developments from

Trump. Trump took to Truth Social and wrote quote if the ceasefire is not respected the US and its partners will impose further sanctions. So this is a clear message to Russia and its president Vladimir Putin. Trump also repeated his desire for a 30-day ceasefire. Ukraine accepts this. Russia does not. So this clearly reflects the change in tone, but does it mean a change in U.S. policy? That's on Piers Greg Myrie.

A federal judge in San Francisco has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's overhaul of the federal government. Labor unions, nonprofits, and local governments argued that Trump's efforts to restructure and dismantle the government without any authorization from Congress violate the Constitution. The CDC confirms that the US has now surpassed 1,000 cases of measles for the first time in five years, but Bonnie Petrie of Texas Public Radio reports that the outbreak finally appears to be slowing. 700 of those cases have been in Texas alone, though the state added just seven

in its latest health department update and dropped two counties from its active outbreak list. A county is considered to be in an active measles outbreak until it's been six weeks since its last new infection. Texas also has a handful of recent measles cases that can't be traced back to the West Texas outbreak. Since the outbreak started in January, 92 people have been hospitalized. Two children have died. For NPR News, I'm Bonnie Petrie. And you're listening to NPR News.

International aid agencies are calling on Israel to once again end the total blockade on aid for Gaza. The 10-week effort has stopped all food and other supplies from reaching the region's 2.3 million people. U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee says a new aid distribution system is being launched very soon, but he offered no details of that plan. Vaccines and antibodies that have been designed to protect babies from a serious respiratory

illness seem to be working in the U.S. NPR's Ping Wong explains. Over the winter, infants were 30 to 40 percent less likely to be hospitalized with illness caused by respiratory syncytial, or RSV, that's compared with pre-COVID seasons. A big change last year was the widespread availability of a vaccine for expecting mothers and an antibody shot for infants, both designed to help protect babies from RSV. Between the two options, about 66% of babies last season were covered. This is according to a new paper from CDC published in their weekly report. RSV season typically starts in

the fall and the disease has been the leading cause of hospitalization in babies. The biggest decreases were among infants under two months old who are at the highest risk. Ping Huang, NPR News. Movie director James Foley has died. He was 71 years old. His representative said he died earlier this week after a diagnosis a year ago of brain cancer. Foley was best known for the 1992 movie, Glengarry Glen Ross, but he also directed Madonna videos, along with 12 episodes of the TV show House of Cards and both 50 Shades of Grey sequels. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. You may have heard that President Trump has issued an executive order seeking to block Fifty Shades of Grey sequels. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.