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A lot of short daily news podcasts focus on just one story. But right now, you probably need more. On Up First from NPR, we bring you three of the world's top headlines every day in under 15 minutes. Because no one story can capture all that's happening in this big, crazy world of ours on any given morning. Listen now to the Up first podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder.

NPR has learned that the Trump administration is tightening its control of the agency responsible for regulating the country's nuclear reactors. NPR's Jeff Brumfield reports that has sparked worries about safety. Two US officials told NPR that the White House is now reviewing all new regulations for nuclear reactors. That's a big departure for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the famously tough and independent agency that's overseen nuclear safety in the U.S. since the 1970s. Former NRC Chair Alison McFarland says she's worried the changes could affect safety.

It's absolutely essential that the nuclear regulator be independent. There may be more changes coming. NPR has seen a draft executive order that, if signed, would call on the NRC to rewrite nuclear safety rules and possibly loosen radiation standards for nuclear workers and the public. Jeff Brumfield, NPR News. Pakistan and India have been carrying out strikes and counter-strikes. nuclear workers and the public. Jeff Brumfield, NPR News. Pakistan and India have been carrying out strikes and counter-strikes. As Secretary of State Marco Rubio calls on both sides to reestablish direct communication to avoid miscalculation.

He spoke to Pakistan's Army chief and India's foreign minister today. The top leaders of Europe are in Ukraine's capital today to show a united front as the Trump administration sends mixed messages. MPR Joanna Kokissus reports from Kyiv that it's the first trip to Ukraine for Germany's newly appointed chancellor. The leaders of France, Germany, Poland, and the United Kingdom arrived in Kyiv by train and warmly embraced Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. French President Emmanuel Macron posted this video on social media showing the leaders

lighting candles at a memorial for the war dead. The group is discussing proposals for a durable ceasefire. This meeting comes a day after the Kremlin welcomed its own allies to Moscow to mark the Soviet Union's role in defeating the Nazis during World War II. Ukraine celebrated Victory Day on May 8th with Europe to mark 80 years of the allied victory against fascism. Joanna Kakissis, NPR News, Kiev. The Trump administration is officially granting refugee status to more than 50 white South Africans. Government sources say they will arrive in the U.S. early next week, as Kate Bartler

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Trump administration of being taken in by disinformation. This is NPR News. disinformation. This is NPR News. The European Space Agency says it is likely that a spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union more than 50 years ago has re-entered the Earth's atmosphere. The agency says it lost radar contact with the craft over Germany. The spacecraft was launched in 1972 as part of the Soviet Union's mission to study Venus, but it never made it, suffered a malfunction, and remained in Earth's orbit all this time. Experts say it's likely to have come down over water or in a desolate region. Any surviving wreckage would belong to Russia. The first American pope may be from Chicago, but he spent his

formative years in the Philadelphia area where he attended Villanova University. Carmen Russell-Suchanski, member station WHYY, visited the Catholic institution and talked to students there about what the event means to them. Robert Francis Prevost, now better known as Pope Leo XIV, graduated from Villanova in 1977. The university was founded by the order of St. Augustine in 1842, and Catholic students here believe that he will follow their religious philosophy of combining faith and reason. This is Kate Vogely, who was in her junior year.

I hope that he continues the direction Pope Francis, sort of a setting for the church. And I like that he's like Augustinian values that I think he can bring and hopefully keep the church going in a good direction. Pravos, who majored in mathematics, took his vows the year after he graduated. For MPR News, I'm Carmen Russell Sucansky in Villanova, Pennsylvania. And I'm Giles Snyder. This is MPR News from Washington. Look, we get it. When it comes to new music, there is a lot of it, and it all comes really fast. This is NPR News from Washington.