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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. The Kremlin is playing down President Trump's criticism of a weekend barrage of Russian attacks across Ukraine that killed at least 12 people. NPR's Charles Maynes has more. In comments posted to social media, Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin had quote gone absolutely crazy and was shooting missiles and drones into Ukraine for no reason whatsoever. Trump also said he was considering additional new sanctions on Russia as a result. In response, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov thanked Trump for his efforts to end the war

in Ukraine, but suggested Trump's latest criticism was quote, emotional overload, at a tense moment in wider peace negotiations. Following a lengthy phone call with Putin last week, Trump declared Moscow and Kiev were ready to immediately start negotiating a ceasefire. They have not, and critics accuse the Kremlin of dragging out talks as it improves its battlefield position. Charles Mayne's NPR News, Moscow. Israeli airstrikes overnight across Gaza killed more than 60 people, 31 of them in a school

shelter trapping families inside classrooms that caught fire. NPR's Anas Baba went to this site. NPR's Aya Batraoui brings us his reporting. A young girl cries for her mother. She was killed in the blaze of an Israeli airstrike on a school in Gaza City. The school's classrooms had been turned into shelters for families seeking safety from Israeli bombardment in northern Gaza. Israel's military says it struck key terrorists using the school as cover.

It did not respond to NPR's request for more information. At a nearby hospital, Khadija Kialla is left with her three-year-old orphaned niece to raise. The girl's mother was killed in the airstrike. She tells NPR's Anas Baba, We don't want food or the borders to open. We just want to rest. Kill us in one go so we aren't forced to mourn someone new every month, she says.

Ayah Batraoui, NPR News, Dubai. On this Memorial Day, President Trump placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier at Arlington Cemetery. He called those who died for their country America's best and bravest. The president began the day with posting Memorial Day messages online. He called former President Joe Biden scum, who spent the last four years trying to destroy the country. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has also been a frequent target of President Trump's ire. Powell responded indirectly in a commencement speech at Princeton University yesterday.

Without addressing the criticism, Powell praised government employees and universities and urged the graduates to act with integrity. Look around you, and I urge you to take none of this for granted. When you look back in 50 years, you will want to know that you've done whatever it takes to preserve and strengthen our democracy and bring us ever closer to the founders' timeless ideals. A panel graduated from Princeton 50 years ago. This is NPR News. Food apps that rate the healthfulness of packaged foods have become increasingly popular.

Consumers scan the food's barcode with their phones, and the app will rank it for nutritional content. As Maria Kedoy reports, dieticians say they can be helpful with some caveats. Lindsay Moyer is a registered dietician with the Center for Science in the Public Interest. She says food apps can put more information in the hands of consumers. If you use them, she says look for ones that rank food for overall nutrition rather than focusing on single ingredients. And she says take the results with a grain of salt. It's important not to panic because some of the way that these apps rate food additives in the ingredients list, it's a little bit overblown.

This may not be a safety concern or a reason not to eat the food. And remember, some of the healthiest foods, like fruits and vegetables, often don't come with a barcode. Maria Godoy, NPR News. Former Congressman Charlie Rangel died today at a New York hospital. Rangel spent more than 45 years representing Harlem in Congress. He was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus and the first African American to chair the Powerful Ways and Means Committee.

Charlie Rangel was 94. And documentary filmmaker Marcel O'Fools has died at the age of 97. He's perhaps best known for his 1969 film, The Sorrow and the Pity, that explored the Nazi occupation of France. He and his family fled Nazi Germany and settled in Hollywood while Fools became one of the leading storytellers of the atrocities of the 20th century. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News.