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Support for NPR, and the following message come from Yarl and Pamela Mohn, thanking the people who make public radio great every day and also those who listen. Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Doa Halisa Kautau. After Israel announced plans for a full takeover of Gaza City, global condemnation came quick, especially as starvation is spreading in Gaza and the death toll from malnutrition continues to climb. NPR's Jane Arroff is in Amman and reports that even staunch allies cut some weapons shipments to Israel. Germany and several other key countries said the plan would aggravate what they called already a catastrophe. Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, flew to Cairo today to try to rally help from other Muslim countries to counter the Israeli plans. But let's face it, the country with the most power because of its military and economic support for Israel, is the United States. and President Trump said earlier this week

that the U.S. is focused on getting more aid to Gaza, but he said militarily, it's up to Israel. And P.R.S. Janeiroff reporting. The Kremlin confirms a summit between President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin will take place in Alaska next Friday. Trump announced the meeting and indicated the talks will focus on negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, and Piers Charles Mains reports from Moscow.

Kremlin advisor Yuriushakov said the choice of Alaska for the meeting was, quote, quite logical. Given the U.S. and Russia were neighbors, and Putin could easily travel from the tip of Far Eastern Russia across the Bering Strait. Ushokov said the two leaders would focus on finding a long-term solution to the war in Ukraine, for Putin that has meant demands NATO and its expansion eastward, and the Ukraine demilitarize and seed land claimed, but not always controlled by Russian forces. Yet Ukrainian leader, Volodymyr Zelensky, who is not included in the summit, is rejecting any deal that he says would reward Russian aggression, adding no decisions about Ukraine, could be made without its participation.

Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow. The police officer killed by a gunman in front of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta Friday afternoon was 33-year-old David Rose, a father of three and a former Marine from member station WAB in Atlanta. Alex Helmick reports. Police say DeKalb County Officer David Rose served in Afghanistan and graduated from the Police Academy in March. The gunman, Patrick Joseph White, shot dozens of rounds hitting at least four CDC buildings. White was later found dead in a nearby pharmacy. Police have not said how he died. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr., whose department oversees

the CDC, sent an email to staff saying no one should be targeted with violence for their work. A group of former CDC employees fired by the Trump administration called for Kennedy's resignation. They said he has fueled mistrust and hostility with his vaccine skepticism. For NPR News, I'm Alex Holmick in Atlanta. And you are listening to NPR News from New York City. Jen Powell, a New Jersey native and Hofster University alum, made history today in Atlanta as the first woman to umpire a major league game. She told the MLB, I'm aware of the gravity.

I'm aware of the magnitude ahead of the Marlins Braves Day Night doubleheader. Powell received a standing ovation during pre-game introductions. Life finds a way. It even flourishes in an unexpected place, nearly six miles under the ocean's surface. And Perez Regina Barber reports on a study that explains why life can thrive at these depths. The Hidal Zone is the deepest part of the ocean, named for the Greek god of the underworld, Hades. No sunlight reaches down this far. And for a long time, scientists thought any life in the trenches here mostly survived off dead animal scraps falling from the surface. But after exploring

life up close, researchers now think some deep-sea creatures may also get energy from chemicals seeping out of the ocean floor. Specifically, the researchers think that microbes inside the animals use those chemicals to make organic compounds that the animals then eat. Up next for the researchers, more trenches, and maybe more hope, from life thriving amid extremes. Regina Barber, NPR News. Astronaut Jim Lavell, a veteran of spaceflight's Gemini 7, 12, and Apollo 8 and 13, has died at the age of 97 in Illinois. NASA said the commander of Apollo 13's life and work inspired millions.

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