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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jail Snyder. Today is day 40 of the government shutdown. House members remain out of town, but NPR's Amy Held, reports a Senate is working to break the impasse and is due to reconvene this afternoon. The Senate's Saturday session yielded no votes, no text for a package of spending bills under negotiation to reopen the government, and no detectable headway. However, their first weekend session of the shutdown did mark a start. That will not end, Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters they will stay in session until the impasse is broken. The Senate has tried and failed 14 times to pass a House-approved stopgap funding bill, but the heart of the stalemate remains. Democrats won't vote to end the shutdown until health care subsidies are extended. Republicans say they won't negotiate until the government is reopened.

Amy held, NPR News, Washington. Flight delays and cancellations piling up for a third day. according to the flight tracking website Flight Aware. Cancellation so far today, top 1,300. And there are more than 1,800 delays as the Federal Aviation Administration limits air traffic at major airports around the country due to safety concerns. A new national survey shows that polarization in the country

is taking an emotional toll on Americans. A majority of those surveyed say societal divisions stressing them out in PR's redo Chatterjee reports. The survey by the American Psychological Association finds that 62% of adults say that social and political divisions in the country are a major source of stress. And they were more likely to say they feel socially isolated than those who aren't as bothered by societal divisions. Psychologist Veil Wright with the American Psychological Association says stress and social isolation have long-term health consequences.

Often those are manifested in both physical symptoms and emotional systems that can look like headaches, fatigue, stomach problems, as well as increased levels of depression and anxiety. Read through Chatterjee and PR News. The Syrian president, Ahmed Al-Ahmad has arrived in Washington for an official visit two days after the U.S. formally revoked his status as a specially designated global terrorist. Hours before his arrival, his government announced the detention of dozens of suspected members of the Islamic State Group. The BBC's Lena Sinjab has details.

There has been a lot of effort by the new Syrian government to trace and attack members of ISIS. That was also in cooperation with the international forces led by the U.S. sharing intelligence. This is a very important issue for the legacy of new interim president Ahmed al-Shara to gain the trust and the support of the international community, especially the U.S. that backed his position, lifted sanctions to allow him. and Syria to grow. And you're listening to NPR News. Nearly a million Filipinos have been evacuated from their homes as super typhoon

Feng Wong lashes the country. The storm made landfall today with winds of 115 miles per hour. The storm is a second to hit the Philippines over the past week. British lawmakers expected to raise questions this week about the conduct of the former Prince Andrew late last month, Andrews' demotion over his friendship with the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was made official. From London, Vicki Barker explains why British lawmakers may feel free to find fault with him. Under the conventions of British democracy, some dating back centuries, there are certain things a member of parliament cannot say or do

on the floor of the House of Commons. They cannot be drunk. They cannot call a fellow lawmaker a liar, and they, as mere commoners, must not criticize the conduct of a member of the royal family. A parliamentary committee had begun nipping at Andrew's heels when it announced a probe into the finances of how the late Queen's second son was able to live in a mansion in the grounds of Windsor Castle. But now that Andrew has been stripped of his title and demoted to commoner status himself, it may be gloves off in Parliament this week. For NPR news, I'm Vicki Barker in London. A sharply dressed individual photographed by the AP on the day the Louvre was robbed has been identified. Turns out he is a 15-year-old who lives with his parents and grandfather

outside Paris. He was photographed standing in front of a group of police officers wearing a fedora. The AP says he decided not to immediately unmask himself to play along with internet speculation. This is MP.