Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.
Israel has used white phosphorus over civilian areas in Lebanon, according to the New
York Times.
“That's a chemical that can cause burns and other injuries.”
And if you're Steven Besaha has more. White phosphorus is not banned under international law, and can be used to create smoke screens or mark military targets. But Bador Hassan with MSD International says it is illegal to use over civilian areas due to its indiscriminate harm.
The likelihood of it's causing suffering, causing damage, causing long term damage, as well, both to the respiratory system and burns. Human Rights Watch says Israel used white phosphorus over Lebanese homes in March, and the time says the substance was used as recently as last week. NPR has not independently verified those claims.
In Israel denies using the substance in a way that violates international law. Steven Besaha and PR News.
“To Bensecretary Pete Heggseth is in Normandy to mark the 82nd anniversary of the D-Day”
landings. If your zone and your beer's reports, he used the occasion to tell Europe that it has to be responsible for its own security. At the American cemetery on a bluff above Omaha Beach, Heggseth said it is a strategic necessity for Europe to take the lead in its own security.
Speaking against a backdrop of more than 9,000 American tombs, Heggseth called on allies as like France to seriously face this reality with concrete steps. The U.S. has already pulled 5,000 troops out of Europe, and the Trump administration has made it clear that U.S. priorities lie elsewhere. The ceremony at the American cemetery at Colville, Sir May, or took place several hours
before the international ceremony, which Heggseth skipped. A citizens association of one Normandy village protested Heggseth's visit, calling the appearance of quote, "A member of America's far-right, the wrong symbol on a day that celebrates the Allied unity, Eleanor Beardsley, and Pyrenees Paris." In the race for California Governor, Democrat Havier Bacera, who was president Biden's
health secretary, last night clinched one of two spots to run in the general election in November.
If he wins, he would be the second Latino elected as governor in the state, but the first
and more than 150 years. Meanwhile, the fight for second place is playing out between a Republican former Fox News host and another Democrat, a climate activist and a billionaire. Frank Stoltz from Member Station, L.A.S. Tessmore. The Republican in second place is former Fox News host Steve Hilton, billionaire Tom Styer, a progressive Democrat, is in third place. The progressive vote is coming in later in California,
so there's still a chance Styer could secure that second spot. Either way, it's looking good for Democrats in the governor's race. In other words, it's either a Democrat versus a Democrat or a Democrat versus a Republican in a heavily Democratic state. Frank Stoltz, reporting. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Police in Toledo, Ohio, say several people were shot near a festival today and that many
have been transported to the hospital. In a message on social media, Toledo police say they respond to a report of a person shot and found many victims. The search for the suspects is underway.
Popleo is in Spain for a week-long visit, the first by a pope in 15 years. He was greeted
by the Spanish King and Queen and Madrid this morning, and here's Miguel Mesias, as more. The visit will take the pope to Madrid, Barcelona and the Canary Islands. The Spanish archipelago located off the coast of West Africa. There, he's suspected to meet with migrants and paid tribute to the thousands who have died at sea attempting to reach Spanish soil. The pope arrives in a politically polarized country where the sex abuse crisis has heard the
popularity of the church in a traditionally Catholic stronghold. In Madrid, Leo will celebrate what is expected to be a vastly attended Sunday Mass in the city center. On his way to the Spanish capital, popleo commented on how he'd have competition for young Spanish attention in Madrid.
“Puerto Rican sensation but bunny is performing at a soda stadium. Adding quote, "I think there will”
also be a few here to see the pope." And that says something. Miguel Mesias and pianos, the video, Spain. FIFA says fans can bring their own factory sealed disposable water bottles to some stadiums for the World Cup. The soccer organization had originally banned fans from bringing refillable water bottles into 16 stadiums across North America and that included some with limited or no shade from the sun. I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.
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