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President Trump's diplomatic envoys are in key for the first time since Russia's full-scale
invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
“NPR's Joanna Kikizus reports they arrive from Moscow where they spoke with the Kremlin”
about ending the war. Jared Kushner is Trump's son-in-law and Steve Woodcoff is the president's longtime friend. He arrived in Kiev by train since Ukrainian airspace has been closed since the Russian invasion. Kushner and Woodcoff arrived on a rainy day with a black motorcade and embraced Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky, outside St. Sophia's cathedral, next to a square with portraits
of fallen Ukrainian soldiers. Zelensky had pushed for months for this visit. Speaking to reporters outside the cathedral, he thanked Trump for allowing the on-voys to travel to Kiev despite security concerns, Russia paused its strikes on Kiev for this visit. Joanna Kikizus and PR News Kiev.
Republicans are gathering in Dallas this week for a mid-term convention headline by President Trump.
It's the first mid-term convention held by a major political party in more than 40 years.
“In the Texas race for Senate, Democrat James Talerego holds a slim lead over Republican”
Kin Paxton according to the latest polls. Southern Methodist University Political Science Professor Cal Gilsen says leaders on the right seem concerned. He's not sure Republicans can suede voters' concerns over the cost of living. If they're sitting around the kitchen table, worrying about the electric bill, gas prices,
those kinds of things, those are gut-level issues. And if they can't pay those bills, there's nothing you can tell them about how good the broader economy is. In the end, Gilsen says the impact of the convention on the outcome of the mid-terms could be negligible.
For NPR News, I'm James Hartley and Dallas.
The Labor Department is set to issue a pivotal report on inflation this week, and PR Scott Horsley reports financial markets and the Federal Reserve will be watching closely. The annual inflation rate jumped to 4.2% back in May as the U.S. war with Iran sent energy prices soaring. By July, inflation had cooled somewhat, but prices are still climbing faster than the Federal
Reserve would like. That puts the spotlight on the August report, which comes out Friday, if inflation continues to cool, Fed policy makers may feel content to leave interest rates where they are. But any acceleration in price hikes could prompt the Fed to raise rates. Investors think a September rate hike is more likely than not, especially after a better
than expected jobs report on Friday. Diesel prices have also climbed to a record hike, which has the potential to raise the cost of transporting a wide array of goods. Scott Horsley, in Pair News, Washington. This is NPR News.
Mounting gorillas in Rwanda are an endangered species. So when through our new gorillas born in the country, it calls for a celebration. Joseph King from the Gulf States Newsroom reports from the East African nation. Rwanda hosted his 21st annual Quattazina. The day is dedicated to giving names to newborn mountain gorillas.
Every year, a group of philanthropists, community servants and celebrities are given the honor of choosing those names. One more French soccer store, Mamadou Sakku, named one of the 22 gorillas in Wadane, was translates to United and Persu, of a common goal. The name is inspired by the collective effort to conserve the gorillas.
Sakku says it's an honor.
“It's important for me to put Africa in light and show how Africa is beautiful.”
There are fewer than 1200 mountain gorillas in the wild, but Wanda takes pride in his conservation efforts, and acknowledging that people behind them. For NPR News, I'm Joseph King and Kinnegy Rwanda. Rescue crews and Nepal are still searching for survivors more than a week after catastrophic flooding triggered by a glacier collapse.
More than 1300 people have died while nearly 5,000 are still missing in Nepal. Crews are continuing to search tunnels and debris around damaged hydropower projects where hundreds of workers were caught in the flooding. Joseph led also devastated communities across the border into bed where hundreds of people remain missing.
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