Morning news brief
Polls move in Donald Trump’s direction, but race remains tight. White House tells Israel to increase aid to northern Gaza. Ukraine says North Korea may be sending soldiers to help Russia in the war.
Israel threatens to starve out northern Gaza, U.N. aid agencies say
Israel has allowed almost no food aid into north Gaza for two weeks. Humanitarian groups say it leaves 400,000 people with the choice of eventual starvation or fleeing their homes to the south.
‘My losses started the day I was born’: A poet on what it’s like to call Gaza home
Mosab Abu Toha was able to escape Gaza, along with his wife and three young children. The award-winning poet talks about parenting in war and the devastation of leaving his family and friends behind.
Lufthansa agrees to a record $4 million fine for its treatment of Jewish passengers
The German airline barred 128 Jewish passengers from their May 2022 connecting flight based on the alleged misconduct of a few. The U.S. government considers that discrimination; Lufthansa disagrees.
U.N. officials and rights groups warn Israel may seek to starve north Gaza
United Nations aid officials and Israeli human rights groups say Israel’s latest offensive in north Gaza forces residents to choose between leaving or starving. Israel allowed in food after Vice President Harris showed concern.
In Chile a language on the verge of extinction, stirs into life
Ckunsa, an indigenous language in Chile, was declared dead 70 years ago. But groups in northern Chile are successfuly reviving the language and teaching it to a new generation.
Highlighting Indigenous voices across NPR’s network
NPR is celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day by acknowledging Indigenous people’s accomplishments and delving into their culture and the issues they face with stories from our network.
China holds large military exercises surrounding Taiwan to warn against independence
China deployed ships and warplanes in large-scale military exercises surrounding Taiwan Monday, simulating the sealing off of ports in a move that underscores the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait.
To curb polio outbreak, children in Gaza are receiving a booster vaccine dose
The World Health Organization said a second dose will be crucial in order to stop the spread of the virus in Gaza and internationally.
World waits to see how Israel will respond to deadly attacks
NPR’s Steve Inskeep asks Daniel Byman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about what Israeli retaliation to an Iranian missile attack could look like.
UK Ditches Coal Power, Embraces Elvis
Britain has closed it’s last coal-fired power plant, making the country that pioneered coal power, the first to give it up in favor of cleaner options. We hear about the transition. And a small town in Wales has become the unlikely site of a world-reno…
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