Zelenskyy Mending Ties, Trump In North Carolina, Saudi Arabia Gets British Support
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is trying to repair ties with Washington as President Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff carries new peace proposals to Russia.
President Trump is campaigning in North Carolina as Republicans struggle in key races and he ties federal relief promises to the outcome of the midterms.
Britain is sending fighter jets to help Saudi Arabia defend against Houthi attacks as the war disrupts the kingdom’s economy and deepens the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
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(0:00) Introduction
(1:54) Zelenskyy U.S. Relationship
(5:29) Trump in NC
(9:14) Saudi Yemen Crisis
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President Trump is campaigning in North Carolina as Republicans struggle in key races and he ties federal relief promises to the outcome of the midterms.
Britain is sending fighter jets to help Saudi Arabia defend against Houthi attacks as the war disrupts the kingdom’s economy and deepens the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
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Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Tina Kraja, Megan Pratz, Miguel Macias, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle.
It was produced by Iman Maani and Nia Dumas.
Our director is Christopher Thomas.
We get engineering support from Carleigh Strange.
Our technical director is Zac Coleman.
And our Supervising Producer is Michael Lipkin.
(0:00) Introduction
(1:54) Zelenskyy U.S. Relationship
(5:29) Trump in NC
(9:14) Saudi Yemen Crisis
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(upbeat music) - Ukraine's president tries for better relations with Washington. - Vladimir Zelensky met with President Trump's envoy in Oslo and push for face-to-face talks with Vladimir Putin, today Steve Whitkov has to the Kremlin. - I'm Stephen Skipp with A Martinez and this is up first from NPR News. President Trump campaigned in North Carolina and seemed to admit that Democratic candidate Roy Cooper would win the race there. - And he's gonna become your senator and it's crazy. Republican candidate Michael Watley is trailing by double digits. Can the president still turn out his voters? - And Britain is sending fighter jets to help Saudi Arabia defend against attacks from Yemen. Houthi strikes have already forced the kingdom to cancel its signature investment conference 'cause Saudi allies help defend its airspace. Stay with us, we've got news you need to start your day. (upbeat music) - Stay tuned for the following announcements and messages from our sponsors. This message comes from Schwab. At Schwab, you can get everything from self-directed investing to full service wealth management all in one place. No matter your investing goal, life stage, amount to invest or know how, you can invest your way with Schwab. - This podcast is supported by Carvana who would like to share the idea that buying your next car can be as easy as ordering anything else online, browse, finance and buy all on Carvana.com. This message comes from Rosetta Stone, offering an alternative approach to language learning. The app guides users to intuitively think in a second language using images and contextual audio, mimicking how people acquire speech as children. The platform also includes advanced speech recognition technology that compares a learner's pronunciation directly with native speakers to refine accent precision, learn more about their immersion method and the new Rosetta Stone Sapphire app at rosetastone.com. - President Trump's envoy, Steve Whitcough, is in St. Petersburg today to talk to the Kremlin, once again about proposals to end Russia's war on Ukraine. Whitcough already met in Norway with Ukrainian president,
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