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African migrants climb over a metal fence that divides Morocco and the Spanish enclave of Melilla. Since the early 1990s, Spain has built 20-foot-tall, layered border fences around its two North African enclaves, Ceuta and Melilla, to help dissuade migran

World News

Opinion: The EU Looks To Offshore Its Migrant Crisis. That's A Horrifying Prospect

8:02am July 29, 2018

by Isabella Alexander

European leaders are looking to set up migrant holding sites outside the EU, following a controversial Australian precedent, writes an anthropologist who researches migration in North Africa.

World News

Questions Remain After More Than 80 Killed In Greece Fire

5:42am July 29, 2018

by Joanna Kakissis

As Greek investigators probe the cause of the recent wildfire near Athens, tragic stories emerge about how the more than 80 victims died.

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The Man Putin Wants To Interrogate

8:21am July 28, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon asks Kyle Parker of the U.S. Helsinki Commission about Vladimir Putin's attempts to question him and other Americans in return for allowing U.S. authorities to question Russians.

The Loviisa nuclear power plant in Finland reduced its electricity output because of warmer seawater.

Hot Weather Spells Trouble For Nuclear Power Plants

4:35pm July 27, 2018

by Rebecca Hersher

Multiple nuclear power facilities in Europe have reduced their electricity production because seawater, which is used to keep the reactors cool, has been warmer than usual.

Chris Froome, the defending champion at the Tour de France, has fallen to third place. Along the way, he's been grabbed off his bike by police and struggled to match his top competitors.

Rough Riding For Chris Froome, In A Wild Tour De France

3:35pm July 26, 2018

by Bill Chappell

This year's Tour de France has been a race of misadventures for defending champion Chris Froome – who's been accosted by police and suffered a run of bad luck. He's currently third.

U.S. And EU Agree To Remove Trade Barriers

5:15am July 26, 2018

The U.S. and the EU say they've reached a deal that eases trade tensions. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with EU Ambassador David O'Sullivan about what was agreed.

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News Brief: Trump And EU Ease Trade Tensions, Family Separation Update

5:15am July 26, 2018

President Trump and the EU Commission's Jean-Claude Juncker said they would work to remove trade barriers between the U.S. and Europe. Also, Emma Platoff of the Texas Tribune on separated families.

Politics & Government

U.S. And Europe Reach Apparent Ceasefire In Trade War

11:42pm July 25, 2018

by Mara Liasson

President Trump met with the European Commission president and with farm state Republicans Wednesday. Trump's allies in rural America and U.S. allies in Europe are alarmed by his trade policies.

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President Donald Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker deliver a joint statement on trade in the Rose Garden of the White House Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

Trump And EU Agree To Work Toward Zero Tariffs

6:54pm July 25, 2018

by Brian Naylor

President Trump and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker say they will not impose further tariffs on each other as long as trade talks continue.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo testifies during a hearing before Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.

Pompeo Faces Skeptical Lawmakers After Trump Summits Raise Concerns

6:51pm July 25, 2018

by Ayesha Rascoe

Committee Chairman Bob Corker was blunt in his opening statement, telling Pompeo that "in the summit's aftermath, we saw an American president that was submissive and deferential" toward Russia.