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Belfast's walls from the Troubles are set to come down, but locals want them to stay

5:38pm September 07, 2023

Belfast's peace walls, built in the Troubles to tamp sectarian violence, were slated to be torn down in 2023. But locals are protesting. Many want them preserved as war relics & public art.

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Daniel Abed Khalife was reported to police after escaping from London's Wandsworth Prison on Wednesday morning.

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Manhunt is underway for U.K. terror suspect who escaped prison strapped under a truck

2:55pm September 07, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

Authorities found straps dangling from a truck that left a prison kitchen early Wednesday. The suspect, last seen wearing a chef's uniform, is an ex-soldier accused of planting fake bombs and spying.

Blinken reaffirms U.S. support on trip to Ukraine

4:58pm September 06, 2023

by Michele Kelemen

Ahead of the UN General Assembly, Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits Kyiv. There, he reaffirmed U.S. support for Ukraine and announced another $1 billion in aid.

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Historical fiction 'The Fraud' is about a man's testimony of outrageous, obvious lies

4:58pm September 06, 2023

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with author Zadie Smith about her first work of historical fiction The Fraud, about the trial of a man who says one provably false thing after another.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Kyiv on an unannounced visit

7:17am September 06, 2023

Blinken arrives at a moment when Ukraine's summer counteroffensive is entering its final weeks — still struggling against powerful Russian defenses in the south and east.

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Leaders of North Korea and Russia may meet to discuss an arms deal

5:57am September 06, 2023

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un will reportedly travel to Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin over a possible weapons agreement, after talks with the U.S. faltered.

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5:09am September 06, 2023

Secretary of State Blinken is in Kyiv. President Biden will head to Asia for the G20 summit in India and a stop in Vietnam. Ex-Proud Boys leader is sentenced to 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 riot.

Cuba accuses Russia of quietly recruiting its citizens into the war in Ukraine

5:09am September 06, 2023

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Chris Simmons, an expert in Cuban spycraft, about Cuba charging that Cubans have been conscripted into fighting in Ukraine in exchange for Russian citizenship.

Technicians at the Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plant demonstrate the process for reactivating one of the facility's Soviet-era reactors.

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Ukraine strains to safely operate nuclear power plants while under Russian invasion

5:00am September 06, 2023

by Brian Mann

Russia has occupied the massive Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which sits roughly 50 miles from the front lines. Ukraine's other reactors are also operating in a volatile war zone.

Secretary of State Blinken may be headed to Ukraine as counter-offensive continues

5:55pm September 05, 2023

by Brian Mann

Ukrainian media are reporting that Secretary of State Antony Blinken is on his way there as Ukraine's counter-offensive continues to grind forward.

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