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Truck Drives Through Crowded Christmas Market In Berlin

6:24pm December 19, 2016

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Wall Street Journal reporter Anton Troianovski about the truck attack at a Christmas market in Berlin. At least nine people are dead and at least 50 injured after a truck barreled into a crowd at a Christmas market.

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Russia's ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, speaks at a gallery in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday. Shortly afterward, a gunman opened fire.

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Russia's Ambassador To Turkey Shot And Killed In Ankara

4:41pm December 19, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Andrei Karlov was shot Monday evening as he delivered a speech at an exhibition opening in Turkey's capital city. A Turkish minister identified the gunman as a 22-year-old Turkish riot police officer.

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Evacuations Continue As Syrian Regime Solidifies Control Of Aleppo

4:39pm December 19, 2016

Residents of Aleppo continue to flee the city as forces loyal to the Syrian regime solidify their control of what was once a rebel stronghold.

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BBC Editor Thanks Girl For Offer To Replace Big Ben Chimes

4:39pm December 19, 2016

The BBC ends its afternoon news program with the bong of the Big Ben clock. When 8-year-old Phoebe Hanson heard the clock would go silent for three years of repairs, she wrote to the BBC to offer her gong and her voice. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Hanson and BBC editor Roger Sawyer.

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Conditions Worsen For Civilians As Iraqi Forces Struggle To Retake Mosul

4:39pm December 19, 2016

by Jane Arraf

Conditions in the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul are worsening for hundreds of thousands of civilians while the Iraqi government's push to take the town back is moving methodically.

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German Police Investigate Truck Attack On Berlin Christmas Market

4:39pm December 19, 2016

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

German police say at least nine people are dead and many more injured after a truck was driven into a crowded Christmas market in Berlin. They say they are investigating the incident as a possible terrorist attack

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Evacuations Resume In Besieged Rebel Enclave In Syrian City Of Aleppo

10:50am December 19, 2016

by Allison Meuse

Evacuations began again on Sunday, and the U.N. Security Council appears to have reached a deal for U.N. monitors to observe the evacuations. This comes after two days of uncertainty and violence.

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Reviewing The Status Of Evacuations In Eastern Aleppo

7:59am December 19, 2016

Elizabeth Hoff, the World Health Organization's representative in Syria, talks about the latest with the evacuations in eastern Aleppo.

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Former Ambassador Locke On The Future Of U.S.-China Relations

7:59am December 19, 2016

As Donald Trump's administration is about to take over from the Obama White House, David Greene talks to former Ambassador to China Gary Locke about U.S.- Chinese relations.

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In 'Way Of The Strangers,' Wood Explores Why Young People Embrace ISIS

7:59am December 19, 2016

by Rachel Martin

Reporter Graeme Wood has spent years interviewing members of ISIS — trying to understand what they want. His new book is called: The Way of the Strangers: Encounters with the Islamic State.

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