Columbia Standoff, Charlotte Shooting, Ukraine Awaits Aid

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🗓️ 30 April 2024

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A standoff at Columbia, as students defy the university's order to disband the protest against the Gaza war. In Charlotte, an effort to serve a warrant on a fugitive suspect turned deadly, with four officers killed and four more wounded. And Ukraine prepares to receive U.S. military aid that can't come soon enough.

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0:00.0	A standoff at Columbia as students defy the university's order to disband the protest
0:08.4	against the Gaza War.
0:09.4	Free fall is stuck.
0:11.4	The university has begun suspending students, protesters are now occupying a campus building.
0:15.8	I'm Leil Lafoldt d'St Martinez and this is up first from NPR News.
0:19.5	In Charlotte, an effort to serve a warrant on a fugitive suspect turned deadly.
0:26.3	Eight officers were shot, four of whom were killed.
0:28.8	And Ukraine prepares to receive U.S. military aid that can't come soon enough.
0:33.0	Troops are retreating from three villages in the east,
0:35.4	but weapons may not be enough.
0:37.1	The army needs more soldiers, too.
0:39.1	This veteran says the soldiers who've been fighting since day one don't have the strength
0:45.2	anymore to carry on.
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