Israel Calls Reservists, NATO & Ukraine, Hurricane Erin
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🗓️ 21 August 2025
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U.S. and European officials are drafting security guarantees for Ukraine.
And Hurricane Erin is flooding North Carolina's Outer Banks and forcing evacuations as it tracks up the East Coast.
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| 0:00.0 | Israel is calling up 60,000 reservists as the military moves forward with plans to take over the largest city in Gaza. |
| 0:10.4 | But there's a ceasefire proposal on the table. Hamas says it has agreed will Israel. |
| 0:15.2 | I'm Leila Faudil. That's Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:22.0 | The U.S. is working with Europe on new security guarantees for Ukraine. |
| 0:26.4 | I strongly continue to believe that the only solution is NATO membership for Ukraine. |
| 0:31.2 | This would stop the war. This would stop Putin's aggression because Putin is afraid of |
| 0:36.1 | only one thing, NATO. |
| 0:37.1 | But Moscow won't accept any NATO presence there. |
| 0:40.2 | So what do these guarantees actually look like for Ukraine? |
| 0:43.1 | And Hurricane Aaron has pushed water over roads in North Carolina's outer banks, |
| 0:47.6 | forcing evacuations. |
| 0:49.0 | We're tracking the storm, so stay with us. |
| 0:51.1 | We'll give you the news you need to start your day. |
| 1:06.3 | How would you describe the discourse around sexiness online in three words or less? |
| 1:12.3 | I would say polarized, ideological, and unruited from reality. |
| 1:15.6 | I just thought corny, not horny. |
| 1:17.0 | Love that. |
| 1:18.4 | I'm Brittany Luce. If you're surprised to hear the words sexy and horny in the same sentence as NPR, |
| 1:23.5 | you'll be shocked to hear what else I'm talking about. |
| 1:26.4 | Listen to the It's Been a Minute podcast today. |
| 1:30.4 | Israel is moving ahead with a new mission to take control of Gaza City. The Israeli military is calling up tens of thousands of soldiers. And the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered military officials to speed up preparations to seize Gaza's biggest city. |
| 1:46.6 | At the very same time, Israel is considering a new offer for a two-month ceasefire with Hamas. |
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