Mideast Latest, Haiti State of Emergency, France Right to Abortion

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🗓️ 4 March 2024

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Vice President Kamala Harris calls for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, as the U.S. begins airdropping food into Gaza. In an apparent effort to depose Haiti's prime minister, armed gangs stormed two prisons and let thousands of inmates escape. And France moves to not just bolster the right to an abortion, in contrast to the U.S., but to enshrine that right into the country's constitution.

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0:00.0	Vice President Harris calls on Israel and Hamas to pause their fighting in Gaza.
0:06.5	There must be an immediate ceasefire.
0:09.7	Will the two sides reach a deal before Ramadan begins next week?
0:13.6	I'm Steve Insky with Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:17.6	Meanwhile, the US begins air dropping food into Gaza,
0:26.2	but will it really make a difference on the ground?
0:28.4	We're following two other big international stories.
0:30.4	One of them is an apparent effort
0:32.3	to depose Haiti's Prime Minister. Armed gangs stormed
0:36.2	two prisons and let thousands of inmates escape. Also, France moves to enshrine the right
0:42.3	to abortion in the country's Constitution.
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