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🗓️ 6 August 2025
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0:00.0 | Today's other headlines start with a shooting at one of the country's largest army bases. |
0:04.6 | Officials in Georgia say an Army sergeant opened fire at Fort Stewart this morning, |
0:09.2 | shooting five soldiers and prompting a brief lockdown. |
0:12.4 | The base is about 40 miles southwest of Savannah and is home to thousands of troops in the Army's third infantry division and their family members. |
0:20.9 | Authorities say 28-year-old Cornelius Radford started shooting before 11 a.m. Eastern and was |
0:26.4 | quickly subdued by his fellow soldiers. All five of the victims are recovering in stable |
0:31.5 | condition. At a briefing today, the division's commanding general said Radford used a personal |
0:36.8 | handgun, which are not |
0:38.6 | typically allowed on military bases. As you can see here at our gates, we have armed guards |
0:44.6 | in protective equipment. This one's a bit difficult, and we're going to have to determine how |
0:49.9 | he was able to get a handgun to his place of duty. |
0:59.0 | Officials also say Radford had a DUI on his record, which was not previously known to his chain of command. He's now in custody, and authorities say they're looking into possible |
1:03.6 | motives for the shooting. In Russia today, U.S. envoy Steve Whitkoff met with President |
1:08.7 | Vladimir Putin for what a Kremlin aid called |
1:11.0 | useful and constructive talks. The meeting comes just days ahead of President Trump's |
1:15.9 | deadline for Moscow to stop the war in Ukraine or face severe tariffs and other economic |
1:21.6 | penalties. Afterwards, President Trump said great progress was made but did not signal whether |
1:27.1 | he would call off his |
1:28.3 | plan sanctions. Meanwhile on the ground in Ukraine, officials say Russia struck a recreational center |
1:34.2 | overnight in the southeastern region of Zaporisha. At least two people were killed and a dozen others |
1:40.5 | injured. Also today, President Trump said there's a, quote, good chance that he could meet |
1:45.2 | with President Putin soon that comes amid media reports that such a sit-down is in the works, |
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