NYC Office Shooting, Trump In Scotland, Gaza Aid Latest

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🗓️ 29 July 2025

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Summary

A gunman shot and killed four people — including a police officer — at an office building in midtown Manhattan. During his four-day trip to Scotland, President Trump made several deals, including a new US-EU trade agreement. And, the aid situation has changed in Gaza now that Israel has relaxed the rules for aid deliveries.

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0:00.0	Security cameras captured an armed man walking into a lobby in Manhattan.
0:06.6	He then shoots a woman who took cover behind a pillar and proceeds through the lobby spraying it with gunfire.
0:13.5	Who was the Las Vegas man holding the gun?
0:15.9	How many Martinez with Steve Inskeep, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:22.2	President Trump responds to televised images of desperate people in Gaza.
0:26.7	We can save a lot of people.
0:29.0	I mean, some of those kids are, that's real starvation stuff.
0:32.1	I see it.
0:33.3	And you can't fake that.
0:35.5	He talked of setting up food centers.
0:39.1	What could the United States do differently?
0:41.5	Also, how did the world respond to a trade deal?
0:45.0	American businesses get added access to European markets.
0:48.9	American importers face the highest tariffs in close to a century.
0:49.9	Stay with us.
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1:16.2	An image from a security camera shows a man in New York City.
1:19.7	He is walking across a plaza toward the doors of a skyscraper on Park Avenue.
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