Sweden and NATO, Israel Democracy Protests, Vermont Floods
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🗓️ 11 July 2023
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| 0:00.0 | The leaders of NATO's member countries gather in Lithuania and Sweden could soon be the |
| 0:06.3 | newbie after a deal with Turkey. |
| 0:08.1 | But what about Ukraine? |
| 0:09.6 | The question is, what's the pathway towards Ukraine's future membership? |
| 0:13.1 | I mean, Martinez, that's Michelle Martin and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:20.0 | People all over Israel protest planned reforms they say would weaken the judiciary. |
| 0:27.8 | Now for Israel's most far-right government in its history. |
| 0:31.0 | And torrential rains have triggered flash floods in parts of the northeast that trap drivers |
| 0:35.0 | in their cars, forced residents from their homes and washed roads away. |
| 0:39.0 | One woman died as she was swept away in front of her partner. |
| 0:41.5 | Stay with us. |
| 0:42.5 | We'll tell you what's going on in the world as you start your day. |
| 0:50.2 | The 31 leaders of NATO member countries are meeting in Lithuania today. |
| 0:54.8 | And pretty soon there will be 32 of them. |
| 0:57.1 | An ideal broker with Turkey just before this summit got rolling, Sweden will be allowed |
| 1:01.9 | to join the transatlantic military alliance. |
| 1:04.4 | White House correspondent Asma Haaland is with us now from Lithuania's Capitol Villanios. |
| 1:08.7 | Asma, good morning. |
| 1:10.4 | Good morning, Michelle. |
| 1:11.6 | So yesterday you were reminding us about why Turkey has been blocking Sweden's admission |
| 1:15.9 | from more than a year. |
| 1:16.9 | Turkey had these complaints that Sweden was not doing enough to clamp down on groups |
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