The News Roundup For July 28, 2023
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🗓️ 29 July 2023
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Overseas, the situation surrounding the military takeover in Niger continues to develop. Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum was taken into custody this week by a group of soldiers. The U.S. and UN have raised concerns about regional stability.
And heat waves and natural disasters fueled by climate change in Europe and America are making life for citizens unbearable. This includes thousands fleeing their homes in Greece as wildfires rage across the country.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's David, your host for this edition of The News Roundup. |
| 0:03.4 | Just a quick heads up before we start the show, the news is rapidly changing, and things |
| 0:08.0 | may have changed by the time you hear this episode. |
| 0:10.6 | Stay up to date with news by listening to your local NPR member station, and visiting |
| 0:14.5 | npr.org for all the latest. |
| 0:17.2 | Thanks for listening, and enjoy the show. |
| 0:27.6 | After listening to the 1A podcast, I'm NPR's David Gura, and it's time for another |
| 0:31.4 | edition of The News Roundup. |
| 0:33.3 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:34.8 | It's been the hottest week of the summer. |
| 0:37.1 | Dangerously high temperatures are baking large parts of the south and the west, and now the |
| 0:42.2 | heat has moved east. |
| 0:43.4 | When Washington the political mercury is also rising, on Capitol Hill Republicans are floating |
| 0:48.8 | impeachment trial balloons, and there's been congressional testimony that unidentified |
| 0:53.7 | objects from outer space. |
| 0:55.6 | We have nothing that can stop in mid-air and go the other direction, nor do we have anything |
| 0:59.4 | that can come down from space, hang out for three hours, and go back up. |
| 1:02.6 | Mr. Gress finally, do you believe that our government is in possession of UAPs? |
| 1:06.0 | Absolutely based on interviewing over 40 witnesses over four years. |
| 1:10.2 | With us here on Planet Earth, our Todd Zwillick, he's the Deputy DC Bureau Chief Advice News, |
| 1:15.0 | also the author of the Breaking the Vote newsletter on democracy and indictments, Megan Scully |
| 1:19.9 | is with Bloomberg News and Anita Kumar, is the senior managing editor for standards, ethics, |
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