Ukrainian General Speaks, U.S. Air Quality, Paris Police Killing

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🗓️ 29 June 2023

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A Ukrainian general says the Wagner group is not crucial to Russia's current efforts in Ukraine. Many Midwestern cities are experiencing unhealthy air from wildfire smoke. Anger erupted into violence across France after police shot and killed a 17 year-old Tuesday.

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0:00.0	How will the mercenary rebellion in Russia affect a counteroffensive in Ukraine?
0:07.3	Not much according to a Ukrainian general who formerly fought in the Soviet army.
0:11.2	We hear his story.
0:12.2	I'm Steve Innskipe with Leyla Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.0	Smoke from Canadian fires is again blanketing some US cities creating some of the worst
0:25.5	air quality in the world.
0:27.3	And anger over a police killing is fueling protests across France.
0:37.9	Demonstrators are setting fires and shooting fireworks at police after a 17-year-old was shot
0:43.5	during a traffic stop.
0:44.5	So stay with us, we'll give you the news you need to start your day.
0:54.0	Today we begin with perfection.
0:56.8	Leyla isn't that how we always begin?
0:58.6	I mean obviously Steve, but I'm talking about a perfect game in baseball.
1:15.5	Domingo Hermann is the Yankees pitcher who threw the perfect game.
1:18.9	He faced 27 batters and not a single one got on base.
1:22.0	Major League Baseball's first perfect game in 11 years and the first under the new
1:26.7	pitch-clock.
1:27.7	In addition to sports though, we are following the news.
1:30.3	Russia's president is asserting control after a failed uprising last weekend.
1:34.6	Some of Vladimir Putin's generals have not been seen in public and that has fed questions
1:39.3	about who may be under suspicion or under arrest for what they knew of the mercenary mutiny.
1:44.6	And all of this is being closely watched in neighboring Ukraine and Pyarsk-Greg Mayri
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