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Lakshmi Singh
Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Former President Bill Clinton is testifying behind closed doors today before members of the U.S. house Investigating cases related to the late convicted sex predator Jeffrey Epstein. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified yesterday. Like his wife, the former president released a copy of his opening remarks in which he says he had no idea of Epstein's crimes. Clinton says no matter how many photos he is shown in and how that they may be interpreted. The former president says he saw nothing and did nothing wrong. Vice President J.D. vance is set to meet today with the Omani foreign Minister about Iran. NPR's Frank Gordonias reports on the latest turn of Iranian negotiations to avert a military strike.
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Frank Ordonez
The meeting with Vice President Vance and Iran's Badr Al Bou Saidi, who has served as mediator in the talks, follows a third round of indirect discussions between US Envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son in law Jared Kushner with Iran. Some see the meetings as one of the last chances for the sides to reach a deal before the US Launches strikes on Iran. The US has already amassed a large military presence in the Middle east as negotiations continue. Ahead of the meeting, the vice president told the Washington Post, the idea that we're going to be in a Middle Eastern war for years with no end in sight, there's no chance that'll happen. Franco Ordonez, NPR News, the White House.
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Lakshmi Singh
Pakistan and Afghanistan are in an open war, according to Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Mohammed Asif. Today, the neighbors have a long and complicated but the latest confrontation is described as the most serious in months. Afghanistan conducted extensive cross border attacks last night. It says it was retaliating for Pakistan's airstrike. Sunday. The AI company Anthropic says it won't agree to demands from the Defense Department to loosen its safety standards to help the U.S. military. NPR's John Ruich reports. The Pentagon wants to use Anthropic's AI models without limits.
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John Ruich
The DOD wants to be able to use Anthropic's AI for, quote, any lawful use. But the company has drawn a line saying it does not want its AI models used for domestic mass surveillance or in fully autonomous weapons. This week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth threatened to blacklist Anthropic over those limits. Now Anthropic CEO Dario Amode says in a statement his company cannot in good conscience accede to the DoD demands. He says in some cases, AI can undermine rather than defend democratic values and threats from the DoD do not change Anthropic's position. DoD spokesperson Sean Parnell said on social media the Pentagon has no interest in using AI to conduct mass surveillance of Americans or to use AI to develop fully autonomous weapons. John Ruich, NPR News.
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Lakshmi Singh
U.S. stocks trading lower this hour with the Dow down 573 points, or more than 1%. It's NPR News. An attorney for Ouse Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro says Maduro is being deprived of his constitutional rights. NPR's Carrie Johnson reports on a new court filing.
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Carrie Johnson
Barry Pollack, a U S. Based lawyer from Maduro, says the American government has repeatedly granted special permission to people who want to do business in Venezuela. Those licenses are necessary because of American sanctions. But Pollack says the Treasury Department has essentially barred Venezuela from paying its former president's legal fees in what he says amounts to an unlawful interference with Maduro's right to counsel. Under Venezuelan law, that government would cover the president's legal fees, not American taxpayers. Federal agents and troops seized Maduro in an overnight operation last month from the heart of the Venezuelan capital. He's pleaded not guilty to narco terror and weapons charges. Carrie Johnson, NPR News, Washington.
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Lakshmi Singh
Netflix walked away from its bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery studio and streaming business. Paramount skydance won out. NPR's David Folkenflick says a merger would create Hollywood behemoth.
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David Folkenflik
You'd have Warner Brothers Studios and Paramount Studios under the same roof. You'd have Paramount, the streaming property, which is a bit on the smaller side paired with HBO Max, one of the dominant streamers coming from Hollywood. You'd have CBS and CBS News with CNN and Comedy Central and Discovery and TBS and a bunch of other properties showing a lot of Entertainment and Sports.
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Lakshmi Singh
NPR's David Folkenflake reporting. I'm Lakshmi Singh, NPR News.
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