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Nora Ramm
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Ramm. Maine Democrats today overwhelmingly nominated Troy Jackson to run for the US Senate in November. He'll face Republican Susan Collins, who has held that seat since 1997. Jackson is a fifth generation logger from rural northern Maine and has served as the president of the state Senate. He said when the people in power refuse to listen, the people must stand in solidarity.
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Troy Jackson
Working people, despite all of our challenges, are not powerless. You know, we're only made to feel powerless when we stand alone. And that is what they try and do is divide us. And that's why I entered public life, you know, fought for working people in the legislature and in the Maine Senate. And that's why I'm running for the United States Senate today.
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Nora Ramm
Maine is seen as a key battleground that may determine whether Republicans maintain control of the Senate. The White House Correspondents association held its annual dinner last night. It was rescheduled after a gunman had tried to storm the ballroom in April. President Trump had promised to return to speak, and he did. But not, he said, the speech he had planned last time. He said he left out the most biting parts. But as NPR's David Folkenflick reports, he had plenty of insults.
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David Folkenflick
He was there, you know, at the lectern for over an hour, giving a fair amount of one liners, going after his critics, the people who are his political opponents, Democrats, potential opponents for the not opponents, but potential replacements for the next presidential race, people he sees as enemies, people in the press. You know, anytime the guy's in front of a microphone, he's going to indulge in these instincts.
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Nora Ramm
NPR's David Folkenflick, India's education minister, resigned today. And after weeks of student led protests in India's capital, the demonstrations have grown into wider protests against the government and started a new party called the Cockroach Movement. A demonstration was held yesterday at an Indian consulate in California. Lakshmi Sara from member station KQED reports from San Francisco.
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Protester
Shame on Indian government.
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Lakshmi Sara
The protest began with chants against Delhi police and the Indian government. After leaks of entrance examinations, the cockroach movement grew into a call for government accounting sustainability, bringing thousands of people to New Delhi. Ruchika Kumar's sign says Proud SF Aunt of Cockroaches.
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Protester
I can't believe the chief justice of India, the kind of people we have, that he's calling youngsters cockroaches. But I love the Gen Z. They owned it, they've gone with it and they're having such a good time.
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Lakshmi Sara
India's education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced his resignation in a post on X. For npr, I'm Lakshmi Sara.
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Nora Ramm
The Iran backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said today they fired missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the Yemen city Hodeidah on the Red Sea. This is NPR News in Washington. Typhoon Newell is approaching China and Hong Kong with heavy rain and maximum sustained winds of about 90 miles per hour. It's expected to make landfall early tomorrow local time. Chinese officials say more than 340,000 people have been evacuated in advance of the storm. In Hong Kong, more than 150 flights have been canceled. Wildfires continue to rage in Southern Europe. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports. Evacuations are underway near the southwest French city of Bordeaux.
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Eleanor Beardsley
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecournu said the fire had reached conditions that, quote, we have never seen before and that more than 141,000 people have been evacuated from the Gironde and Lande region region, which lie close to Bordeaux. President Emmanuel Macron has mobilized the army to assist as firefighters battle blazes they say are spreading quickly in high winds and across parched land. Fires are also raging near the Spanish capital of Madrid. Scientists say Europe is heating faster than other places on the planet due to man made global warming conditions. Three consecutive heat waves have left drought conditions across the continent. EU figures say more than 1200 fires have already burned through 600,000 acres this year. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News.
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Nora Ramm
The grand finale of the Tour de France is tomorrow when the cyclists arrive through the streets of Paris. The event's organizers and the Paris police issued a joint statement today that it's being shortened because emergency services have been deployed to deal with the fires. The grand finale will now be 89 kilometers instead of 133. I'm Nora Ramm, NPR News, in Washington.
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