Some grocery stores in Oklahoma, Texas and Alabama have vending machines that dispense ammunition. Some say they’re a safer way to sell it, while others say they send the wrong message.
Day: July 10, 2024
Israeli leaflets dropped across Gaza City warn inhabitants to leave in advance of a new round of urban combat. An estimated quarter-of-a-million people are still living there. We hear from Israeli spokesman David Mencer and Sam Rose from UNWRA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza.
Also in the programme: US actor Alec Baldwin appears in court accused of involuntary manslaughter after fatal filmset shooting; and the UK’s ‘sugar tax’ shown to sharply reduce consumers’ sugar intake.
(Photo: Palestinians inspect damage after Israeli forces withdrew from Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza city. Credit: REUTERS/Dawoud Abu Alkas)
Support for President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign appears to be dwindling among some top Democratic donors. A CNN analysis finds Israeli forces used US-made munitions in a deadly strike on a Gaza school complex. We’re learning more about the death of a Black man held down by security guards at a Wisconsin hotel. An investigation is underway after a statue of Anne Frank in Amsterdam was vandalized. Plus, the first witness in Alec Baldwin’s criminal trial over a fatal shooting on the set of the movie “Rust” testified today.
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Four years after World War II, leaders from Europe and North America formed an alliance largely aimed at deterring Soviet expansion — the North Atlantic Treaty Organization — NATO.
Seventy-five years later the member states of that organization have come together in Washington to celebrate NATO and plan for its future.
As they did in 1949, the NATO allies believe Russia presents the largest security threat to their world order. The immediate threat is Russia’s war with Ukraine, but the allies also worry about the future of America’s leadership.
Eight diplomats from the nations closest to Russia weigh in on the threat the country poses to them and the world order.
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