Trump promises to resolve DC crime. And Putin-Trump meeting to discuss the end of the war

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President Trump last night federal agents in Washington, DC deployed. He promised people who have no housing to push away and remove criminals from the street and place them in the prisons. The president announced on social media that he would hold a press conference today at 10 am to discuss the ending crime in the capital of the country. Violent crime in Washington achieved a low of 30 years last year, according to the US Department of Justice.

• 🎧 NPR’s Brian Mann was in the streets of DC last night and tells First on that he saw dozens of agentsSome wear masks and one that wears a military style gun. At one point there was a small car accident and various federal agents ran to the stage. Mann says that the Metropolitan Police Department, the city police, seemed to have the situation almost under control. Mann also visited a homeless camp where he spoke with several people, including 39-year-old Greg Evans, who has been struggling with addiction and health problems for years. Evans said he’s Afraid that Trump can do what he wantsBut he refuses to live in fear all his life.

Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to meet on Friday in Alaska to discuss a possible ceasefires in Ukraine. The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy does not seem to be admitted and Putin has said that he is not ready for a meeting with him. Vice-president JD Vance suggested Fox News yesterday that it is only a matter of time before there is a Putin-Trump-Inzenezzensky meeting.

• 🎧 European leaders have issued a statement and rejected all attempts by Trump and Putin to conclude a deal that would force concessions on UkraineSays Charles Maynes of NPR. Trump wants to end the war, but tries to use his personal relationship with Putin, according to Maynes. The president threatened sanctions against Russia last week and is now change his approach with Putinwho continued to reject his calls for peace, by trying to close a deal before an agreed ceasefire. Former Putin spokesperson Sergei Markov argued that large gestures were unlikely, but Putin would be looking for ways to keep Trump happy during these conversations.

The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his plan yesterday to take control of the rest of the Gaza Strip. The move includes the movement of the population that still stays in the piece of Gaza, not under Israeli control. Netanyahu pushed back against increasing criticism, in Israel and internationally, about the plan for military escalation. Families of hostages in Gaza belong to the people who denounce the move.

• 🎧 Emily Feng of NPR went to the border of Israel with Gaza yesterday, where she saw the destroyed northern edge. She could see smoke and hear the booms of the current Israeli bombing, which escalated all day. A Targeted air raid killed last night Anas Al Sharif, the most prominent TV journalist from Gaza and some of his colleagues. Feng followed a group of different Israeli mothers and at least one former chief of staff from the army to the border with Gaza, where they protested against the war. One of the demonstrators, Agamit Gelb, is the mother of a soldier who is currently fighting in the Israeli army. Her second son is about to be set up. She says that she and other mothers can already see “the impact of the war” on their sons on their sons.

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Island storm Is about two brothers and sisters who attract their boots and go to the sea after they feel a storm that is approaching. The memory of a storm that wiped through an island of Brian Floca on the coast of Maine inspired him to write the children’s book. While the children are starting their journey, they pass the shed houses, a neighbor home and an empty city. Sydney Smith brought Floca’s words to life with illustrations showing drama and emotion, some of which can even be a bit scary. Floca says that the book is about risks and taking risks and encouraging children to embrace children. View some illustrations from the book.

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Through Vincent Ni NoInternational Desk Editor

In recent years, journalists, policymakers and historians have struggled with the changing contours of the “post-war world order”-both came a new era, others warn of decline. The international correspondents of NPR have been in the front line that describe this evolving landscape with depth and nuance. Because this topic has emerged again in recent months, NPR is today launching a new series that looks at the forces that change the new world order. We explore the past and the present and think about what the future can look like.

Given from Washington, the rates of President Trump, doubts about the effectiveness of security alliances such as NATO and skepticism compared to multilateralism, many countries – including some of the most steadfast allies of the US – are pushing a future where they “go alone”.

But they may not be that lonely: as the American influence diminishes, countries around the world look together to fill the vacuum that many feel that it leaves behind. This applies in particular in the atmosphere atmosphere. These are uncertain times, and there is no guarantee that the new international dynamic will cause progress and prosperity that the world has experienced since the Second World War.

In contrast to the year of worldwide elections last year, this project invites deeper. For example, while world leaders gather in New York next month for the United Nations General Meeting, we may wonder: Is the United Nations still relevant as a symbol of the post -war order? Or when Trump meets King Charles in the UK, we can explore: can the “Special Relationship” tolerates in today’s changing geopolitical terrain?

We start today with this series Morning edition. Steve Inkk investigates the Role of the American presidency With historian and author Max Boot, who has written a recent book about Ronald Reagan.

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Some of Dan Pelzer’s book recommendations.

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1. In the course of his life, Pelzer has put together a reading list with 3,599 books that spans genres. To celebrate the performance, the Columbus Metropolitan Library in Ohio, where he was a loyal patron, changed the list into a searchable PDF And prepare a display with some of his choices. (Via WBUR))
2. The Italian government received the green light last week to start construction of the Strait of Messina Bridge, which would connect Sicily with the rest of Italy. It would be the world’s largest single-span-rang bridge.
3. Texas Trophy Hunter Asher Watkins was killed by a Cape Buffalo during a yacht expedition in South Africa, according to a Safari Company.

This newsletter was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.