The Deadly Long-term Problem Hiding Throughout Gaza
After two years of war, Gaza is littered with unexploded bombs often hiding in the rubble of destroyed buildings. And they can be deadly even decades later. We go to Gaza to hear about one family’s encounter with an unexploded bomb and learn how long it might take make the territory safe.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Trump, Xi and the U.S.-China Relationship
President Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in South Korea amid a tense tariff war between the two countries. Trump was upbeat after the meeting in which both sides agreed to trade concessions. We take a look at the state of U.S.-China relations with a former U.S. ambassador to China.And ahead of that meeting, President Trump signed several rare earth agreements with Asian countries to reduce America's reliance on China. We hear why the U.S. is anxious to find other sources for these minerals and ask if it’s too little too late.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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The Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan Deepens
The Darfur region of Sudan because known to the world as the site of a genocide twenty years ago. The U.S. and U.N. say there is a genocide happening in Darfur again and now the violence there has reached a new level of horror. A paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces took control of the city of El Fasher, leaving hundreds of thousands of residents trapped under RSF control and there is evidence of atrocities being committed. We hear about what is happening in the city and a Sudanese-American poet who grew up in El Fasher and is watching from afar.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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Fighting Drug Traffickers Deep in the Peruvian Amazon
Isolated indigenous tribes deep in the Amazon rainforests of Peru are seeing the crop used to make cocaine spread into their lands from drug traffickers seeking more territory for cultivation. With the incursion comes deforestation and violence. We go to the rainforest and meet the self-defense force patrolling the jungle to stop the destruction. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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The Impact of U.S. Strikes in the Caribbean
The small island country of Trinidad and Tobago is in the middle of an American military buildup. The U.S. has deployed warships and attacked alleged drug boats nearby, leaving residents on edge. We hear from fishermen who see drones in the sky and go to the funeral of someone presumed to have been killed by a U.S. strike.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
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