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--:-- Giles Snyder: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Portland, Oregon Mayor Keith Wilson is responding to President Trump's announcement that he's planning to send troops to the city.
--:-- Giles Snyder: President Trump has directed all necessary troops to Portland, Oregon. The number of necessary troops is zero.
--:-- Giles Snyder: On social media this weekend, Trump said troops were necessary to protect immigration facilities from protesters.
--:-- Giles Snyder: His announcement makes Portland the latest Democratic-led city to face a troop deployment.
--:-- Giles Snyder: But Mayor Wilson says Portland is not a military target.
--:-- Giles Snyder: He spoke at a news conference with Governor Tina Kotek.
--:-- Giles Snyder: They say the troops would only inflame tensions.
--:-- Giles Snyder: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has confirmed the identities of the three detainees who were shot at its field office in Dallas last Wednesday.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Tolomani Osibamowo with member station KERA reports that one victim family says he is in grave condition in the hospital.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Norlin Guzman Fuentes, a 37-year-old from El Salvador, was killed in the shooting.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office lists his cause of death as homicide.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Miguel Garcia Hernandez of Mexico remains in the hospital.
--:-- Giles Snyder: A third detainee, Jose Bordones Molina of Venezuela, was injured in the shooting, but his condition is unclear.
--:-- Giles Snyder: An ICE official confirmed the men's identities, but did not specify when or why they were taken into custody.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Authorities say 29-year-old Fairview resident Joshua Yon shot at the ICE office from a nearby building before turning the gun on himself.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The Department of Justice says Yon meant to target ICE agents.
--:-- Giles Snyder: For NPR News, I'm Toluani Osibamow in Dallas.
--:-- Giles Snyder: President Trump is scheduled to meet tomorrow with top congressional Republicans and Democrats.
--:-- Giles Snyder: A meeting confirmed last night in a joint statement from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The meeting will take place one day before the deadline to fund government operations or face a partial shutdown.
--:-- Giles Snyder: International humanitarian aid groups are still reeling from the Trump administration's decision to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development.
--:-- Giles Snyder: And Paris-Michelle Kellerman reports there was a lot of concern about that at the U.N. General Assembly last week.
--:-- Paris-Michelle Kellerman: After one side meeting about the record number of people fleeing conflicts around the world, Jan Egelin, the head of the Norwegian Refugee Council, told NPR that eight organizations are still hurting from U.S. budget cuts.
--:-- Paris-Michelle Kellerman: It has consequences to the smallest refugee camp.
--:-- Paris-Michelle Kellerman: I've seen water towers not being filled anymore with drinking water to refugee camps because the one group that was responsible for that, lost all U.S. funding overnight.
--:-- Paris-Michelle Kellerman: He says other countries have followed the U.S. lead, cutting aid and closing borders, a double blow for the world's refugees.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, the United Nations.
--:-- Giles Snyder: And from Washington, you're listening to NPR News.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Officials in southern India say a stampede at a political rally killed at least 39 people and injured dozens of others.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The rally in the state of Tamil Nadu was for a popular Indian actor-turned-politician who was speaking when the crowd surged.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The government has announced an investigation.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Tens of thousands had gathered for the rally amid sweltering heat.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Voters in Moldova going to the polls today in a high-stakes parliamentary election that could affect efforts to join the European Union.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Russia is accused of mounting a vote and disinformation operation, an allegation that Moscow dismisses.
--:-- Giles Snyder: In Switzerland, voters are deciding on whether to introduce electronic identity cards.
--:-- Giles Snyder: A similar referendum failed in 2021.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Retired U.S. Foreign Service officer Tess Johnson died this month in Washington, D.C.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Johnston had a second career documenting the colonial architecture of Shanghai.
--:-- Giles Snyder: As NPR's Frank Langford reports.
--:-- Frank Langford: Johnson roamed the streets and back alleys, cataloging French-style villas and neoclassical buildings that gave Shanghai its cosmopolitan face.
--:-- Frank Langford: It was a race against the wrecking ball as China's boom fueled the mass demolition of colonial architecture in favor of modern high-rises.
--:-- Frank Langford: As she told me in 2016, "Where else in the world would you find such a variety of buildings? Maybe New York City."
--:-- Frank Langford: And it was just enchanting, really enchanting.
--:-- Frank Langford: With Chinese photographer Er Dongchang, Johnston published more than two dozen books, introducing a new generation to an architectural heritage that had largely been forgotten.
--:-- Frank Langford: As she put it, "I'm grateful I could be here and see it as it was."
--:-- Giles Snyder: Frank Langford, NPR News, Washington.
--:-- Giles Snyder: And I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR.
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