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--:-- Stephen Fowler: A massive firing of federal workers has begun. Notice went out to more than 4,000 federal workers across several agencies on Friday. Official word on the firings came in his social media posts.
--:-- Dale Willman: It's NPR's Stephen Fowler with our report.
--:-- Stephen Fowler: It's important to note that the news came from the Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vogt, posting on X simply, the rifts have begun.
--:-- Stephen Fowler: Now, an OMB spokesperson not authorized to speak publicly told NPR that the process was starting and that it would be, quote, substantial, but we don't really know what that means.
--:-- Stephen Fowler: Now, NPR's seen screenshots of notifications at places like the Environmental Protection Agency and the Housing and Urban Development, saying there will be rifts.
--:-- Stephen Fowler: Some unions representing employees at agencies like the Education Department say they've also been told layoffs are coming.
--:-- Dale Willman: That's NPR's Stephen Fowler with our report.
--:-- Juliana Kim: National Guard troops have begun patrols in Memphis. It part of a federal task force established by President Trump to combat crime.
--:-- Dale Willman: NPR Juliana Kim reports.
--:-- Juliana Kim: A few National Guard members have been spotted near the famous Bass Pro Shop pyramid in Memphis. It remains unclear how many troops in total will be deployed and what parts of the city they'll be in.
--:-- Juliana Kim: Federal agents began to arrive last month and operations related to the anti-crime federal task force launched last week.
--:-- Juliana Kim: A small number of Guard members were also already in Memphis to handle planning and logistics.
--:-- Juliana Kim: Unlike other cities facing troop deployments, the Guard in Memphis is operating under the governor's command.
--:-- Dale Willman: Julianna Kim, NPR News.
--:-- Anas Baba: Israeli troops pulled out from parts of Gaza on Friday as a ceasefire went into effect there.
--:-- Dale Willman: And as NPR's Anas Baba reports, crowds of Palestinians who were displaced during the war are now returning to places that used to be Israeli military zones.
--:-- Anas Baba: I walk through Gaza City now and it feels like I'm witnessing a place being born again.
--:-- Anas Baba: On every corner there is reunion, silent embraces, dust-covered faces pressed together.
--:-- Anas Baba: The joy of surviving here doesn't erase the grief, yes. There is entire blocks now, looks like an open grave, only debris.
--:-- Anas Baba: But Gazans here they don't wait for permission to live. They carry hope like oxygen.
--:-- Anas Baba: Gaza is not only rubble. Gaza is resilience. And what I see today is people writing themselves back into existence.
--:-- Dale Willman: Anas Baba on PR News, Gaza City.
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--:-- Dale Willman: Top diplomats from Turkey and Iraq have reached a tentative agreement on sharing water and managing reduced flows through the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
--:-- Dale Willman: The region is facing worsening drought conditions, and access to water can be a major cause of conflicts.
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--:-- Dale Willman: A new UNICEF child alert and a fresh food security report warn that Haiti's deepening crisis is putting children at unprecedented risk, and they're not just facing hunger, but violence as well.
--:-- Harold Isaac: More than 5.7 million Haitians are now facing acute food insecurity.
--:-- Harold Isaac: With gangs controlling much of the country, children are increasingly drawn into armed groups.
--:-- Harold Isaac: UNICEF Regional Director Roberto Beness says they are being stripped of their future by poverty and fear.
--:-- Harold Isaac: They might be as young as 10 years in some cases. They are first and foremost victims.
--:-- Harold Isaac: He says any new security push, including the gang suppression force, must protect children first.
--:-- Dale Willman: UNICEF warns that unless children are shielded from both hunger and violence, Haiti risks losing an entire generation.
--:-- Dale Willman: Harold Isaac, NPR News, Port-au-Prince.
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--:-- Dale Willman: Peruvians welcomed a new president on Friday, but it's their seventh president in less than a decade.
--:-- Dale Willman: Jose Jerry is now leading the nation after its Congress removed President Dina Bolluarte in an overnight impeachment.
--:-- Dale Willman: Officials say she was removed because of her inability to reduce crime in the nation.
--:-- Dale Willman: There were no votes against her impeachment.
--:-- Dale Willman: Asia Wilson scored 31 points, and Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young both have added 18 as the Las Vegas Aces beat the Phoenix Mercury 97-86 Friday.
--:-- Dale Willman: The Aces swept the series to get their third championship in four seasons.
--:-- Dale Willman: Las Vegas scored 54 points in the first half and averaged more than 90 points a game in the series.
--:-- Dale Willman: I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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