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--:-- Giles Snyder: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. Today is day 40 of the government shutdown. House members remain out of town, but NPR's Amy Held reports a Senate is working to break the impasse, and is due to reconvene this afternoon.
--:-- Amy Held: The Senate's Saturday session yielded no votes, no text for a package of spending bills under negotiation to reopen the government, and no detectable headway. However, their first weekend session of the shutdown did mark a start.
--:-- Amy Held: That will not end, Senate Majority Leader John Thune told reporters they will stay in session until the impasse is broken. The Senate has tried and failed 14 times to pass a House-approved stopgap funding bill. But the heart of the stalemate remains.
--:-- Amy Held: Democrats won't vote to end the shutdown until health care subsidies are extended. Republicans say they won't negotiate until the government is reopened.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Amy Held, NPR News, Washington.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Flight delays and cancellations piling up for a third day according to the flight tracking website FlightAware Cancellations so far today top 1 And there are more than 1 delays as the Federal Aviation Administration limits air traffic at major airports around the country due to safety concerns.
--:-- Giles Snyder: A new national survey shows that polarization in the country is taking an emotional toll on Americans. A majority of those surveyed say societal divisions stressing them out. NPR's Ritu Chatterjee reports.
--:-- Ritu Chatterjee: The survey by the American Psychological Association finds that 62% of adults say that social and political divisions in the country are a major source of stress. And they were more likely to say they feel socially isolated than those who aren't as bothered by societal divisions.
--:-- Ritu Chatterjee: Psychologist Vale Wright with the American Psychological Association says stress and social isolation have long-term health consequences. Often those are manifested in both physical symptoms and emotional symptoms that can look like headaches, fatigue, stomach problems, as well as increased levels of depression and anxiety.
--:-- Giles Snyder: Ritu Chatterjee, NPR News.
--:-- Giles Snyder: The Syrian president, Ahmed, has arrived in Washington for an official visit two days after the U.S. formally revoked his status as a specially designated global terrorist. Hours before his arrival his government announced the detention of dozens of suspected members of the Islamic State group
--:-- Lina Sinjab: The BBC has details.
--:-- Lina Sinjab: There has been a lot of effort by the new Syrian government to trace and attack members of ISIS That was also in cooperation with the international forces led by the U.S. sharing intelligence.
--:-- Lina Sinjab: This is a very important issue for the legacy of new interim president Ahmad al-Shara to gain the trust and the support of the international community, especially the U.S. that backed his position, lifted sanctions to allow him and Syria to grow.
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--:-- Giles Snyder: Nearly a million Filipinos have been evacuated from their homes as Super Typhoon Feng Wong lashes the country. The storm made landfall today with winds of 115 miles per hour. The storm is the second to hit the Philippines over the past week.
--:-- Giles Snyder: British lawmakers expected to raise questions this week about the conduct of the former Prince Andrew. Late last month, Andrew's demotion over his friendship with the late convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein was made official.
--:-- Vicki Barker: From London, I'm Vicki Barker.
--:-- Vicki Barker: Under the conventions of British democracy some dating back centuries there are certain things a member of parliament cannot say or do on the floor of the House of Commons They cannot be drunk they cannot call a fellow lawmaker a liar and they, as mere commoners, must not criticize the conduct of a member of the royal family.
--:-- Vicki Barker: A parliamentary committee had begun nipping at Andrew's heels when it announced a probe into the finances of how the late Queen's second son was able to live in a mansion in the grounds of Windsor Castle. But now that Andrew has been stripped of his title and demoted to commoner status himself, it may be gloves off in Parliament this week.
--:-- Giles Snyder: For NPR News, I'm Vicki Barker in London.
--:-- Giles Snyder: A sharply dressed individual photographed by the AP on the day the Louvre was robbed has been identified. Turns out he is a 15-year-old who lives with his parents and grandfather outside Paris.
--:-- Giles Snyder: He was photographed standing in front of a group of police officers wearing a Fedora, the AP, says he decided not to immediately unmask himself to play along with internet speculation.
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