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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

• Iran says it will have 'indirect' talks with the U.S. in Oman on Saturday
  Iran says it will have indirect talks with the U.S. Saturday in Oman, opening possible diplomacy over Iran's nuclear program but revealing a potential sticking point about the format for negotiating.
  
• Flooding death toll in Congo's capital reaches 33 as officials race to help victims
  Heavy rains began last week, causing the key Ndjili River to overflow on Friday and submerge hundreds of buildings. Many residents blamed the government for not responding quickly enough.
  
• Garbage piles up in Birmingham as the U.K. city's sanitation strike enters 5th week
  As heaps of black bags littered sidewalks with their contents spilling out of holes chewed by critters, the city council declared a major incident to bring in additional cleanup crews and vehicles.
  

Monday, April 7, 2025

• China vows retaliation and a 'fight to the end' after Trump's latest tariff threat
  Trump said on Truth Social he would impose the new tariffs on China if Beijing did not retract a 34% retaliatory tariff on U.S. goods that it announced in response to Trump's initial salvo last Wednesday.
  
• The U.S. will hold direct, high-level talks with Iran, Trump says
  It's been more than a decade since the two powers have had direct talks. President Trump offered few details about what the talks would entail, or when they'd be scheduled.
  
• War and Peace in Sudan's Capital
  Until very recently Sudan's capital, Khartoum, had spent nearly two years at war. A paramilitary group went to war with the Sudanese army, occupying the city until it was retaken by government forces in the last few weeks. This has meant massive life shifts for residents of Khartoum who have stayed in the city. One resident has been sending our correspondent regular voice notes telling him about what life is like. We hear what it means to have a war break out in your city and what it is like to finally be liberated.
  
• Trump says some countries like Israel and Japan want to strike deals on tariffs
  President Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as global concern about Trump's tariffs intensifies.
  
• Netanyahu is meeting with Trump to discuss Israeli hostages in Gaza and U.S. tariffs
  It's Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's second visit to the White House since President Trump took office this year, and comes as Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza hits the 18-month mark.
  
• UAW President Shawn Fain explains why he supports Trump's tariffs
  Shawn Fein supports auto industry tariffs but calls broad tariffs "reckless."
  
• Morning news brief
  Markets continue to tumble following Trump's tariffs announcement last week, Trump administration faces midnight deadline to return wrongfully deported man, second child dies from measles in Texas.