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Good morning. You’re reading the Up First newsletter. Subscribe here to get it delivered to your inbox, and listen to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today’s top stories A bipartisan group of senators reached a deal last night to reopen the government and end the longest shutdown in U.S. history. … Read more
Typhoon Fung-wong slammed the Philippines Monday, killing two and displacing over 1 million people. NPR’s Leila Fadel speaks to the World Food Programme’s Regis Chapman about the aid being provided. Source link
Nearly 200 countries gather every year at Conference of the Parties (COP) meetings to discuss and negotiate ways to address global climate change. Brazil will host COP30 from November 10-21 in the northern city of Belém. Wagner Meier/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Wagner Meier/Getty Images Most of the world’s nations are gathering in Brazil’s … Read more
This time last year, Ahmed al-Sharaa [[ahk-mahd al-SHAH-raa]] had a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head. He is now Syria’s president and will meet with President Trump at the White House Monday. Source link
As Brazil prepares to host COP30, residents of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas are mobilizing to make sure the voices of the world’s informal settlements aren’t left out of global climate talks. Source link
BBC Director-General Tim Davie is pictured at BBC World Service offices in London, Thursday, April 28, 2022. Hannah McKay/Pool Reuters hide caption toggle caption Hannah McKay/Pool Reuters LONDON — The head of the BBC and the British broadcaster’s top news executive both resigned Sunday after criticism of the way the organization edited a speech by … Read more
Freed Israeli hostage Matan Angrest holds a photo of Hadar Goldin, an Israeli soldier killed in 2014 whose body has been held in Gaza since then, during a rally calling for the return of the deceased hostages who are held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. Mahmoud … Read more
Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, right, walks past as police officers block an entrance to the Louvre after thieves carried out a daylight raid on French crown jewels, in Paris, Oct. 19, 2025. Thibault Camus/AP hide caption toggle caption Thibault Camus/AP PARIS — When 15-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux realized an Associated Press photo of him at … Read more
FILE – Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the summit of the Commonwealth of Independent States at the Palace of the Nation in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Oct. 10, 2025. Vladimir Smirnov/AP via Pool Sputnik Kremlin hide caption toggle caption Vladimir Smirnov/AP via Pool Sputnik Kremlin WASHINGTON … Read more
A view of the destroyed Shujaiya neighborhood on the outskirts of Gaza City, from an Israeli military outpost in northern Gaza, on Wednesday. Daniel Estrin/NPR hide caption toggle caption Daniel Estrin/NPR NORTHERN GAZA STRIP — It is utterly quiet in a place once known as one of the most densely populated in the world. The … Read more