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News brief: dirty bomb accusations, Davos in the desert, Trump Organization trial

6:14am October 25, 2022

The West warns Russia over its accusations that Ukraine is preparing a dirty bomb. Top bankers and investors flock to a Saudi conference. Trump's family business goes on trial for tax evasion.

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Rishi Sunak will become Britain's new prime minister

4:39pm October 24, 2022

by Frank Langfitt

Rishi Sunak will become Britain's new prime minister — its third in two months. He won the race to be leader of the Conservative Party today.

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Women's National Basketball Association player Brittney Griner leaves the courtroom after the verdict in Khimki, outside Moscow, on Aug. 4. A Russian court found Griner guilty of smuggling and storing narcotics.

Brittney Griner will appeal her prison sentence in Russia on Tuesday

12:39pm October 24, 2022

by Charles Maynes

"Brittney does not expect any miracles to happen but hopes that the appeal court will hear the arguments of the defense and reduce the term," her lawyers said in a statement.

Rishi Sunak meets supporters at a Conservative Party leadership election in Birmingham, England, in August. He lost that election to Liz Truss.

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Rishi Sunak will become the next U.K. prime minister

11:30am October 24, 2022

by Willem Marx

A popular former chancellor of the exchequer under Boris Johnson's premiership, Sunak will be the first nonwhite to take the top job and the youngest prime minister in more than 200 years.

A resident looks out the window holding a candle for light inside her house during a power outage, in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Thursday. Airstrikes cut power and water supplies to hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on Tuesday, part of what the country's president called an expanding Russian campaign to drive the nation into the cold and dark.

Ukraine war updates: Russia hits power grid, Iran accused of stepping in (Oct. 24)

10:05am October 24, 2022

by NPR Staff

As Russia's large-scale invasion of Ukraine hits the eight-month mark, here's a look at key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of the war.

Rishi Sunak leads the race to become the U.K.'s next prime minister

7:28am October 24, 2022

The former treasury chief was runner-up to Liz Truss in the contest to replace scandal-plagued Boris Johnson as Conservative Party leader and prime minister. Truss quit after a turbulent 45-day term.

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A new U.K. leader could ease political chaos, but economic fixes will be harder

7:28am October 24, 2022

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Adam Posen of the Peterson Institute for International Economics about what a new U.K. prime minister may mean for Britain's economy and beyond.

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Bosnian woman celebrated her 100th birthday with an exhibition of her artwork

6:22am October 24, 2022

At the age of 87, Nada Rudan discovered a new skill: painting. The centenarian who survived World War II and the siege of Sarajevo in the 90s, says she does not consider herself a "true artist."

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Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at Gatwick Airport in London on Saturday, after travelling on a flight from the Caribbean following the resignation of Liz Truss as prime minister.

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Boris Johnson drops out of the race to be the next U.K. prime minister

6:21pm October 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

Treasury chief Rishi Sunak is now the strong favorite to become Britain's next prime minister — the third this year — at a time of political turmoil and severe economic challenges.

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What the rhetoric used by Zelenskyy and Putin can tell us about the war in Ukraine

12:23pm October 23, 2022

by Ayesha Rascoe

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Nina Jankowicz, an expert on information wars, about how Presidents Zelenskyy and Putin are talking about Ukraine, for both domestic and international audiences.

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