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In our news wrap Tuesday, a judge dismissed terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, President Trump is in London for his second state visit to the UK, the New York Times is pushing back against a $15 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Trump and Israeli forces unleashed a long-threatened ground assault to seize the center of Gaza City. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

For more than two decades, activist, educator, diplomat Jessica Stern has worn a variety of hats in her efforts to advance LGBTQ human rights around the world, always at the forefront — unafraid, unapologetic, speaking truth to power. Currently serving as Senior Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Policy Fellow at the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights at the Harvard Kennedy School, Stern talks about her pioneering work at the United Nations, her tenure as the top queer diplomat in the U.S. State Department and her advice for standing up for human rights in a hostile world (interviewed by David Hunt). And in NewsWrap: the lower house of the Dutch parliament votes to criminalize so-called “conversion therapy,” Hong Kong legislators overwhelmingly vote down a bill to grant same-gender couples limited legal rights, an hour-long LGBTQ+ Pride motorcade cruises through the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in the very midst of the Russian invasion, the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily allows transgender students in South Carolina can use campus bathrooms that align with their gender identity, Oregon state lawmaker Cyrus Javadi has had enough of the Republican Party, and more international LGBTQ+ news reported this week by Joe Boehnlein and Melanie Keller (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the September 15, 2025 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/

Let's catch up with what's been going on around the world with Alice Wilkins.

In our news wrap Monday, President Trump said the U.S. military conducted a strike on a second boat he alleged was carrying drugs from Venezuela, FBI Director Kash Patel said investigators found DNA evidence near the Charlie Kirk shooting scene that matches suspect Tyler Robinson and the U.S. said it reached a "framework" deal with China over ownership of TikTok. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Monday, President Trump said the U.S. military conducted a strike on a second boat he alleged was carrying drugs from Venezuela, FBI Director Kash Patel said investigators found DNA evidence near the Charlie Kirk shooting scene that matches suspect Tyler Robinson and the U.S. said it reached a "framework" deal with China over ownership of TikTok. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Time to catch up on what's happening overseas with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

In our news wrap Sunday, Utah’s governor shared new details about the suspected shooter in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the airspace around Poland is being closely monitored after last week’s Russian drone incursion, a few hundred Ebola vaccines reached southern Congo amid an outbreak, and Qatar hosts a summit to consider a response to Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in the country. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Sunday, Utah’s governor shared new details about the suspected shooter in Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the airspace around Poland is being closely monitored after last week’s Russian drone incursion, a few hundred Ebola vaccines reached southern Congo amid an outbreak, and Qatar hosts a summit to consider a response to Israel’s strike on Hamas leaders in the country. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Time to catch up on what's happening overseas with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

In our news wrap Saturday, Trump ramped up pressure on NATO to stop purchasing Russian energy in a letter to allies, Israel launched more deadly airstrikes on Gaza as it intensifies military operations, curfew was lifted in Nepal’s capital after a new interim prime minister was appointed, and Jane Austen fans gathered in England to celebrate the author’s 250th birthday. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Saturday, Trump ramped up pressure on NATO to stop purchasing Russian energy in a letter to allies, Israel launched more deadly airstrikes on Gaza as it intensifies military operations, curfew was lifted in Nepal’s capital after a new interim prime minister was appointed, and Jane Austen fans gathered in England to celebrate the author’s 250th birthday. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Friday, Homeland Security says an ICE officer shot and killed a suspect outside Chicago who drove his car into officers, Trump says he’s sending National Guard troops to Memphis, Missouri’s senate passed a redistricting plan favoring Republicans, the EPA moved to stop collecting emissions data from about 8,000 U.S. facilities, and Nepal has a new interim prime minister. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called a violation of Polish airspace by several Russian drones a major provocation. Pacific island nations say they intend to work with Anthony Albanese in the coming weeks to secure Australia as the host of the next United Nations climate talks, known as COP 31. A childcare worker has been charged after an investigation into child abuse material uncovered more than 550,000 images.　Recorded 12 September. - ロシアの複数のドローンが、ポーランドの領空を侵犯したことを受け、ポーランドのトゥスク首相は、ロシアとEUが「公然たる衝突」へと近づいていると警告しました。次回の国連気候変動会議（COP31）をオーストラリアで開催するため、太平洋諸島諸国は今後数週間のうちにアンソニー・アルバニージー首相と協力する方針を示しました。ニューサウスウェールズ州で勤務していた保育士の男が、55万点に上る、児童虐待資料を保持していたとして、起訴されました。1週間を振り返るニュースラップです。9月12日収録。

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has called a violation of Polish airspace by several Russian drones a major provocation. Pacific island nations say they intend to work with Anthony Albanese in the coming weeks to secure Australia as the host of the next United Nations climate talks, known as COP 31. A childcare worker has been charged after an investigation into child abuse material uncovered more than 550,000 images. - ロシアの複数のドローンが、ポーランドの領空を侵犯したことを受け、ポーランドのトゥスク首相は、ロシアとEUが「公然たる衝突」へと近づいていると警告しました。次回の国連気候変動会議（COP31）をオーストラリアで開催するため、太平洋諸島諸国は今後数週間のうちにアンソニー・アルバニージー首相と協力する方針を示しました。ニューサウスウェールズ州で勤務していた保育士の男が、55万点に上る、児童虐待資料を保持していたとして、起訴されました。1週間を振り返るニュースラップです。

-U describe Russian drones in Polish airspace as a move toward open conflict; Liberal Senator ejected from the front bench after comments about the Australian Indian community; and in sport, Wallabies fly-half Tom Lynagh cleared for Argentina rematch this weekend...

In our news wrap Thursday, authorities in Colorado say the 16-year-old who fired multiple shots at a high school was radicalized by an extremist network, the British ambassador to the U.S. was fired over his connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, more than 300 South Korean workers are heading home after a Georgia raid and Americans marked the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Thursday, authorities in Colorado say the 16-year-old who fired multiple shots at a high school was radicalized by an extremist network, the British ambassador to the U.S. was fired over his connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, more than 300 South Korean workers are heading home after a Georgia raid and Americans marked the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Time to catch up on what's happening overseas with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

In our news wrap Wednesday, the Trump administration appealed a judge's decision to let Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook stay on the job as she challenges her dismissal, three former FBI officials are suing over their firings, an immigration arrest in New York boiled over into a confrontation with protestors and French demonstrators clashed with police in the latest challenge to Macron. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Let's catch up with what's been going on around the world with Alice Wilkins.

In our news wrap Tuesday, the Trump administration is fighting to contain the fallout after House Democrats released Jeffrey Epstein case documents that reference the president by name, Nepal's prime minister resigned amid widespread protests after the government imposed a wide-ranging social media ban and a Russian glide bomb struck a small village in Ukraine, killing at least 24 people. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Tuesday, the Trump administration is fighting to contain the fallout after House Democrats released Jeffrey Epstein case documents that reference the president by name, Nepal's prime minister resigned amid widespread protests after the government imposed a wide-ranging social media ban and a Russian glide bomb struck a small village in Ukraine, killing at least 24 people. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Let's catch up with what's been going on around the world with Alice Wilkins.

In our news wrap Monday, House Democrats released a letter that Donald Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein for a 2003 birthday book, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to keep nearly five billion dollars in foreign aid frozen and a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that ordered President Trump to pay $83 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Monday, House Democrats released a letter that Donald Trump allegedly sent to Jeffrey Epstein for a 2003 birthday book, the Trump administration is asking the Supreme Court to keep nearly five billion dollars in foreign aid frozen and a federal appeals court upheld a ruling that ordered President Trump to pay $83 million to writer E. Jean Carroll for defaming her. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Let's catch up with what's been going on around the world with Alice Wilkins.

In our news wrap Sunday, South Korea reached a deal with the U.S. to release hundreds of South Korean workers detained in last week’s immigration raid on a Hyundai plant in Georgia, Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv, Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba resigned from office, and Pope Leo XIV canonized Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Sunday, South Korea reached a deal with the U.S. to release hundreds of South Korean workers detained in last week’s immigration raid on a Hyundai plant in Georgia, Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv, Japan’s Prime Minister Ishiba resigned from office, and Pope Leo XIV canonized Carlo Acutis, the first millennial saint. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Let's catch up with what's been going on around the world with Alice Wilkins.

In our news wrap Saturday, South Korea’s government expressed “concern and regret” over Homeland Security’s immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia, Israel further expanded its military operation in Gaza City, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy ruled out a trip to Moscow to negotiate with Putin, and Darth Vader’s lightsaber sold at auction for $3.6 million. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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In our news wrap Friday, President Trump authorized the Defense Department to use the Department of War as its secondary title, Homeland Security carried out a massive immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia and Russian President Vladimir Putin said that any foreign troops deployed to Ukraine while the war is ongoing would be considered "legitimate targets." PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Human rights advocates have criticised the federal government for rushing new deportation laws through parliament. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken to United States President Donald Trump in a late-night phone call. The federal government has agreed to pay victims of the robodebt scheme $475 m in additional compensation to settle a second class action. - 連邦政府が今週、新しい国外退去法案を急いで上院で可決したことを受け、人権擁護団体から批判の声が上がっています。アンソニー・アルバニージー首相が、アメリカのドナルド・トランプ大統領と電話会談を行い、貿易やクリティカルミネラル、安全保障などの課題について話し合いました。連邦政府は、いわゆる「ロボデット」と呼ばれる自動システムで、不当な請求を受けた被害者に対し、追加で4億7,500万ドルを補償することに合意しました。1週間を振り返るニュースラップです。

Human rights advocates have criticised the federal government for rushing new deportation laws through parliament. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken to United States President Donald Trump in a late-night phone call. The federal government has agreed to pay victims of the robodebt scheme $475 m in additional compensation to settle a second class action. Recorded 5 September. - 連邦政府が今週、新しい国外退去法案を急いで上院で可決したことを受け、人権擁護団体から批判の声が上がっています。アンソニー・アルバニージー首相が、アメリカのドナルド・トランプ大統領と電話会談を行い、貿易やクリティカルミネラル、安全保障などの課題について話し合いました。連邦政府は、いわゆる「ロボデット」と呼ばれる自動システムで、不当な請求を受けた被害者に対し、追加で4億7,500万ドルを補償することに合意しました。1週間を振り返るニュースラップです。9月5日収録。

Fifteen people have died in a streetcar derailment at a tourist hotspot in Portugal; Liberal Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has called for laws to ban burning the Australian flag; and in sport, Alex de Minaur is out of the US Open after a quarter-final loss.

In our news wrap Thursday, D.C. is suing the Trump administration to end its deployment of the National Guard in the city, President Trump’s nominee to fill an open seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors said he would not resign his position at the White House if confirmed to the role and Gaza health officials say more than 64,000 people have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Thursday, D.C. is suing the Trump administration to end its deployment of the National Guard in the city, President Trump’s nominee to fill an open seat on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors said he would not resign his position at the White House if confirmed to the role and Gaza health officials say more than 64,000 people have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

World News Wrap with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

In our news wrap Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully terminated Harvard's research grants, Florida is moving to become the first state to eliminate all vaccine mandates for children to attend school and President Trump is defending a military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, saying it will prevent further attempts to bring drugs into the country. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Wednesday, a federal judge ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully terminated Harvard's research grants, Florida is moving to become the first state to eliminate all vaccine mandates for children to attend school and President Trump is defending a military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, saying it will prevent further attempts to bring drugs into the country. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

Two people arrested and released as the hunt continues for Victoria's alleged police killer; Israeli tanks advancing closer to Gaza City; and, in sport praise for Mitch Brown after he came out as the first bisexual AFL player.

World News Wrap with RNZ's Alice Wilkins.

In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal judge ruled that President Trump's deployment of National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June was illegal, U.S. Space Command will move from Colorado Springs to Huntsville, Alabama, the death toll from Sunday's earthquake in Afghanistan has risen to more than 1,400 and an entire village in Darfur is gone after a landslide devastated the region. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

On her journey from Kansas to Oz and back, Jennifer Knapp's spiritual rock and roll harmonizes “Christian” and “lesbian" with the unifying power of music (interviewed by David Hunt). And in NewsWrap: a court in Kenya orders lawmakers to protect the rights of transgender people for the first time on the African continent, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis is cheered as a hero for resigning from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention along with other CDC leaders protesting HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr's policies, outspoken Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker goes on offense announcing a statewide LGBTQ legal hotline, a U.S, federal judge closes the door on a lawsuit by disgruntled members of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority's trans-inclusive stand, former AFL West Coast Eagles defender Mitch Brown comes out bisexual, and more international LGBTQ+ news reported this week by Michael Taylor Gray and Ava Davis (produced by Brian DeShazor). All this on the September 1, 2025 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/

In our news wrap Monday, China welcomed leaders from some of its closest allies to an annual security summit, the European Commission blamed Russia for jamming the GPS signal of the commission president's plane, Israeli strikes killed at least 31 people in Gaza and Labor Day saw unions and other groups holding what they called 'Workers Over Billionaires' protests in cities across the nation. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Sunday, Israeli forces pounded the area around Gaza City as they ramp up their offensive against Hamas, 60,000 people in Ukraine lost electricity after Russia struck power facilities across the country, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani was injured in a car crash and the Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis held its first Sunday Mass since Wednesday’s deadly shooting. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Saturday, Russia launched another massive drone and missile attack on cities across Ukraine, the AP reports Israel will soon halt or slow aid into Gaza City after declaring it a combat zone, and three Scottish brothers completed their record-setting row across the Pacific Ocean that lasted 139 days without stopping. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Friday, President Trump is trying to block nearly $5 billion in foreign aid funding already approved by Congress, an emergency hearing on Trump's firing of Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook concluded with no immediate ruling, GOP Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst reportedly won't seek reelection and Trump revoked the Secret Service detail for former Vice President Harris. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Wednesday, the Trump administration is taking over management of Washington's Union Station in its latest effort to put the capital city further under federal control, CDC head Susan Monarez is reportedly being forced out weeks after taking the job, the FDA approved updated COVID vaccines with new restrictions and Kilmar Abrego Garcia says he wants to seek asylum in the U.S. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

In our news wrap Tuesday, the Israeli military claims it was targeting a Hamas surveillance camera when it struck a hospital in Gaza and killed 20 people, including five journalists and the Trump administration says it will withhold federal funding from states that don't enforce English language requirements for truckers. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy