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5 min readThis episode of NPR News Now reports on a series of separate developments spanning international security operations, a state redistricting dispute, a transit labor action, public demonstrations in Britain, and the release of archival documents in New York. The items are presented without an overarching narrative, each standing on its own reporting.
US-Nigerian strike targets ISIS leadership
Nigerian military officials stated that their forces joined a U.S.-led air operation that killed Abila Minukie, identified as the second-in-command of ISIS in the region and the most senior ISIS figure in West Africa and the Sahel. The strike hit a compound in northeast Nigeria, also killing several of his commanders. The U.S. State Department had designated Minukie a specially designated global terrorist in 2023. The action follows earlier U.S. air strikes on ISIS sites in Nigeria, which the Trump administration had linked to attacks on Christians, and occurs alongside the deployment of more than 200 additional U.S. troops to train Nigerian forces against insurgents.
Supreme Court declines to restore Virginia map
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- 1 (00:00) **Nigerian-US Strike Kills Senior ISIS Leader** - Joint operation eliminates second-in-command of ISIS in West Africa hiding in northeast Nigeria
- 2 (01:02) **Supreme Court Blocks Virginia Redistricting Map** - Justices decline to restore voter-approved congressional map favoring Democrats
- 3 (01:56) **Long Island Railroad Workers Begin Strike** - First walkout in more than 30 years disrupts hundreds of thousands of New York-area commuters
- 4 (03:00) **Rival Marches Held in Central London** - Christian nationalists and pro-Palestinian groups demonstrate on the same day under heavy security
- 5 (04:02) **Jeffrey Epstein Documents Go on Public Display** - New York exhibit opens more than three million pages of investigative records
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