Day: October 18, 2024

President Biden visits Germany. AP correspondent Jennifer King reports.

There’s widespread evidence of a healthy U.S. economy, but AP correspondent Donna Warder reports lower income Americans are being squeezed by high prices.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports on the president’s trip to Germany; Hezbollah vows to fight back at Israel; reports say North Korean troops are ready to help Russia against Ukraine; and, an American is abducted in the Phillipines.

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A.M. Edition for Oct. 18. President Biden and European leaders call for negotiations to end the Israel-Hamas war after the killing of Hamas Gaza chief Yahya Sinwar. WSJ Middle East correspondent Rory Jones explains whether the warring parties are likely to respond to that pressure. Plus, China’s economy cools amid lingering questions around Beijing’s fiscal support. And Donald Trump adopts Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s health-policy agenda. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yahya Sinwar, the leader of Hamas who is believed to be the architect of the Oct 7th attack on Israel has been killed. What a group of voters who disliked both former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden are thinking now that Vice President Harris is in the race. And President Biden is in Berlin today to meet with European leaders for the last time as President. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter . Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Hannah Bloch, Kelsey Snell, Nick Spicer, Lisa Thomson and Alice Woelfe. It was produced by Paige Waterhouse, Nia Dumas and Kaity Kline. Our Executive Producer is Erika Aguilar. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Andie Huether. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy