Day: December 9, 2024

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports on the overthrow of Syria’s Bashar Assad; Israel hits suspected weapons dumps in Syria; more Israeli strikes in Gaza and resulting deaths; and an international conference attempts to reverse desertification.

Merriam Webster is out with their top word of the 2024. The AP’s Jennifer King reports. ((Shorter intro voicer))

AP correspondent Jennifer King reports politics swept the field when it comes to Merriam Webster’s top words of 2024.

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After 54 years, the Assad’s brutal reign in Syria is over. Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia with his family as rebel forces swept into the capital of Damascus. President Biden called the fall of the Assad regime a “moment of historic opportunity.” But he also warned of the potential risks. And President-elect Trump gave his first network TV interview since winning the election. 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 James Hider, Andrew Sussman, Roberta Rampton, HJ Mai and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Kaity Kline. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott and our technical director is Carleigh Strange. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports Earth’s lands are drying out – nations are trying to address it in talks this week.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports on a day of excitement in Syria’s capital Damascus, following the overthrow of Bashar Assad.

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