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SIA RISE Mid Year Update (Security Matters)

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Mid-year updates from SIA RISE leadership! The hosts for this episode are Erin Mann and Kelsey Carnell.

Reviewing the year so far in regards to the SIA RISE Community, & updating everyone on upcoming plans & initiatives for each sub committee.

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Today’s Headlines

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- Jim Tankersley
Biden Looks to Thwart Surge of Chinese Imports

The president has proposed new barriers to Chinese electric vehicles, steel and other goods in an attempt to protect his manufacturing agenda. [...]

- Somini Sengupta
Podesta Meets With China’s Climate Envoy Amid Deep Economic Tensions

Beijing’s dominance raises economic and security concerns, and tensions will be high as top climate diplomats meet this week. [...]

- Andrew Higgins
In Serbia, Xi Underlines Close Ties With Ally That Shares Wariness of U.S.

Visiting friendly leaders in Eastern Europe, the Chinese president commemorated the 25th anniversary of a misdirected U.S. airstrike that destroyed China’s embassy in Belgrade. [...]

- Troy Closson
How David Banks, the New York City Chancellor, Prepared for a Congressional Grilling

As David C. Banks prepares to testify about antisemitism in the New York City schools, he said he wasn’t intimidated by congressional Republicans. [...]

- Peter Baker
Biden Puts Arms Shipment to Israel on Hold Amid Dispute Over Rafah Attack

The United States withheld 3,500 bombs last week out of concern that they might be used in a major assault against the southern Gaza city, officials said. [...]

Tory MP calls government 'incompetent' as she defects to Labour at PMQs

Ex-Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke says "under Rishi Sunak, the Conservatives have become a byword for incompetence and division". [...]

The inside story of Tory MP's defection to Labour

Keir Starmer's allies believe the Dover MP can help win Tory voters but some on the left are uneasy. [...]

Harry arrives at St Paul's during flying UK visit

The Duke of Sussex will not meet his father or brother during a brief visit to London. [...]

Battles in east Rafah as Israel reopens aid route

Israel says lorries are at Kerem Shalom crossing, but a UN agency says they have not entered Gaza. [...]

Agency charging NHS nearly £2,000 for nurse shift

A leading NHS boss says firms are deliberately targeting areas where nurses are in short supply. [...]

A DW film crew was accompanying a team hanging campaign posters in Dresden when the politicians were assaulted by several individuals. This is just the latest in a series of [...]

Europeans — especially Germans — are increasingly keen on curbing immigration and are less focused on climate change, according to a study by a Danish-based think tank. [...]

The CDU wants to return to power as soon as possible. At its political convention, the party adopted a new conservative platform. The key issues: "Leitkultur," asylum and Islam. [...]

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has been fined for civil disobedience over a protest that included blocking the entrance of the Swedish Parliament. [...]

New Delhi has slammed Nepal's move to come up with a new currency note featuring a map that shows border areas currently under Indian control. [...]

- Aya Batrawy
A timeline of events leading up to Israel's Rafah offensive

The Gaza Strip's Rafah border crossing with Egypt has been a key lifeline for people in the Palestinian enclave. Here is a timeline of events since Oct. 7, 2023, leading [...]

- Sydney Lupkin
Decades-old law limits access to Wegovy for Medicaid beneficiaries

New medications like Wegovy are changing the way people lose weight and manage obesity, but many Medicaid beneficiaries can't get them. [...]

- Rachel Treisman
A lawmaker with a brain disease used voice assist to back her bill on the House floor

Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia was diagnosed last year with rare disease that makes it hard to speak. She still advocated for a bill renaming a post office in her [...]

- Rob Stein
For those bringing a dog into the U.S., new rules aim to keep out rabies

The CDC announced stricter regulations for importing dogs from abroad — or traveling internationally with your furry companions. [...]

- Sam Gringlas
Georgia appeals court will review decision on Trump case DA, bringing another delay

The Georgia Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments after former President Trump appealed a decision allowing Fulton County DA Fani Willis to stay on the criminal case involving him [...]

- Jim Gomez And Aaron Favila | AP

Military forces from the United States, Australia, and the Philippines launched a barrage of high precision rockets and artillery as part of large scale war drills in the South China [...]

- Mike Corder, Barbara Surk and Pietro De Cristofaro | AP

Campus protests by pro-Palestinian activists have spread across Europe as some call for a break in academic ties with Israel over the war in Gaza [...]

- Jack Magruder | AP

Kyle Harrison pitched seven scoreless innings and the San Francisco Giants scored four runs in a decisive fourth inning despite getting only two balls out of the infield in a [...]

- Jonathan Edwards, Ian Livingston, Frances Vinall

Areas around Portage, Kalamazoo and Union City appeared to be hard hit. [...]

- Jill Lawless | AP

Grief, anger, humor, defiance and fear are some of the emotions Ukrainians are grappling with as they face a third year of war [...]

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