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Live from NPR news in Washington

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I'm Nora Ram Hamas says

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it will send a delegation to Egypt

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tomorrow for ceasefire talks set to resume

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this weekend Tomorrow marks the

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six-month milestone in the war between Israel

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and Hamas NPR's Carrie

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Khan reports Hamas says it accepted an

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invitation from Egypt to the talks But

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will not concede on its demand for

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an end to Israeli aggression Talks

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have dragged on for months Negotiators

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are pressing for a six-week ceasefire

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along with an exchange of Palestinians

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held in Israeli jails for about half

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of the nearly 100

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Israeli hostages still held in Gaza

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The Israeli military said the body of

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one hostage was retrieved Friday night during

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a raid by troops in central Gaza

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a Senior military official said the

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body of 47 year old allahed

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Ketzer was dug up and returned to

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Israel Saturday Gaza's Health Ministry

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raised the death toll in the war to

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more than 33,000

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the UN's humanitarian coordinator called the

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situation Catastrophic Oxfam says Palestinians

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in northern Gaza are surviving on

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less than 300 calories Of

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food a day Carrie Khan and PR

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news Tel Aviv China and the US

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have agreed to launch a new dialogue

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that will focus on balanced economic growth

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says she'll advocate for

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a level playing field NPR's

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John Rewitsch reports Yellen is visiting China where

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she wrapped up two days of talks with

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Vice Premier Haley Fung in a

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statement Yellen said the two sides agreed

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to hold intensive exchanges on balanced growth

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Which she said would facilitate a discussion

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around macroeconomic Imbalances including

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industrial overcapacity Yellen

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said she's particularly concerned about

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the impact that Chinese manufacturing

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overcapacity resulting from government support

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could have on the American economy.

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The two sides also agreed to

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start an exchange on the issue

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of anti-money laundering in order to

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expand cooperation against illicit finance and

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financial crime. John Ruich, NPR News,

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Beijing. In presidential fundraising,

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the Democrats significantly outraised the

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Republicans last month. NPR's

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Tamara Keith reports on new fundraising

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numbers out today. The Biden campaign

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and DNC combined to raise $90

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million in March, according to figures

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released by the campaign. Biden's

2:31

re-election effort ended the month with $192 million

2:33

cash on hand. A

2:37

significant war chest even as the

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campaign is spending millions on television

2:42

ads and opening field offices in

2:44

key states around the country. Compare

2:46

that to Trump, whose campaign, combined with

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the Republican National Committee, to raise quite

2:50

a bit less, $66 million

2:53

in the same period. Now that Trump

2:55

is his party's presumptive nominee, he has

2:58

some catching up to do. His

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campaign is already boasting that it'll

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raise tens of millions tonight at

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a high-dollar donor event in Palm

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Beach. Tamara Keith, NPR News. This

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is NPR News in Washington. The

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IRS says so far about 50,000 people

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have used its new free software tool

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to file their taxes. NPR's

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Scott Horsley reports the reviews so

3:22

far have largely been positive. The new

3:25

Direct File program from the IRS

3:27

allows some taxpayers to file a

3:29

free electronic return, sidestepping commercial tax

3:32

preparation companies, which typically charge about

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$140. Direct

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File is only available in a dozen

3:39

states this year, and only for taxpayers

3:41

with fairly simple returns. Diana Kahla used

3:43

the program in New York and says

3:45

she got her tax refund in about

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a week. I found it to be

3:49

very straightforward. I

3:51

was able to file within minutes,

3:54

and that had been my experience

3:56

prior with filing tools such as

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TurboTax. like

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TurboTax are fighting the new

4:02

IRS service, calling it costly,

4:04

confusing and unnecessary. Scott Horsley,

4:06

NPR News, Washington. Russian

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officials evacuated the city of Orsk

4:11

today. Rising waters in the Ural

4:13

River caused a dam to burst,

4:15

flooding riverside villages. Authorities say

4:17

about 2,000 people were forced

4:19

from their homes. Orsk is

4:21

located in the Ural Mountains, about 12

4:23

miles north of the border with Kazakhstan.

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Floods have also affected other places in the

4:28

region. A Russian space

4:30

capsule landed safely in Kazakhstan today.

4:33

It brought back three crew members who

4:35

had been working on the International Space

4:37

Station, one Russian, one American

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and the third from Belarus. The

4:42

space station is now one of the

4:44

last remaining areas of collaboration between Russia

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and the West. I'm Nora

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Rahm, NPR News, in

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