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The U.S. push for a temporary cease-fire in Gaza · Apple News Today

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  Yasmeen Khan, Narrating: Good morning! It's Monday, March 4th. I'm Yasmeen Khan in for Shumita Basu.
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  This is "Apple News Today." Coming up, the push for a ceasefire in Gaza,
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  one of the world's largest cities faces a water crisis, and Caitlin Clark
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  and LeBron James make basketball history.
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  [MUSIC FADES OUT]
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  The Biden administration is making a new push for a temporary stop
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  to fighting in Gaza in some of its strongest terms yet.
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  Vice President Kamala Harris called on Hamas to agree to
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  a six-week ceasefire deal, and for Israel to allow more civilian aid in.
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  [START X ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Vice President Kamala Harris: Given the immense scale of suffering in Gaza,
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  there must be an immediate ceasefire.
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  [CROWD CHEERING]
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  [END X ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Khan, Narrating: Harris spoke just days after more than 100 Palestinians were killed
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  while attempting to get food from aid trucks in Gaza.
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  The U.N. says at least 10 children have officially died of starvation,
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  according to hospital records, with that number expected to grow.
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  [START X ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Harris: People in Gaza are starving. The conditions are inhumane.
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  And our common humanity compels us to act.
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  [END X ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Khan, Narrating: Harris spoke from Selma, Alabama. She was there to mark the 59th anniversary
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  of Bloody Sunday. She called on the Israeli government
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  to significantly increase the flow of aid into Gaza. She also condemned Hamas,
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  and called for the release of all hostages.
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  Harris spoke after the U.S. dropped aid into Gaza from the air, the fifth country
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  to deliver aid this way. The mission delivered tens of thousands
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  of meals, which aid workers say is not nearly enough for the hundreds
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  of thousands of people needing help.
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  Journalists from "The Washington Post" were onboard planes that took off
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  from Jordan to report on how it worked. Israel vetted everyone on the planes
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  and assigned windows when flights could get through safely.
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  Out of the planes came tightly wrapped crates of food, medicine,
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  diapers, and feminine hygiene products, parachuting down along the coast.
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  Aid that landed in the sea was recovered by Gazans in small boats. Aid agencies say
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  airdrops are costly and inefficient, compared to the much larger deliveries
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  that convoys of trucks can make. Many humanitarian workers want countries
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  to put more pressure on Israel to allow more aid in by land,
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  rather than order more flights. Janti Soeripto,
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  head of Save the Children U.S., called the aerial aid "theater"
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  on "Sky News."
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  [START SKY NEWS ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Janti Soeripto: Essentially what we need is opening of crossings, more trucks
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  of supplies coming in, we need a ceasefire, we need safe
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  and unfettered access to the communities. And that needs to be done
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  with coordinated groups, with U.N. agencies, NGOs,
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  like Save the Children. We don't need very expensive,
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  ineffective pallets dropping from the sky.
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  [END SKY NEWS ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Khan, Narrating: Vice President Harris got specific about changes Israel can make. She called
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  for opening more border crossings, ensuring that humanitarian workers
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  and sites aren't targeted, and making sure basic services
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  in Gaza are up and running.
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  [SERIOUS MUSIC]
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  [MUSIC FADES OUT]
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  Now, let's take a quick look at some other stories in the news.
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  In the Republican presidential race, Nikki Haley got her first victory, winning
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  the primary in Washington, D.C. yesterday. Former president Donald Trump
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  also picked up wins over the weekend in Missouri, Idaho, and Michigan. Tonight,
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  North Dakota holds a caucus. And tomorrow
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  is Super Tuesday, where voters in more than a dozen states will head
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  to the polls. And a major Supreme Court verdict may come
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  just ahead of those votes. The Court says it'll post a ruling today.
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  That's very unusual to happen on a day when the court is not in session.
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  The timing has legal observers expecting justices will rule
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  on Trump's ballot eligibility, ahead of all the primary contests
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  tomorrow. Recently the court heard arguments on a Colorado ruling
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  that ordered Trump off the ballot, finding that he engaged in an insurrection
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  around the January 6th attack on the Capitol. In California,
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  blizzard conditions in the Sierra Nevada region have piled up
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  several feet of snow, knocked out power, and shut down roads and parks.
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  Forecasters are telling people in the area to stay inside, because of the high risk
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  of avalanches. Renee Adelman told a local "ABC" station
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  that the storm had her house shaking.
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  [START ABC ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Renee Adelman: There were gale force winds, the windows were creaking,
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  it was the worst that I've seen in a few years.
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  Khan, Narrating: There's more snow expected in the area today and tomorrow.
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  Mexico City and its 22-million people face a severe water crisis.
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  It's gotten so bad that some experts warn the entire city could run out of water
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  in a matter of months. Reservoirs are at historically low levels,
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  and authorities have imposed rationing. But in some homes, faucets have already
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  run dry. "CNN" spoke to Lorena Cruz, who was filling buckets of water
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  from an underground tank. She lifted a hatch in the street
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  to access it, even though she knew she was breaking the law.
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  [START CNN ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  [LORENA CRUZ SPEAKING SPANISH]
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  [WATER SPLASHING]
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  Reporter: She says, "It is a miracle this city tank has water, and without it
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  the whole neighborhood would suffer because they've got no running water
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  for over a month."
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  [END CNN ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Khan, Narrating: There are multiple reasons why Mexico City is in this position today,
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  including leaking pipes and climate change. But "CNN" also gives
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  some interesting historical context to the problem. What's now Mexico City
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  was originally built by the Aztecs. They worked around the area's lakes
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  and constructed canals and bridges. But when the Spanish arrived in the 1500s,
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  they tore down much of what the Indigenous people built.
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  The Spanish drained the lakebed, filled the canals and ripped out
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  the forests. Those were natural defenses against flooding and drought.
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  But most are now gone, covered with concrete and asphalt. Those decisions
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  laid the groundwork for Mexico City's water problems now.
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  The public-radio program "The World" spoke with Reese Tisdale, who's been following
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  the crisis. He leads a water-consulting firm
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  called Bluefield Research. Tisdale outlined additional reasons
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  why the city is in its current crisis.
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  Reese Tisdale: They've had series of droughts for several years.
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  Reservoirs don't catch up. They have aging infrastructure.
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  So when they have leakage rates of 30, 40, 50 percent in different neighborhoods
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  or across parts of the city, then people don't have access to water.
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  It's because of the inefficiency of the system. They've been overdrawing
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  the groundwater supplies and aquifers at a rapidly increasing rate. And so then
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  that turns to trucking and other, what I would say,
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  unsustainable temporary measures.
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  [END THE WORLD ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Khan, Narrating: Mexico's national government says work is underway to address the problem,
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  like repairing old pipes. Some local politicians
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  have been downplaying the crisis, and dismissing concerns that the city
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  will run out of water entirely. But residents are definitely feeling
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  the squeeze, with 90 percent of Mexico City in severe drought,
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  and the rainy season still months away.
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  [PERCUSSION MUSIC]
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  We have told you before about lowa college-basketball phenom
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  Caitlin Clark. Well, Clark is in the record books again.
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  Yesterday, against Ohio State, she was one free throw away from becoming
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  the all-time leading scorer in men's and women's Division I basketball.
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  Announcer 1: This for college basketball history.
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  [BASKETBALL THUNKS]
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  [CROWD CHEERING]
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  She does it with a foul shot.
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  [END YOUTUBE ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Khan, Narrating: That basket took her past the previous record-holder Pete Maravich.
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  LeBron James was among the basketball greats congratulating Clark
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  on her latest scoring record. James also made a mark on the record books
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  over the weekend, becoming the first NBA player ever
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  to score 40,000 regular-season points.
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  [START NBC SPORTS ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Announcer 2: James against Porter, drives, spins, gets inside. It's good.
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  It's 40,000 for LeBron James. The NBA's all-time leading scorer
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  with another milestone, as the legend of LeBron continues to grow.
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  [END NBC SPORTS ARCHIVAL CLIP]
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  Khan, Narrating: James's career total is now 40,017 points to be exact.
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  [MUSIC FADES IN]
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  You can find more sports coverage, and all the stories we talked about
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  in the Apple News app. And if you're already listening
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  in the News app right now, stick around. We've got a Narrated Article coming up
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  next from "Runner's World." It's about a frankly crazy
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  ultra running competition that only 17 people have ever completed.
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  It involves some controversial characters, little to no sleep,
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  international license plates, and a battle of the elements
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  and pure will. If you're listening
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  in the Podcasts app, follow Apple News+ Narrated to find
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  that story. And we'll be back with the news tomorrow.
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