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Israelis Go On Strike After Hostage Deaths, and German Far Right Makes Election Gains

Israelis Go On Strike After Hostage Deaths, and German Far Right Makes Election Gains

The Headlines
Sep 2, 2024 9 min
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<p>Plus, the U.S. coffee wars are heating up.  </p><p> </p><p>Tune in every weekday morning. To get our full audio journalism and storytelling experience, <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyt-audio/id1549293936"><strong>download</strong></a> the New York Times Audio app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/audio"><strong>sign up</strong></a> for our weekly newsletter.</p><p>Tell us what you think at: theheadlines@nytimes.com. </p><p><strong>On Today’s Episode:</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/09/01/world/hostages-strike-israel-gaza-war" target="_blank"><strong>Workers Strike as Israelis Seethe Over Hostage Killings</strong></a>, <i>by Patrick Kingsley</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/world/europe/east-germany-elections-afd.html" target="_blank"><strong>Takeaways From East Germany’s State Elections</strong></a>, <i>by Christopher F. Schuetze</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/01/business/acadia-psychiatric-patients-trapped.html" target="_blank"><strong>How a Leading Chain of Psychiatric Hospitals Traps Patients</strong></a>, <i>by Jessica Silver-Greenberg and Katie Thomas</i></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/02/business/coffee-wars-arms-race-starbucks.html" target="_blank"><strong>A Funnel Cake Macchiato, Anyone? The Coffee Wars Are Heating Up</strong></a>, <i>by Julie Creswell</i></p> <p><p>Subscribe today at <a href="http://nytimes.com/podcasts">nytimes.com/podcasts</a> or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher">https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher</a>. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.</p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>

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