US-Iran Talks, Summers Resigns Over Epstein Ties, Cuba Kills Four In Boat Strike

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<p class="readrate">U.S. and Iranian officials are meeting in Switzerland for another round of high-level talks. The talks will focus on Iran’s nuclear program, but the U.S. also wants ballistic missile restrictions.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">Harvard professor and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers is resigning from his university positions over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<p class="readrate">Also, Cuban border agents shot and killed four alleged terrorists on a boat registered in the U.S.<p class="readrate"><em>Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a><em> to the Up First newsletter.</em><p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">Today’s episode of Up First was edited by James Hider, Tina Kraja, Elissa Nadworny, Tara Neill, HJ Mai and Alice Woelfle.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">Our director is Christopher Thomas.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.<p class="readrate"><p class="readrate">Our Deputy Executive Producer is Kelley Dickens.<p class="readrate">(0:00) Introduction<br>(02:13) US-Iran Talks <br>(06:02) Summers Resigns Over Epstein Ties<br>(09:59) Cuba Kills Four In Boat Strike<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>