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00:05 Speaker 1 For the last two years, Ukraine has been fighting off a russian invasion. And this effort is exhausting and costly. To keep the country running, Ukraine has been relying on tens of billions of dollars from the US and the EU. But now that money me isn't flowing, what's at stake if Ukraine doesn't get. 00:31 Speaker 2 This money for Ukraine, the money that it's waiting on from the US and the EU determines its ability to fight the war? I think there's no way around that. Everybody agrees that it's extremely critical. 00:47 Speaker 1 That's our colleague Chelsea Delaney, and we're. 00:51 Speaker 2 Talking both about military aid, so ammunition, drones, all of those things, and as well, the money that the government needs to keep meeting its obligations to the people in Ukraine. So all of that is hung up right now. And without either the US or the EU, Ukraine's ability to fight, Russia is going to be severely constrained....

00:01 Speaker 1 Since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, we've been hearing a lot about Iran backed militias. One of those groups killed three U. S. Service members in Jordan earlier this week. 00:11 Speaker 2 We will respond. We will respond strongly. We will respond at a time and place of our choosing. 00:18 Speaker 1 And that response, Iran actually responded today saying it's not looking for a war. Other militias include Hamas, one of the largest financial backers and supporters of Hamas is Iran, Hezbollah. Of course, we know that Hezbollah and Iran have deep ties. Iran is Hezbollah's sponsor, and the Houthis. 00:38 Speaker 2 They received substantial funding and weaponry from Iran to Iran. 00:44 Speaker 1 These groups are not us backed militias. They're something quite different coming up on today, explained the axis of resistance. 01:00 Speaker 3 Support for the show comes from Vanta. Dealing with loads of spreadsheets, juggli...

00:01 Speaker 1 From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisi, and this is the daily in a major new advance in science, DNA from Bronze Age skeletons is providing new clues to modern day medical mysteries. Today, my colleague Carl Zimmer explains how a new field of science is changing the way we think about treatments for devastating diseases. It's Wednesday, January 31. 00:45 Speaker 2 So, Carl, you are a science reporter, as our listeners will know. And you write about evolution and the origins of life, and you've recently written a story that really piqued my interest. It was about a major new discovery in our understanding of ancient people, and it's leading to some big advances, as I understand it, in modern medicine. So tell me about it. 01:06 Speaker 3 Well, scientists have been wondering about two big questions for a long time. One of them is, why do we get sick? The other question is, where do we come from? And they seem like they should have two...