US-Iran Talks, Texas ICE Shooting Trial, China AI Race

U.S. and Iranian officials meet again in Geneva as the Trump administration sends more military forces to the region while pressing Tehran to limit its nuclear program.
Nine defendants go on trial in Texas over a shooting outside an ICE detention center, in a case federal prosecutors are framing as terrorism and defense attorneys say grew out of a protest.
And Chinese tech companies are rapidly expanding artificial intelligence capabilities despite U.S. limits on advanced chips, raising new questions about who will lead the global AI race.

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Today’s episode of Up First was edited by James Hider, Alfredo Carbajal, Kara Platoni, Mohamad ElBardicy and Alice Woelfle.

It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas.

Our director is Christopher Thomas.

We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. And our technical director is Simon-Laslo Janssen.

Our Supervising Senior Producer is Vince Pearson.

(0:00) Introduction
(02:17) US-Iran Talks
(05:40) Texas ICE Shooting Trial
(09:26) China AI Race

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