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 From NPR news in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst.German counsellor Angela Merkel is trying to get Turkey's help in stemming the flow of migrants to Europe. She presented an EU plan to the Turkish prime minister today that would offer aid to help Turkey host refugees and support the country's offer to join the EU. But as the BBC's Mark Lowen reports from Istanbul, the two leaders till have their differences. There was a disagreement  in an appeal still on the issue of how to actually stop the refugees at the source because the Turkish prime minister said that he still feels that there needs a safe zone created in Northern Syria so that the refugees can go back safely to Syria. But that is almost impossible to implement 1 especially with the Russian military's intervention 2 and has really very little support at all in the west. And it appears that there was no firm agreement on the amount of money that Turkey will get from the EU in return for clamping down on its borders and encourage the refugees to sustain it. The BBC's Mark Lowen in Istanbul.

An Israeli soldier is dead, ten others wounded after an Arab attacker armed with a gun and a knife attacked a bus station in the southern part of the country today. The attacker is also dead, the latest in nearly daily violence most centered around the Alaska Mosque 3, also known as the Temple Mount and sacred to both Jews and Muslims. Palestinian say Israel is imposing 4 more restrictions 5 on Jerusalem's most contested holy site. But Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that's not true. We didn't change anything. The orders of prayer, the visiting rites 6 have not changed for the last 15 years. He says his government protects the holy site of all religions. Meanwhile, secretary of state John Kerry is meeting with Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas this week trying to stop the violence.
One man was killed, five others wounded in a shooting Saturday night in Fort Myers Florida. John Davis of member nation WGCU in Fort Myers reports the shooting happened during a zombie-themed event. That's the sound of police clearing the streets of downtown in Fort Myers after the shooting occurred during a gathering 7 of more than 20000 people at city's annual zombiCon event. Attendees were dressed as zombies and zombie outbreak survivors 8, many carrying toy guns and other weapons. One 21-year-old man died on scene of the shooting and four others were taken to medical treatment for non-life-threatening injuries. A fifth of them refused medical service. The shooter remains 9 at large according to police official Sunday morning. Police indicated further update would be provided Monday. For NPR news, I'm John Davis in Fort Myers.
A slow-moving typhoon swept across Northeastern Philippines with fierce winds that toppled trees and knocked out power and communications. But police say there're no immediate 10 reports of casualties. Thousands in the path of typhoon have been evacuated 11 but the storm has weakened. It's been hemmed 12 in by the Sierra Madre mountain range and also high pressure. For flash flooding last week from heavy rains and storms, at least 30 vehicles are still stuck in hardened mud along a major portion of a road in Los Angeles. This is NPR.
Some of the biggest names in comedy will be at the Kennedy Center in Washington DC tonight to award the nation's foremost prize for American humor. As NPR's NW reports, comedian 13 and actor Eddie Murphy will be 18th recipient 14 of the Mark Twain Prize. Eddie Murphy was even not the star of his last month to hit and was over a decade ago. In the animated 15 Shrek movies, he played a donkey talking after a giant green ogre. 'You are mean, green, fighting machine. Together we'll get the spit out of anybody that crosses us. But Eddie Murphy carried a string of some of the most successful comedies of all time, including Beverly Hills Cop, 48 Hrs and Trading Places. The Mark Twain Award recognizes humorists who like Mark Twain have affected 16 American society through comedy. Murphy was picked for his history of cutting-edge stand-up and for being the most commercially successful African-American actor in the history of the movies. NW, NPR news.
More than year after he was severely 17 injured in a car crash, comedian Tracy Morgan retuned to a familiar stage in New York last night. I was in a terrible car accident a year ago. It was awful but also show me how much love and support I have in this world. So a couple of months ago, I called Lorne Michaels. He's my co- Obi Wan 18 Kenobi and I said Lorne, when I get back on my feet, I wanna come home. And here I am. That's Morgan in his opening monologue 19 on NBC's SaturdayNight live. He was joined in one sketch 20 by 30 rock co-stars including Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin and. I'm Jeanie Herbst. And you're listening to NPR news from Washington.