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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dan Renron. European leaders this week are expected to convene in Brussels for an emergency summit aimed at combating threats from President Trump concerning Greenland. Terry Schultz reports.
The president of the European Council decided the 27 national leaders need to meet in person to discuss President Trump's repeated threats to annex Greenland, which is a territory of EU member state Denmark.
What are the European leaders discussing regarding President Trump's threats?
and his intentions to levy tariffs against some countries. An EU spokesperson says the meeting is likely to be Thursday or Friday. Leaders will be debating whether to enact some 93 billion euros worth of counter tariffs against the US, which was drawn up last year but dropped after a deal was reached with Trump. There are also calls led by French President Emmanuel Macron to trigger what's called the anti-coercion instrument, emergency powers to limit US companies' access to the EU market. It's never been used before. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.
President Trump is promising to impose tariffs starting at 10 percent in February and increase them to 25 percent against eight NATO members if they do not support his plans concerning Greenland. The Department of Justice says it is not investigating the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis. NPR's Luke Garrett reports.
The Justice Department is not investigating the killing of a woman by an ICE agent. Here's Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanch on Fox News.
We investigate when it's appropriate to investigate, and that is not the case here. It wasn't the case when it happened, and it's not the case today.
Blanch did not rule out a federal probe in the future and said an internal review of the killing is ongoing at the Department of Homeland Security. The Deputy Attorney General then defended the DOJ's active investigation into Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frye.
whether you're a governor, a mayor, or somebody out there on the streets assaulting ICE, you cannot, under federal law, you cannot impede a federal officer doing their job.
Fry and Waltz said they will not be intimidated and denied impeding federal law enforcement. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
Forecasters are warning of very cold temperatures over much of the northern U.S. early this week.
Chuck Kornbach reports from Milwaukee. By Monday morning, wind chills in portions of Minnesota could be 30 below zero. The National Weather Service has issued a cold weather advisory for much of the Great Lakes region. Service meteorologist Taylor Patterson says Arctic air is to blame.
pressure system that has descended down from northern Alberta, Saskatchewan area, and it is tracking across the northern Great Lakes, and it's going to head out northeast towards the New England states.
Patterson says some areas will also be dealing with light and blowing snow. She warns people that if possible, to not spend a lot of time outside. For NPR News, I'm Chuck Quirmbach in Milwaukee.
And you're listening to NPR. A star of the Avatar movie franchise is now the highest-grossing actor of all time. As NPR's Nada Ulebe reports, Zoe Saldana's movies have collectively grossed more than $15 billion.
Zoe Saldana has starred in the top three highest-grossing movies of all time. The first Avatar movie, the second Avatar movie, and Avengers Endgame. Plus, she's shown up in other lucrative franchises, Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Trek. But it was the box office receipts for Avatar Fire and Ash that pushed her ahead of Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson as the world's highest-grossing star. I'm in this place where I have nothing. In the Avatar movies, Saldana plays a blue-skinned member of a forest tribe on a faraway planet. This is the great mother's plan. Saldana is also the first actress who has starred in four movies that each pulled in more than $2 billion globally. Netta Ulibi, NPR News.
21 people have been killed in a train crash in southern Spain on Sunday.
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