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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. The prime minister of Norway says he received a message from President Trump about rising tensions over Greenland. Trump said he no longer felt obligated to pursue peace after not winning the Nobel Peace Prize. In a statement, Norway's leader said he and Finland's president both urged Trump to de-escalate and requested a call.
What message did President Trump send regarding Greenland tensions?
He also reminded Trump that the Peace Prize is awarded by an independent committee, not the Norwegian government. Trump on Saturday imposed a 10 percent tariff on goods from eight European countries that oppose his efforts to take control of Greenland. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports.
Over the weekend, European nations put out a joint statement of solidarity with Denmark and Greenland and said President Trump's bellicose talk and threats to impose further tariffs on nations that object to his Greenland plans risks damaging the transatlantic alliance. Célie Bellin is head of the Paris office of the European Council on Foreign Relations. Europe feels more alone than it's ever been, but also feels a greater sense, I think, of solidarity and collective determination to push back. Bellin says Europeans could invoke counter-sanctions and the EU could also activate for the first time an anti-coercion instrument to restrict U.S. access to the lucrative EU market. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
The U.S. Supreme Court could decide this week whether a broad swath of President Trump's tariffs are legal. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben has more.
The case focuses on the country-by-country tariffs Trump announced last year, saying they were retaliation against what he sees as other countries' unfair trade practices. The government's opponents in the case argue that Trump exceeded the economic powers Congress granted to him under IEPA, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The case clearly is top of mind for Trump, and he brings it up routinely in speeches and when talking to reporters. several justices including conservatives expressed skepticism at the government's arguments in the case if the court rules against trump it's possible his administration would use other laws to try to replace the overturned tariffs the court says it may release opinions on tuesday
Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
Communities across the country are marking Martin Luther King Jr. Day with peace walks, volunteer events, and moments of reflection. Dr. King's eldest son, Martin Luther King III, tells NPR that in some ways the fight for civil rights today feels hauntingly familiar.
Well, the resistance is perhaps the same, similar or even more. The tragedy is many years later, I mean, you're talking about 58 years since dad was killed. And today we have similar issues that he and his team essentially had eradicated.
Today would have been Dr. King's 97th birthday. This is NPR. The man behind one of the most iconic openings in film history has died. Roger Allers co-directed The Lion King and helped shape a generation of Disney animation. He was also part of the creative team behind Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, and Aladdin. But it was The Lion King, released in 1994, that left the deepest imprint. It's still the highest-grossing traditionally animated film of all time and was later adapted for Broadway. Roger Allers was 76 years old. A star of the Avatar movie franchise is now the highest-grossing actor of all time. NPR's Netta Ulibi 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.
How are European nations responding to Trump's tariffs?
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.
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