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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says Europe and the United States belong together, but he says both have made mistakes that need to be fixed. NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports.
Rubio criticized Europeans for what he called a climate cult and for allowing mass migration, which he says threatens Western culture.
What does Secretary of State Marco Rubio say about U.S.-Europe relations?
But he says the U.S. and Europe should work together, not to rationalize a broken system, but to fix it.
For we in America... have no interest in being polite and orderly caretakers of the West's managed decline.
But he says the Trump administration doesn't want to separate from Europe, rather revitalize an old friendship. Responding to that, conference organizer Wolfgang Ischinger says some in the room breathed a sigh of relief. There was no talk about taking over Greenland or other transatlantic irritants. Michelle Kellerman, NPR News, Munich.
Scientists from five European countries have established that Russia's opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, was poisoned in his Arctic penal colony two years ago by a deadly toxin found in the skin of poisoned dart frogs in South America. Britain's foreign office says traces were found in samples from Navalny's body and were highly likely to have resulted in his death. The BBC's Joe Inwood has more.
Few really believe that one of President Putin's fiercest critics died of natural causes, but this claim is still extraordinary. Samples of a rare toxin, which occurs on the skin of a dart frog, but is not naturally found in Russia, were discovered in his body. The British government say there is no innocent explanation, and only the Russian state had the means, motive and opportunity to kill Alexei Navalny. The Kremlin is yet to respond to the claims, but have previously said that he suffered from a number of diseases.
The BBC's Joe Inwood. The total cost so far of the Trump administration's third country deportations is at least $40 million. That's according to a report commissioned by Democratic Senator Gene Shaheen. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran reports.
The report is based on a review of agreements through January, staff travel, and communications with U.S. and foreign government officials. The report states that the U.S. has sent more than $32 million to five countries to accept third country deportees, including Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda, and Palau. It estimates the Trump administration spent more than $7.2 million on third country deportation flights. The senator says that's likely an undercount. Some of these countries have records of human rights violations and corruption. The Trump administration has aggressively cracked down on illegal and legal migration, deporting hundreds of thousands of people. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin.
Congress has recessed for a week without agreeing on the budget for the Department of Homeland Security. It ran out of money at midnight. This is NPR News in Washington. A vigil was held last night at the site of one of Canada's worst mass shootings. Authorities say the mother and brother of the suspect were shot by the 18-year-old, who also killed six people at a school before dying by suicide. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told residents, "...millions of Canadians will always be with you." France's health ministry has a new plan for tackling declining birth rates. The government says it will send letters to young people across the country, urging them to think about parenthood and fertility options.
Rebecca Rossman reports.
Starting this summer, people turning 29 in France can expect to receive a letter encouraging them to consider having children. and explaining what help is available if they want to preserve their fertility. The letter will remind them that France's national health system covers egg freezing for women ages 29 to 37. It will also mention that fertility declines affect men too. The measure, which is part of a 16-point plan to boost France's fertility rate, has been criticized by some lawmakers who argue declining birth rates are the result of other factors like the rising cost of child care.
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