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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. There was fresh debate over Greenland at the Munich Security Conference this weekend, even as President Trump appears to be backing off his threat to acquire the Danish territory. Danish Prime Minister Meta Frederiksen said she still fears threats to the island's sovereignty.
Unfortunately, I think the desire is the same. It's something we, of course, talk a lot about.
What recent developments occurred regarding Greenland at the Munich Security Conference?
And I would also add that I think the pressure on Greenland is totally unacceptable.
She says Greenland's sovereignty must be respected, adding that the people of Greenland have said they don't want to become Americans. In recent days, Vice President J.D. Vance reiterated that the U.S. needs the territory for national security purposes. Secretary of State Marco Rubio signaled a new, more transactional era in U.S.-European relations amid the ongoing diplomatic strain caused by the Trump administration's actions on Greenland. Days before the first meeting of President Trump's Board of Peace, Gaza's civil defense agency says at least 12 people have been killed and several others injured in Israeli airstrikes overnight. The Hamas-run health ministry says at least 600 people have been killed in Gaza since the truce began.
The BBC's Joel Gunter reports.
What we know is that there was a series of strikes in the early hours of today on a refugee tent encampment in the north of the strip and in the southern suburb of Khan Yunis. Israel has said that the strikes were a response to ceasefire violations by Hamas, that Hamas militants emerged from tunnels into the area of the strip beyond the so-called yellow line, the area which is controlled by the Israeli military. And that's why they carried out these strikes in the morning.
The BBC's Joel Gunter reporting from Jerusalem. The federal government remains in a partial shutdown, with Congress no closer to a deal on how to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Democrats say they won't vote to restore funding without new restrictions on immigration enforcement tactics used by federal officers. Senator Gary Peters, a Democrat from Michigan, is the ranking member on the Homeland Security Committee.
We want to put in just some common sense guardrails on actions by federal agents in DHS. And basically the relatively concise list we provided to Republicans were to make sure that federal agents have to abide by the same kinds of rules and regulations that our local police in our communities follow each and every day.
Some Republicans say they support body cameras but oppose other changes. Congress is in recess for the next week. Lawmakers are expected to continue the debate when they return to Capitol Hill. This is NPR News. The Supreme Court in the United Kingdom has ruled that oat milk can no longer be called milk. NPR's Lauren Frere reports the decision comes amid a long-running lawsuit brought by dairy farmers.
UK dairy farmers sued Oatly. That's a Swedish brand selling a vegan drink it calls oat milk. The dairy industry argues that to use the word milk, the product has got to come from an animal. And the UK Supreme Court now says it agrees. Last year, the European Parliament voted to ban the term oat milk, though that won't come into force until individual countries ratify it. Oatly is still allowed to call itself an alt-milk
company and to use the word milk on t-shirts and tv ads in the uk but it's not allowed to label any food products as such lauren fryer npr news london the international space station is once again fully staffed after the arrival of four crew members on saturday french astronaut sophie adno spoke from the iss noting how earth looks from 250 miles above
The first time we looked at the Earth was, wow, mind-blowing. The Earth is so beautiful from up there. And literally, we see no lines, no borders.
NASA had to authorize an evacuation for some members of Crew 11 due to a health emergency last month. Now, with seven people on board, three cosmonauts, three U.S. astronauts and one from France, they can get back to spacewalks and research.
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