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Chapter 1: What new features does NPR+ offer to enhance podcast experience?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Secretary of State Marco Rubio offered a message of calm to America's allies Saturday, one year after Vice President J.D. Vance spoke at the Munich Security Conference and gave a harsh critique of European values. Rubio offered a less aggressive message at the same conference.
But as NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports, Rubio still remained firm about the Trump administration's intent to reshape the transatlantic alliance.
He said it was a mistake for the U.S. to allow, as he sees it, mass migration, which is leading to civilizational erasure. Those are the kinds of terms that he was using there. And he said, you know, he's really working to fix these things. The U.S. can do that on its own, but would rather do it with partners. And that was where kind of at least people felt there was a place for Europe.
That's NPR's Michelle Kellerman with our report. Funding for the Department of Homeland Security ran out at midnight Friday after Congress could not agree on efforts to restrain the conduct of immigration officers. That means TSA screenings in airports could slow and cause major disruptions during the winter break holiday. NPR's Sam Greenglass has more.
It is the third shutdown in as many months. And despite ongoing back and forth between the White House and congressional Democrats, a deal is not close. Senate Majority Leader John Thune said this week that could change...
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Chapter 2: What message did Secretary of State Marco Rubio convey at the Munich Security Conference?
I think if people are operating in good faith and actually want a solution, that deal space is there. I think this can get done.
But lawmakers have left town for a week-long recess. And though they could be called back, this partial shutdown is more likely to last through the week or beyond. In addition to immigration enforcement, the department also includes FEMA and TSA. Critical functions will continue during the shutdown. Sam Greenglass, NPR News, Washington.
Police in Toronto say an estimated 350,000 people rallied Saturday to demand regime change in Iran. The demonstration comes after weeks of deadly anti-government protests on the streets of Iran. As Dan Karpinchuk reports, Canadians called for their government to recognize Iran's exiled crown prince as that country's leader.
Police expected 200,000 demonstrators, but as the protest got underway, that estimate nearly doubled to become one of Toronto's largest protests in recent months. It was part of a global day of action called by Reza Pahlavi, Iran's exiled crown prince, as similar rallies took place in major cities around the world.
The largely peaceful protest in Toronto caused major road closures, transit delays and gridlock. Many protesters draped themselves in the flag Iran used before the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Protesters could also be heard chanting King Reza Pahlavi. Organizers say they want to raise awareness of the revolution and get non-Iranians involved and to show people in Iran they stand with them.
For NPR News, I'm Dan Karpenchuk in Toronto.
And you're listening to NPR News. The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders says it has suspended much of its operations at Gaza's Nassar Hospital. Officials say patients and staff at Nassar Hospital witnessed armed, masked men in parts of the compound. Nassar Hospital in Khan Yunis is one of the territory's few functioning hospitals. Hundreds of patients are treated there on a daily basis.
Over the past few years, more than 500 couples have chosen to renew their vows or say them for the first time as part of a special Valentine's Day wedding ceremony near Denver. Emma Vanden Heide of member station KUNC takes us to the ceremony in Loveland.
More than 30 couples took part in this year's event, where they walked down the aisle, read vows, and exchanged rings. One couple met on TikTok. A few others are celebrating 50 years of being married. Jim and Julie Shaw flew in from New York for the ceremony. Julie says renewing her vows in the Rocky Mountains is special. The mountains, I'm drawn to them.
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