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What did President Trump say about his upcoming NATO meeting and military aid for Ukraine?

Dale Willman 0:01

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump says he'll be meeting with the Secretary General of NATO on Monday. Among the topics they will discuss is military aid for Ukraine. Before his election, Trump said he could quickly end the war between the two countries because of his relationship with Russia's president, but now he says he's frustrated with the lack of movement toward peace.

Unknown 0:19

I am very disappointed with President Putin. I thought he was Uh somebody that meant what he said and he'll talk so beautifully and then he'll bomb people at night. We don't like that.

How is the United States planning to send Patriot missiles to Ukraine?

Dale Willman 0:31

Trump also says he's sending Patriot missiles to Ukraine.

Terry Schultz 0:44

The EU believed trade talks with the US were making progress on a solution which would avoid the tariffs Trump has announced will go into effect august first if no agreement is reached. European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says the EU will hold off for now imposing the tit for tat tariffs that would have started Monday.

Mimi Swaybe 1:02

We will use the time we have now till the first of august.

What progress and setbacks are there in EU‑U.S. trade talks and the proposed tariffs?

Mimi Swaybe 1:06

We can respond with countermeasures if necessary.

Terry Schultz 1:09

Von der Leyen says it's too early to say whether the block would consider using its anti-coercion instrument, a regulation which allows the EU to seek reparations for economic damages. But she says the measures' existence shows the EU is prepared for all eventual scenarios. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels.

Dale Willman 1:28

Two women were killed in the church in Lexington, Kentucky on Sunday. Police later shot and killed the suspect.

What happened during the Lexington, Kentucky church shooting and how was the suspect neutralized?

Dale Willman 1:33

Officials say the incident began when a state trooper was shot and wounded after stopping a car. The driver then carjacked a vehicle and traveled to the church and opened fire. A Senate committee says there were multiple preventable failures at the Secret Service before the assassination attempts against President Trump last summer. MPR's Joe Hernandez has more.

Joe Hernandez 1:51

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee blamed the Secret Service for a communication breakdown before and during the Pennsylvania rally. According to the committee, there were reports of a suspicious person with a rangefinder twenty-five minutes before the shooting, but that information didn't make it to Trump's detail before he took the stage.

Joe Hernandez 2:18

In a statement, Secret Service Director Sean Curran said the agency has been taking steps to address the failures that occurred during the attack last July, including streamlining the agency's communication procedures. Joe Hernandez, NPR News.

Dale Willman 2:32

Emergency crews temporarily suspended their search for more victims from last weekend's flooding because new storms threatened even more flooding in the region.

What communication failures did the Secret Service experience before the Trump assassination attempt?

Dale Willman 2:40

They're looking for more than one hundred and sixty people who were still missing in Kerr County alone. The storm also killed at least one hundred and thirty two people. Former Nigerian president Muhammadou Buhari, who led the country twice as military head of state, has died at the age of eighty-two. You're listening to NPR News. Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip killed at least thirty-two people on Sunday, including six children. The attack occurred at a water collection point. Gaza's Health Ministry says the number of Palestinians killed during twenty one months of fighting has now reached more than fifty eight thousand people. Israel Hinamas, meanwhile, appeared to be no closer to a ceasefire agreement despite ongoing indirect talks.

Dale Willman 3:24

The movie reboot of Superman is achieving super sized box office results. NPR's Bob Mundello has our details.

Bob Mondello 3:31

With more than $120 million in the till in North America and about a hundred million more overseas, the new Man of Steel is already flying to impressive heights.

Unknown 3:40

Somehow become the focal point of the entire world's conversation.

Why is the new Superman reboot generating record‑breaking box‑office numbers?

Bob Mondello 3:43

Superman is the first film in what director James Gunn says will be a wholesale restructuring of the DC universe.

Unknown 3:50

Hey, quit messing around!

Bob Mondello 3:52

Messing around doing important stuff. There was some concern that the director referring in an interview to Superman, who was born on another planet, as an immigrant might be box office kryptonite in red states, but the entertainment analysis firm Intelligence reports that the film's reception in all regions of the U.S.