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Why is President Trump urging NATO to stop buying Russian oil?

Dale Willman 0:01

Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump is calling on NATO member states to collectively stop buying Russian oil exports. In a post to social media, Trump argued such moves could quickly force an end to Russia's war in Ukraine, from Moscow and Pierre's Charles Maine's report.

Charles Means 0:17

Trump called for a collective NATO ban on Russian oil, arguing some member states' continued purchase of Russian crude was undermining NATO's bargaining power over Moscow. NATO member Turkey is the third largest buyer of Russian oil after China and India. Trump also called on alliance members to impose steep tariffs on China, up to 100%, so long as Beijing's purchases of Russian petroleum continue to help fund the war. It comes just days later. After an incursion by Russian drones into Poland's airspace, an incident that alarmed most NATO members, but Trump dismissed as possibly an accident.

What sparked the violent far‑right protest in London and how did authorities respond?

Charles Means 0:50

It also comes as Trump led peace efforts if stalled, with the Kremlin on Friday saying US backed negotiations between Russia and Ukraine were now on pause.

Dale Willman 1:01

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in Israel this weekend for talks with Israeli officials. He says he'll be discussing a path forward in Gaza following Israel's attack this week on Hamas leaders in Qatar. That attack upended efforts to broker a peace deal. A far right protest turned violent in London on Saturday. Vicky Barker reports from the British Capitol.

Vicki Barker 1:24

Chanting anti immigrant slogans and waving flags, though marchers, more than a hundred thousand police estimate, filled the streets of central London. And they heard the anti-immigrant, anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson tell them to savor the moment to feel their strength.

Unknown 1:43

You are part of a tidal wave of patriotism that is sweeping across this country.

Vicki Barker 1:51

Britain, he said, has finally awoken.

Why is the decision to send National Guard troops to Memphis facing pushback?

Vicki Barker 1:56

A few thousand counter demonstrators from the group Stand Up to Racism held their rally a few hundred yards away. For NPR News, I'm Vicky Barker in London.

Dale Willman 2:07

President Trump's announcement that he'll send National Guard troops into Memphis is continuing to receive pushback. On Friday, Trump said the state's governor and the mayor of Memphis were both happy about the decision.

Unknown 2:27

Um I am focused on the resources. FBI, DEA, ATF, those are the things that I believe will truly help us be able to support law enforcement and reduce violent crime. I do not support the national guard.

Dale Willman 2:46

And Young said that if the guard is deployed by the Trump administration, he hopes that the guard will strengthen the city and not be a distraction from ongoing law enforcement efforts. You're listening to NPR News.

How did Earl Richardson’s lawsuit change funding for Maryland’s HBCUs?

Dale Willman 3:01

A former college president who led a lawsuit that changed historically black colleges and universities has died. Earl Richardson was president of Morgan State University in Baltimore and put a spotlight on fundraising disparities for HBCUs. And Pierre's Joseph Shapiro has our remembrance.

Joseph Shapiro 3:24

During the time he led the school in Baltimore from nineteen ninety-four to two thousand ten, student enrollment doubled and the campus expanded. Richardson is known for the lawsuit he helped lead that gets compared to Brown versus the Board of Education. The lawsuit in Maryland argued that the state had failed to provide adequate funding to the state's HBCUs and had instead started and boosted competing programs at nearby majority white schools. The lawsuit took fifteen years. In twenty twenty one, Maryland agreed to leave. agreed to add more than a half billion dollars for the state's black colleges and universities. Joseph Shapiro, NPR News.

What were the top highlights from college football this weekend?

Dale Willman 4:06

Julian Sayon passed for three hundred forty seven yards and three touchdowns as number one Ohio State beat Ohio thirty seven to nine on Saturday. Jeremiah Smith also became the fastest player in Buckeye history to reach fifteen hundred yards receiving. Drew Aller, meanwhile, threw for two hundred nine yards and a touchdown as number two Penn State beat Villanova fifty-two to six. LSU beat Florida twenty to ten, while Oregon dominated Northwestern thirty-four to fourteen. Texas AM upset Notre Dame forty one to forty, and Butler beat Hanover sixteen to seven.