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What’s the latest on Russia’s alleged NATO airspace violation over Estonia?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. Russia is denying charges and again violated NATO airspace, this time with several fighter jets accused of flying over the skies of NATO member state Estonia. NPR is Charles Maynes reports.
Russia's defense ministry said three MiG fighter jets were on a scheduled flight from Northwest Russia to the exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea and never deviated from their dedicated flight path. NATO tells a different story. It says Alliance fighter jets scrambled to intercept the Russian planes after they entered Estonia's airspace for a full twelve minutes, in what Estonian authorities called an unprecedentedly brazen incursion. The incident comes just a week after. After NATO fighter jets fired on more than twenty Russian drones spotted over the skies of member state Poland. Russia denied intentionally targeting that NATO member.
How is a cyber‑attack disrupting check‑in and boarding systems at major European airports?
The Western governments suggest Russia was likely out to probe NATO's eastern defenses. Charles Maynes MPR News, Moscow.
A cyber attack is disrupting several major European airports, targeting check in and boarding systems. It began last night forcing airports to process check ins and boarding manually. causing significant delays. The Pentagon is imposing new rules for reporters covering the military. Officials confirmed to NPR journalists must sign a pledge not to gather information, including unclassified documents. That has not been authorized for release. Those who don't comply will lose their press credentials.
What new Pentagon rules are being imposed on journalists covering the military?
NPR's David Fulkenfleck reports this appears to run foul of the First Amendment.
The federal government cannot tell you what you can or can't say publicly with some very small limitations like defamation and other things like that. This is protection from the government, not just of journalists, but of any citizen, any person in the public sphere. And the idea is that it's not just that speech that is pleasing is protected. It's not just that speech that is tidy or kind. It's to protect dissent and to protect, as the years evolved, reporting that people in power might. not want to be public.
NPR's David Fulkenflick, President Trump has announced a new one hundred thousand dollars fee for visas for high skilled foreign workers, NPR's Adrian Florido reports.
The new fee will make it much more expensive for American companies that want to hire foreign workers.
How will President Trump’s $100,000 visa fee affect high‑skilled foreign workers and U.S. companies?
In the Oval Office on Friday, President Trump said that will incentivize companies to pursue foreign workers only if they truly cannot find Americans to do the job. The H one B visa program is for high-skilled workers like software engineers. Most of them come to the U.S. to work for large tech firms, but some conservatives have alleged the program incentivizes companies to work. To bring in foreign workers who accept lower salaries than Americans do. The visas currently cost companies that can get them a few hundred dollars each. Trump said the new hundred thousand dollar fee per worker per year will raise billions for the US Treasury. Adrian Flarido and Pierre News.
And you're listening to NPR News reporting from Washington.
Why did President Trump fire the top federal prosecutor in Northern Virginia?
President Trump says he's fired the top federal prosecutor in Northern Virginia. Eric Seabird had been investigating some of Trump's perceived political enemies, including New York Attorney General Tish James and former FBI director Jim Comey. But Seabird had expressed doubt that criminal charges should be filed. Tonight Puerto Rican music superstar Bad Bunny will close out a series of shows with a final concert in San Juan. The event has attracted music lovers and injected millions into the island's economy, Cavan Antonio Hedari reports from San Juan.
More than 500,000 fans of the Regatone Star have attended the 30 concert series on the island. It closes this weekend with an extra show, timed to coincide with the anniversary of Hurricane Maria, which made landfall on September 20th, 2017 and devastated the island and its power grid. A US territory, Puerto Rico's economy and pride have received a substantial boost from the concert series.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What’s the latest on Russia’s alleged NATO airspace violation over Estonia?
0:00–0:51
2
How is a cyber‑attack disrupting check‑in and boarding systems at major European airports?
0:51–1:29
3
What new Pentagon rules are being imposed on journalists covering the military?
1:29–2:16
4
How will President Trump’s $100,000 visa fee affect high‑skilled foreign workers and U.S. companies?
2:16–3:00
5
Why did President Trump fire the top federal prosecutor in Northern Virginia?
3:00–4:13
6
What’s the impact of Bad Bunny’s final Puerto Rico concert and the Oktoberfest celebrations in Munich?
4:13–4:39