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Why is President Zelensky urging world leaders to end Russia's war on Ukraine?
Live from MPR News, I'm Gyel Snyder. Ukraine's president is urging world leaders to help end what he calls Russia's crazy war against his country. The US and European countries are worried that the conflict is spreading. MPR's Michelle Kelluman reports from the UN General Assembly in New York.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says it's madness that Russia keeps fighting to try to take Ukrainian land, even as Ukrainian drones and missiles damage Russia's energy sector. He's offered a ceasefire if Russia stops bombing civilian infrastructure and blocking green shipments. Secretary of State Marco Rubio came out of talks with Russia's foreign minister, saying both sides are interested in limited steps on. Grain in energy.
It doesn't solve the war.
What are the constitutional issues in the judge's ruling on the White House media ban?
But it does I think in some ways uh potentially alleviate some of the global uh pressures that are being felt as a result of that. But
Europeans say Russia is expanding the conflict and threatening NATO airspace. The US ambassador Mike Waltz calls that unacceptable. Michelle Kelleman, NPR News, New York.
A federal judge in Washington D C heard arguments Wednesday on President Trump's decision to ban CNN, MSNow and Politico from the White House grounds. The case is billed as a major test of the First Amendment, but MPR's David Fokinflick says it could hinge on due process as well.
The judge, Timothy Kelly, right off the bat said, Look, I think there are real problems. There's strong indications that the federal government, the administration violated the Fifth Amendment rights of these media outlets, and that's the due process clause. That is, the president sort of announced he wanted to do these things on social media on Friday.
How are lawmakers addressing privacy concerns over AI‑powered license‑plate readers?
He said so again to reporters later that afternoon. And then over the weekend, the White House scrambled to make it so. That's not a process by which the reporters and their outlets learn. What they may have done to offend, and do they have a process to appeal this?
The judge did not rule from the bench, but he said he will decide the case as soon as possible. Experts in policing and privacy testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a Wednesday hearing on flock surveillance cameras, those AI powered license plate readers facing intense bipartisan backlash after reports of police officers abusing or misusing the technology as MPR's Meg Anderson reports.
Senators from both parties want more guardrails for the technology, which captures billions of license plates every month and can track people over time. Missouri Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican, said Flock is treating all Americans like criminals. One witness at the hearing, Lindsay Isaacs, has personal experience with that.
What is the FBI’s response to the alleged hacking of its jobs portal?
She was wrongly accused of causing a fatal car accident. She spent two weeks in jail, including in solitary.
I was terrified. I was facing the possibility of spending the rest of my life in prison for a crash that I knew I had not been involved in.
Senator Hawley said he invited the CEO of Flock and several other surveillance companies to testify, but they did not attend.
You're listening to NPR News. The FBI's jobs portal remains inaccessible amid an investigation into a hacking group's claims that it breached the Bureau's computer system and stole data on thousands of current and former FBI employees and job applicants. The group's claims have not been verified. The FBI says it is aware of the claims, but that the point of breach has yet to be determined.
Why has fighting resumed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and what does it mean for the country?
Fighting erupted Wednesday in the Tigrai region of northern Ethiopia, where local leaders have announced what they call a defensive war against the central government, Emmett Livingstone reports.
Hundreds of thousands of people were killed in the civil war that ravaged Ethiopia between 2020 and 2022. That conflict pitted the Ethiopian government against rebels from the northern Tigray region. Now, after months of escalating tensions, the country is tipping back into open war. The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front announced that it was again entering hostilities, which it called defensive.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
Why is President Zelensky urging world leaders to end Russia's war on Ukraine?
0:00–0:46
2
What are the constitutional issues in the judge's ruling on the White House media ban?
0:46–1:38
3
How are lawmakers addressing privacy concerns over AI‑powered license‑plate readers?
1:38–2:34
4
What is the FBI’s response to the alleged hacking of its jobs portal?
2:34–3:22
5
Why has fighting resumed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region and what does it mean for the country?
3:22–4:19
6
How are Asian stock markets reacting amid global economic tensions?
4:19–5:03