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Dale Willman (0:16)
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Protests are continuing in Iran over the state of that country's economy and the death toll continues to rise. Activists say more than 540 demonstrators have been killed. President Trump has said he might attack if protesters continue to die, but Republican Senator Rand Paul is critical of Trump's approach.
Rand Paul (0:37)
Bombing's not the answer. Plus, there is this sticking point of the Constitution that we don't really let presidents bomb countries just when they feel like it. They're supposed to ask the people through the Congress for permission.
Dale Willman (0:49)
Paul was speaking on ABC's this Week. Trump, meanwhile, said Sunday that Iran is reaching out for negotiations over the issue. European leaders are alarmed over the Trump administration's increasing comments about owning Greenland, Greece. Greenland is an autonomous territory of Denmark, which makes it a member of the European Union. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley has more.
Eleanor Beardsley (1:12)
European news channels are talking non stop about the raised stakes over Greenland, which has been linked to EU member Denmark for more than 300 years. Speaking on news channel LCI, former French ambassador to Washington Gerard Araud said European leaders are trapped in a surreal situation where where they need the US to help defend Ukraine but fear they may have to defend Greenland from the US Guntraung Wolff is a senior adviser with Brussels based think tank Bruegel.
Guntraung Wolff (1:43)
I think European leaders basically think that the United States is not really an ally anymore and they also think that the United States is ready to breach international law instead of defending it.
Eleanor Beardsley (1:57)
European leaders are pushing for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. Eleanor Beardsley, NPR News, Paris.
Dale Willman (2:03)
Immigration enforcement operations are continuing in the state of Minnesota and hundreds of other federal agents are expected in the state this week. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran has our reports.
Sergio Martinez Beltran (2:14)
Right now, there are more than 2,000 federal immigration agents in Minnesota. That's three times the size of the Minneapolis Police Department. This week, more Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents are expected to come to the state to help carry out President Trump's crackdown on immigration. Multiple residents in Minneapolis neighborhoods told NPR they've seen ICE agents going door to door. Vice President J.D. vance in a recent news conference said agents were doing this to find criminal illegal aliens. ICE in the past has focused on targeted arrests. So all of this is highly unusual, but this is all part of the Trump administration's effort to deport millions from the U.S. sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Minneapolis.