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What allows Olympic figure skaters to land a jump on ice that most of us couldn't land on solid ground? And how do snowboarders defy gravity? Maybe even better than Cynthia Erivo. Come learn the science that allows Olympic athletes to push the boundaries of what the human body is capable of with shortwave. Listen in the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Ram. Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to the Munich security conference today, seeking to reassure Europeans that the Trump administration does not want to abandon the transatlantic alliance. He said the ties are deep and historic.
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So in a time of headlines heralding the end of the transatlantic era, let it be known and clear to all that this is neither our goal nor our wish, because for us Americans, our home may be in the Western Hemisphere, but we will always be a child of Europe.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she was much reassured by the speech. Some Democratic lawmakers from the US Are attending the conference. They said they wanted to assure European leaders that they can again count on the US After President Trump leaves office. Five European countries announced today authorities are confident that Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who died in prison two years ago, was poisoned. NPR's Rob Schmitz reports.
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A statement from Britain, France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands states that authorities conclude Navalny was poisoned with the lethal toxin epibatidine found in poison dart frogs in South America. Russia claimed the opposition leader died of natural causes, but according to the statement, poisoning was, quote, highly likely the cause of his death. Navalny was held in prison when he died, meaning Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to administer the poison to him, read the statement. Navalny's widow, Yulia Navalnya, told reporters at the Munich Security Conference that the finding is a validation of her long standing assertion that Russian President Vladimir Putin was responsible for her husband's death. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Munich.
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It's cost at least $40 million so far for the Trump administration to deport migrants to a third country. That's according to a report commissioned by Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen. NPR Sergio Martinez Beltran reports.
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The report is based on a review of agreements through January, staff, travel and communications with U.S. and foreign government officials. The report states that the U.S. has sent more than $32 million to five countries to accept third country deportees, including Equ, Guinea, Rwanda and Palau. It estimates the Trump administration spent more than $7.2 million on third country deportation flights. The senator says that's likely an undercount Some of these countries have records of human rights violations and corruption. The Trump administration has aggressively cracked down on illegal and legal migration, deporting hundreds of thousands of people. Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Austin.