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From NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Barton. President Trump says Ukraine can win back all territory it lost to Russia. That's a shift from earlier this year when he said Kyiv would have to make concessions to end the war. Trump made the comments after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. Also, during the gathering of world leaders, President Trump said he thinks NATO members should shoot down Russian aircraft. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.
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Trump's comments came after Russia sent planes into NATO airspace over Romania and after a Russian drone attack on Poland, another NATO member. But when the president was asked if the US Would honor its NATO commitments and back up NATO allies if they shot down Russian planes, he was more equivocal saying, quote, depends on the circumstance, but you know, we're very strong towards NATO. The US President put off a question about his so far fruitless discussions about the war in Ukraine with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Asked whether he still trusts Putin, Trump said, I'll let you know about a month from now. Mara Liasson, NPR News.
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In a Seattle courtroom today, lawyers for the Federal Trade Commission and Amazon made opening statements in a trial over the company's prime membership Service. Joshua. Joshua McNichols of member station KUOW reports Amazon is accused of tricking people into signing up for prime and making it hard for them to cancel.
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I'm standing outside the courtroom at 7th and Westlake in Seattle. On one corner is Amazon's headquarters. On the other is the federal courthouse. In the courtroom, FTC lawyer Jonathan Cohen used the phrase stop, drop and roll to describe Amazon's allegedly weak attempts to improve transparency on its website. Amazon would temporarily stop using deceptive web pages, notice a drop in new prime customers, and then roll back website improvements in order to keep accidental prime signups coming in. Amazon's lawyer Moez Kaba argued its attempts to improve transparency demonstrate an obsession with customer satisfaction. For NPR news, I'm Joshua McNichols in Seattle.
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YouTube says it plans to reinstate some accounts that have been banned for spreading COVID 19 and election related falsehoods. NPR's Bobby Allen reports.
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A letter from a Google lawyer to the House Judiciary Committee lays out the change. Those who were kicked off YouTube will soon have a way to come back. Google says it has retired a number of rules that had cracked down on YouTube channels that pushed Covid and election misinformation. Among the accounts that have been banned under those rules, former Trump advisor Steve Bannon Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Who now runs Health and Human Services and Dan Bongino, who is now the FBI's deputy director. Many social media companies are dismantling content rules that the Trump administration does not like. The Google lawyer wrote to the Judiciary Committee that YouTube values conservative voices on its platform. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
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U.S. stocks slipped today. From Washington, this is NPR News. Jimmy Kimmel is set to return to television tonight after a suspension that triggered a national discussion about freedom of speech. But two groups of ABC affiliates say they won't air his return. Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair Broadcast Group control about a quarter of ABC stage. ABC suspended Kimmel's show last week after his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Residents of Portugal's Azores island chain is keeping track of Hurricane Gabrielle as it moves northeast through the Atlantic. The islands are in the storm's projected path, as NPR's Giles Snyder reports.
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Hurricane Gabrielle is moving through the Atlantic as a major hurricane. The storm strengthened Monday into a powerful Category 4 storm, kicking up large ocean swells in Bermuda and leading to warnings of life threatening rip currents from North Carolina north to Canada's Atlantic coast. The National Hurricane center in Miami expects Gabrielle to have weakened by the time it approaches the Azores on Thursday. But forecasters say the storm will still be a hurricane, making it the first to potentially make landfall on the Azores in years. A hurricane watch is in effect for all nine islands that make up the archipelago. Forecasters are warning of destructive waves and significant coastal flooding. Joyce Snyder, NPR News.
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Shares of the toy retailer Build a Bear are up more than 60% since the start of the year. Most of the toy industry has been soft in recent years, but profits have soared for the company, which specializes in plush animals that consumers make in brick and mortar stores. Craft oriented products have done well since the COVID 19 pandemic. From Washington, this is NPR News.
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