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Episode Date: October 14, 2026

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This is NPR News Now. The latest headlines every hour. Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Ukrainian president of Aladimir Zelenskyy says the Trump administration has warned that it could cut off intelligent sharing unless the country stops drone strikes on Russian oil refineries. NPR's Joanna Kikis spoke to Zelensky. Zelensky told NPR that the Trump administration's decision to lift sanctions on Russian diesel will not bring down fuel prices. He says the Iran war has blocked fuel transport through the Strait of Hormuz.

Mostly people in the world know why their prices on any kind of energy, including diesel, raised up, why they increased. Because of blocking the strait of Hormuz, everybody understands it. President Trump blames Ukraine for rising diesel prices. He has demanded Ukraine stop its deep strikes on Russian energy sites. Zelensky says Ukraine wants to weaken the Kremlin's ability to wage war. He says Ukraine will not stop these strikes unless Russia also stops attacking Ukraine's energy grid. Joanna Kikisisand, NPR News, Kiev. President Zelenskyy says Ukraine received no advance warning from Western allies about Russian missiles headed to Kiev on telegram.

Zelensky said the attacks targeted energy infrastructure. President Trump says the U.S. has not stopped sharing. intelligence. The Vatican says Pope Leo has lung cancer. The Vatican made that announcement Tuesday, saying Leo's surgery earlier in the day confirmed the diagnosis. Here's MPR. Scott Detrow. The Pope's doctor said the lung tissue examined during the operation confirmed the diagnosis that they suspected from previous tests that they had not shared that suspicion until now, and they said an examination confirmed a diagnosis of lung adenoma carcinoma, which is the most common form of lung cancer. Doctors removed that lower lobe of Leo's right lung during a surgery

that lasted about 90 minutes. Oncologists say Leo's prognosis is excellent. Immigration officials acknowledging they used a warehouse in Roxbury, New Jersey for operations. A court order for bids converting the site into a detention center. NPR Shasmund Garst reports. Earlier this year, Homeland Security purchased 11 warehouses to turn into detention centers. Several lawsuits by state, attorneys general followed, and many of the warehouses are now being sold. Three of those, which the government still owns, have court orders barring conversion, pending environmental assessments. In recent weeks, NPR received several tips from people who believed loved ones were held at

the Roxbury warehouse. Empire was able to speak to a young man who said he was held in the warehouse parking lot. In a statement from ICE forwarded to NPR by the Office of New Jersey Representative Annalia Mejia, officials confirmed. they used the parking lot on two occasions. They say they did not bring anyone detained into the facility. Jasmine Garst, NPR News, New York. This is NPR News. President Trump is on a swing through Western states holding rallies in support of Republican candidates. The trip will take him to Arizona and Montana today and Alaska Tuesday. He rallied voters for

incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and Congressman Nick Begich. Elena Niden, above Alaska public media, spoke to some Alaskans who protested Trump's visit. People along the highway near Vassila held signs with caricatures of Trump and American flags. Dana Pruner says she opposes Trump's administration. They're not welcome by many here in Alaska, and we want to get that message across. At the protest in Anchorage, Anna Rodriguez held a sign saying, Alaskans bear the cold, not the prices. Alaskans are built up, and we know that we can tolerate the cold.

What we cannot tolerate is having our education cut back on more, our Medicaid cut back on more, and this inflation on costs of fuel, costs of groceries is just outstanding. We cannot do that anymore. Rodriguez says she wishes she could ask Trump to consider the needs of everyday people. For NPR news, I am Alona Niden in Vassila. During the Alaska rally, Trump announced at Taiwan. bond would invest more than $4 billion in a proposed natural gas pipeline and by 30% of its output. The man convicted of orchestrating the murder of rap icon Tupac Shakur has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison.

A jury in Las Vegas handed the sentence to Dwayne Davis Tuesday. Davis was convicted of first-degree murder with a deadly weapon in late August. I'm Giles Snyder. NPR News.