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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. President Trump will head to Turkey this week for this year's NATO summit. Many members of NATO are anxious about the changing alliance role of the U.S. Trump has pulled some U.S. troops from Europe and has demanded for some time that European countries pay more of a share for the cost of NATO. David Kattler is a senior fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis. He says the conversation in Turkey will include discussing spending. The Trump administration in the president's first term and now in his second term has actually played a pretty significant role in attracting other nations' attention to the spending level and getting

that agreement, not just to reach the 2% from the Wales commitment for some years ago, but also to the 5% commitment that came out of the Hague summit. But what's most important now moving forward that the spending is rising is actually translating the spending into real military capability. I think that's one of the things that this summit is going to focus on. Police in Memphis say National Guard troops fired their weapons in the early morning hours Sunday, killing a man who was armed with a handgun. NPR's Jill Rose has our reports. Police say officers were responding to calls of shots fired in downtown Memphis just before 4 a.m. local time when they saw, quote, an armed male carrying a handgun.

The man, identified by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation as 20-year-old Tyron Johnson, fled on foot, pursued by Memphis police officers, along with Tennessee National Guard soldiers who are assigned to the area. What happened next is unclear. The TBI says, quote, the situation escalated, unquote, for reasons that are still under investigation. Memphis police said the man turned toward the National Guard members with his weapon before they fired and struck him. Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene. No law enforcement officers were injured. Joel Rose and PR News. That incident is now under investigation by state officials. Fires are continuing to burn across the western U.S. at this hour. In Colorado, the Aspen Acres fire

has burned tens of thousands of acres and has been spreading in several directions at once. Colorado Public Radio's Kevin Bady. has the latest. Officials have so far stopped the Aspen Acres fire in southern Colorado from reaching Colorado City. It's been under mandatory evacuation order since early Friday morning. The sky here is full of smoke and it's windy, which has some on edge. Still, residents have also felt some relief that the city has made it this long. Eric Clark brought his dog, Jack, to this lookout spot to see if his house was still standing. I'm safe. Jack is safe. Pray for the firefighters and joyful at what I'm looking at right now.

Evacuation orders are still in place for at least two other fires. For NPR News, I'm Kevin Beatty in Colorado City. Many of Iran's top officials were seen in public on Sunday during funeral prayers for that country's former supreme leader. They were joined by brothers of the country's new leader. Their appearances signal Iran's confidence in their safety. Tehran, meanwhile, continues to push back on U.S. demands and negotiations to end the war. You're listening to NPR News.

Mechanics say they saw no damage to a Delta airline flight after the pilot reported that the plane was hit by a firework. The plane was about to land at Midway International Airport in Chicago. When the pilot radioed that he fell to Big Bang on the plane Sunday morning, the plane landed safely, and Delta officials say none of the 52 passengers or six crew members were injured. The impeachment trial of Philippines Vice President Sarah Duterte begins today. It's a trial that could help shape the 2028 presidential race as the country's two most power. political dynasties clash. Michael Sullivan reports. If the Senate decides Duterte is guilty, she could be banned from participating in politics forever. She's already declared she wants to be

president in 2028, but is on trial for allegedly misusing public funds, amassing unexplained wealth, and threatening to have President Ferdin and Marcos Jr. killed. Sarah Duterte is the daughter of strongman former President Rodrigo Duterte, whose infamous war on drugs killed thousands, and left him facing charges of crimes against humanity. He's awaiting trial in the Hague. His daughter, Sarah, insists the charges against her are politically motivated. The trial is expected to last several months. For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chang Rai, Thailand. Minions and monsters came out on top at North American Box offices this weekend. The latest in the Despicable Me franchise earned 36.4 million dollars in ticket sales. That was lower than had been expected. In its third week in theaters,

Toy Story 5 dropped a second, bringing in 31 million in ticket sales. It's now grabbed $764 million in worldwide sales. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News.