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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jail Snyder. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zinowski says his country has no intention of recognizing Russian control over any part of its territory. NPR's Greg Mairi reports on Zelensky's remarks as President Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin prepare for a summit next week. President Zelensky made his position clear in a video on social media. He said, quote, Ukrainians will not gift their land to the occupier. He added, we will not reward Russia for what it is perpetrated. President Trump announced to hold a summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin next Friday in Alaska. Trump is seeking an end to the war in Ukraine and says it could

involve, quote, some swapping of territory. Ukraine is not part of the summit and Zelensky says no decisions can be made without his country's full participation. Russian forces control close to 20% of Ukraine's territory in the east and south of the country. Greg Myrie, NPR News, Keeve. This morning on social media, President Trump said he will hold a press conference Monday to address safety concerns in the nation's capital. He has threatened to take federal control of the city after a former staffer was badly beaten last week.

Immigration arrest and immigration court have increased in recent months, but as NPR's Meg Anderson reports, arrests at criminal courthouses are happening as well. NPR spoke to defense lawyers and prosecutors in six states where ICE arrests at criminal courthouses have happened. They said the fear of arrest has made immigrants anxious about appearing in court. Some defense lawyers said they worried their clients felt pressure to accept plea deals to avoid going to court. And it's not just defendants. Immigrant victims and witnesses are afraid to show up too, to testify against someone, for instance. Jamie Mosser, the state's attorney in Cain County, Illinois, says that can make it harder to prosecute.

prosecute a case. The biggest worry I have is that now am I going to have cases where there's a delay in getting to justice because they're being arrested by the ICE agents? Does that then negatively affect a victim? Officials with ICE did not respond to a request for comment. Meg Anderson, NPR News. Despite a new round of higher tariffs, the stock markets rallied this week. The NASDAQ ended at a record high, as NPR Scott Horsley reports. Earlier this year, investors dumped stocks every time President Trump tried to raise a warning sign that often prompted the president to back down. But this week, investors seem to shrug off the higher import taxes, even as the average tariff on imported products jumped to around 18%. Warnings that the new tariffs will lead to higher prices and slower economic

growth did little to dampen the market rally. For the week, the Dow gained one and a third percent, the S&P 500 index jumped 2.4 percent, and the NASDAQ soared nearly 3.9 percent. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. And you're listening to NPR News. Police of Montana have caught up with a man wanted in the killings of four people at a small town bar last week. Montana Public Radio's Victoria Traxler reports Michael Paul Brown was taken into custody after a week-long search. The search for Brown began following a fatal shooting at Owl Bar in Anaconda. It ended when police found Brown west of town near a local highway.

At a press conference, Montana governor Greg Gianforte applauded the efforts of the 250 federal state and local law enforcement personnel involved. Anaconda resident Dustin TB says the update offers a sense of relief for the tight-knit community. Not knowing was the biggest thing. Law enforcement say Brown is being held at a local detention center while he awaits his first court appearance. For NPR News, I'm Victoria Traxler, reporting from Anaconda, Montana. Music creative with artificial intelligence becoming more and more common, but as NPRs Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento reports, streaming services like Spotify aren't labeling that content,

and experts worry it could the mislead listeners. In a statement to NPR, Spotify said it does not police the tools artists use and is working to fight deception and spam on the platform. Hani Fareed, a digital forensics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, says not all AI usage is bad, but people have a right to know where the music they're listening to came from. Clear labeling is a very easy win. Detecting and tagging AI-generated content can be challenging, but Farid says transparency is key. Isabella Gomez-Sarmiento, NPR News. And I'm Jail

Snyder. This is NPR News.