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Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst. EU leaders are condemning Russia's overnight strikes on Ukraine. The biggest air attack since Moscow's full-scale invasion started more than three years ago. Terry Schultz reports the airstrikes targeted a Ukrainian government building for the first time in this war. Top officials in the European Union vow quick work on tightening up sanctions against Russia. European Council President Antonio Costa wrote on X, talking about peace while escalating bombings and targeting government buildings and homes, this is Putin's version of peace.

EU foreign policy chief Kayakalis also addressed Putin's seriousness about the peace talks President Trump is trying to arrange. Every Russian attack is a deliberate choice, Callas wrote on X, and a message, Russia does not want peace. European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen described the Kremlin actions as mocking diplomacy, trampling international law, and killing indiscriminately. The bloc aims to approve its 19th sanctions package against Russia this month. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz in Brussels. President Trump is trying to walk back his comments that Chicago is about to, quote, find out why it's called the Department of War, referring there to his efforts last week to rebrand the Department of Defense. This as Chicago braces for Trump to send in the National Guard

as he did in Washington, D.C. And Pierce Mara Liason has more. The district is a federal district, not a state. It's unclear whether courts are going to allow him to do this in places where governors control their state National Guard troops. He's already had one court ruling against him about sending troops to Los Angeles over the objections of the government. governor there. And part of this, as Trump himself has explained, is political. He says the midterm elections will be about crime. He wants them to be about crime. He says the crime issue is good for Republicans, and he doesn't want them to be about the Jeffrey Epstein files or vaccines or the economy. Impires Mara Liason reporting. Yesterday, thousands marched in D.C. calling for Trump

to remove the National Guard and federal law enforcement troops. Boeing says it will start hiring replacement workers for about 3,200 union members on strike in the St. Louis area. St. Louis Public Radio's Olivia Mizeau has more. Manson Graves, a mechanic for Boeing, says he thinks the recent announcement from company executive Dan Gillian is a tactic to divide the union. Instead of him going in and sitting with the contract negotiation team to bargain a better contract, he's using these tactics to target the union members and to break us. Gillian said this week that he is not willing to change the economic framework of the union contract.

The workers on strike staffed three manufacturing plants in the St. Louis area that produce weapons and equipment for the United States military, including fighter jets. Olivia Meisel reporting. U.S. futures contracts are trading higher at this hour. You're listening to NPR News. Carlos Alcarez is the winner of the U.S. Open men's tennis tournament. 22-year-old Spaniard now has six Grand Slam titles to his name. And with this win, he reclaims the world number one ranking. And Pierre's Becky Sullivan has more.

Alcarus was on fire at the U.S. Open this year. He didn't drop a single set on his way to the men's singles final. There, he met, who else, Janik Center, the 24-year-old Italian with whom Alcarez has taken over the world of men's tennis. In Queens on Sunday, Al-Carez finally lost a set, but only one, ultimately beating Center in four sets, six two, 366-6-1-64. Between them, Al-Karez and Center have won every Grand Slam title this year and last. Before accepting his trophy, Al-Carez first thanked his rival. I'm seeing you more than my family, so it's Jesus. So it's, I mean, it's great to share the courts.

The next Grand Slam isn't until January. That'll be the Australian Open. That's the only Grand Slam title Al-Corez has not yet won in his career. Becky Sullivan and PR News. At the weekend box office, the horror film The Conjuring Last Rights debuted in the top spot with an estimated $83 million in ticket sales. That makes it the third highest domestic opening for a horror movie. The horror genre has now generated over a billion dollars for this year's domestic box office with the help of other Warner Brothers hits like weapons, final destination, bloodlines, and sinners.

In second place, Disney's filmed version, Hamilton, with an estimated 10. $10 million in ticket sales. This is NPR. This message comes from WISE, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with WISE, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit WISE.com. T's and Cs apply.