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Live from NPR News, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Airports in Poland, including the main international airport in Warsaw, are open again after Polish and NATO forces shot down several Russian drones at entered Polish airspace. NPR's Rob Schmitz has the latest. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk says fighter jets from both NATO and Poland were scrambled to shoot down the Russian drones that had entered Polish airspace overnight. The operation marks the first time that a NATO country has directly engaged Russian assets in its airspace since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Tews called the incursion a large-scale provocation by Russia. On Tuesday, Poland said it would close its borders with Belarus due to what it called aggressive military exercises, as well as a growing number of provocations from Russia and Belarus.

In 2022, a stray Ukrainian missile struck a Polish village killing two people. Rob Schmitt and Pierre News, Berlin. On truth, social President Trump questions Russia's latest action, adding, quote, here we go. He says he plans to speak with the president of Poland today. Meanwhile, the White House is monitoring, escalating tensions with two U.S. allies in the Middle East, Israel and Qatar. The U.S. says Israel acted unilaterally in launching a strike on Qatari soil yesterday, which several people died. Israel was targeting Hamas officials vowing to keep up the attacks until hostages in Gaza released and Hamas is eradicated.

Yesterday, Trump reacted with concern after the strike. I'm not thrilled about the whole situation. It's not a good situation. But I will say this. We want the hostages back. But we are not thrilled about the way that went down. Meanwhile, Houthi rebels in Yemen say Israeli forces are attacking the capital Sunup.

There's been no confirmation from Israel. The Iran-backed Houthis are aligned with Gaza's Hamas in their war with Israel. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on the legality of President Trump's far-reaching tariffs in early November. NPR's Nina Totenberg has details. The Trump administration has justified its sprawling tariffs against other countries as needed to stem the flow of fentanyl across U.S. borders and to rectify what Trump has called country-killing trade deficits. But two lower courts have ruled that the tariffs exceed any power authorized by Congress, and the business community, which normally backs Trump policies, is on the other side this time, contending that the tariffs

have inflicted profound harms on American businesses, particularly small businesses. Nina Totenberg and PR News, Washington. At the last check on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down nearly 200 points, a roughly half a percent, at 45,509. This is NPR News. The producer price index unexpectedly fell last month, the Labor Department posting a decline of one-tenth of a percent. This is the Federal Reserve prepares to meet again next week.

The Fed is widely expected to begin cutting interest rates. Attorney General Pam Bondi is emphasizing the rights of parents to exempt their children from certain lessons in school based on religious beliefs. NPR's Jason DeRose says Bondi has issued a memo on parental rights in public schools. The subject of the memo is upholding constitutional rights and parental authority in America's education system. It says the DOJ wants to protect parents exercising their rights in defense of, quote, family, faith, and the future of our nation. The memo says parents have a fundamental right to direct the moral and religious education of their children

and that schools receiving public funds must allow parents to exempt their children from lessons that conflict with the family's sincerely held religious beliefs, specifically beliefs related to sexuality and what it calls gender ideology. The memo says any attempt to burden these rights will face action from the Justice Department. Jason DeRose, NPR News. In Nepal, troops are working to restore order following days of unrest, which led to the resignation of the country's prime minister. young people are also torched government buildings. The protests over corruption were triggered by Nepal's ban on social media apps. Nepal had reversed that order, but by then clashes had cost a number of lives, including those of 19 protesters. This is NPR.