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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. NATO has warned Russia that it will employ all military tools necessary to defend against any further incursions into airspace. As Esmey Nicholson reports, a NATO meeting was called in response to signs of increased Russian aggression. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutter says the recent intrusions of Russian drones and fighter jets were either intentional or a sign of what he called blatant incompetence. Even if it is incompetence, we still have to defend ourselves. Rutter was speaking following consultations held at Estonia's request

in response to three Russian fighter jets entering its airspace last week for 12 minutes without authorization. His remarks come after Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that the Polish Air Force would shoot down flying objects as and when they violate Polish territory, quote, without discussion. Rutter stressed that NATO allies will act according to the threat level, adding that in Estonia's case there was no immediate threat assessed. From NPR news, I'm Esme Nicholson in Berlin.

Ukrainian leader Vololomir Zelensky says Russia continues to carry out the longest war in Europe since World War II and without impunity. Zelensky told the UN General Assembly that Russia is using every chance to keep the conflict going. He says there are no signs that Russia will ever return to the principles of the UN Charter. Health officials around the world are rejecting President Trump's assertion

that pregnant women should avoid Tylenol. NPR's Jonathan Lennon. has more. In a press conference Monday, President Trump blamed acetaminopin, the active ingredient in Tylenol for autism. He said the Food and Drug Administration would be updating guidance around its use during pregnancy. That claim isn't backed by evidence, according to officials from the European Medicines Agency and the World Health Organization. The European Drug Regulator released a statement reiterating their guidance that the painkiller can be used during pregnancy when needed. Officials from several countries, including

including the United Kingdom, Australia, and Spain also pushed back against the president's comments, calling them unfounded and dangerous. Jonathan Lambert, NPR News. Jimmy Kimmel's late night show is back on many ABC stations after an indefinite suspension of remarks he made about the murder of Charlie Kirk. Kimmel addressed the matter in his opening stand-up. You understand that it was never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man. I don't think there's anything funny about it. I posted a message on Instagram on the Dave's Kilt, sending love to his family, and asking for compassion. And I meant it.

I still do. Kimmel thanked his audience and the public for their support and for standing up for free speech. On his platform, Truth Social, President Trump said that ABC told the White House that the show had been canceled. U.S. futures are flat and after-hours trading on Wall Street. You're listening to NPR. Oklahoma public schools are forming a partnership with Turning Point USA, the group co-founded by Charlie Kirk. State School Superintendent Ryan Walters says the organization will have a chapter in every Oklahoma high school. Walter says the teachers' unions are pushing what he called woke indoctrination on students and lying about American history.

One of the first black students to graduate from an integrated high school in the South has died. Kane was 85. From Member Station, WPLN, Mariana Bacayal has this remembrance from Nashville. Kane didn't have a choice in being one of the first black students to integrate a Southern High School. His county would no longer pay to bus him to a nearby city for school. A year before the Little Rock Nine, Kane and 11 other black students began integrating Clinton High School in East Tennessee. At the time, a rising senior, Kane knew he would spend his last year of high school unable to play on the football team, unable to go to school dances, and as it turns out, unable to walk at graduation without being assaulted by white classmates.

Kane went on to serve in the military and the Tennessee state government. He died in Nashville at the age of 85. For NPR News, I'm Mariana Baca Yao in Nashville. President Trump has canceled plans to meet with Democratic leaders on Thursday. The gathering had been billed as a chance to negotiate Democratic demand. for health care spending, in exchange for supporting legislation that would a government shutdown on October 1st. You're listening to NPR News.