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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Officials in Denmark could consult NATO for guidance. This comes after a fresh-rounded drones swarmed a Danish airport last night. Earlier this week, more drones swarmed another Danish airport, as well as one in Oslo, Norway. NPR's Rob Schmitz has more on last night's incident. Incoming and departing flights from Alborg Airport in northern Denmark were halted after drones were spotted in its airspace. Three other smaller airports in southern Denmark also reported drone activity, but were not closed.

The incidents come after Copenhagen, Reagan Airport was forced to close earlier this week due to a drone incursion. Prime Minister Metta Fredrickson called that incident the most severe attack on Danish infrastructure so far. She said Russian involvement could not be ruled out. A Kremlin spokesman called the allegations unfounded. Last week, Estonia and Poland requested a consultation with NATO members after they accused Russia of violating their airspace in separate incidents. Rob Schmitz and Pierre News, Berlin. A federal government shutdown is getting closer unless Republicans and Democrats agree on a federal spending bill.

Democratic House leader Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats won't sign on to a spending bill unless Republicans restore deep funding cuts to federal health care programs. Democrats do not support the partisan Republican spending bill because it continues to gut the health care of the American people. But Senate Majority later John Thune says Republicans are seeking a stop-gap spending. bill so both sides can agree on a longer spending measure. He says Democrats want to extend the Affordable Care Act or the ACA. I mean, I've got to see what's going to be proposed. I'm hoping that the Democrats actually have a proposal. What they're talking about is a straight-up extension, which, as I said, cost $365 billion, has no reforms in it. And this is a program that's desperately in need of reform. He spoke to CNN. The FBI says it's investigating yesterday's

shooting at a Dallas immigration and customs enforcement facility. Officials say they consider this an act of targeted violence. From member station KERA, Tolawani Osibamawa reports one immigration detainee is dead, two more are hospitalized in critical condition. Acting ICE director Todd Lyons identified the shooter to CBS News as Joshua John. He died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. John most recently lived in Fairview, a suburb north of Dallas. One of his neighbors, Sherry Davis, says their neighborhood is small and tight-knit, but she didn't know much about John.

I would have never imagined that such a thing, you know, someone that felt so disenfranchised would live so close to me. Authorities haven't indicated any specific motive, but they did release a picture of five unspent bullet casings found at the scene. One had the words anti-ice written on it. For NPR news, I'm Toluani, Yosi Bamalo, in Dallas. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Former French president, Nicola Sarkozy, has been convicted of a single count of criminal association in a campaign finance scheme. A French court says he's been sentenced to five years in prison. The French court says Sarkozy will still have to report to prison even if he appeals his conviction.

China has released its climate goals to help reduce global warming. NPR's Julia Simon reports China is considered the biggest generator of pollution in the world. Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced the country will cut greenhouse gas emissions between 7% and 10% of their peak by 2035. Many climate experts had hoped China would pledge to cut planet heating gases by at least 15 or 20%, but experts say it's likely China is underpromising and that the pledge is probably a floor, not a ceiling. China's carbon dioxide emissions fell last year, largely because of booming Chinese solar, wind, and batteries. 80% of all solar panels and 60% of wind turbines are now supplied by Chinese companies. President Xi also made a pledge to further increase EV sales and renewable energy production.

Meanwhile, the U.S. has pulled out of the global climate agreement. Julia Simon, NPR News. Officials in Bangkok, Thailand, say a gigantic sinkhole has opened in the middle of a road in the capital. The mammoth hole is near a hospital, and it is demolished part of the road. It's dozens of feet deep. Officials in Thailand believed the sinkhole occurred after a water pipe burst in a tunnel linked to the Bangkok subway system. This is NPR.