This NPR News segment covers a series of breaking developments: NATO leaders convene in Ankara amid efforts to reassure President Trump of the alliance’s value, a sexual assault allegation rocks a key U.S. Senate race in Maine, Europe faces a third heat wave with devastating wildfires, Mi
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