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Our top stories, Donald Trump introduced a fee of $100,000 on applications for H-1B visas, which are largely used by tech firms to recruit skilled foreign workers, mostly from India.

Howard Lutnik, America's Commerce Secretary, said the move would stop companies from bringing in people to take our jobs. India's government warned that the fee would have humanitarian consequences.

More than 70% of H-1Bs last year were awarded to Indians.

The Pentagon threatened to revoke journalists' access unless they pledge not to publish information,

even if it is unclassified, that has not been authorized.

America's Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth wrote on X on Friday that the press does not run his department,

recently renamed the Department of War, nor should it roam the halls.

The new rules also restrict journalists' movements

in the building. Estonia sought consultations with other NATO countries after three Russian fighter jets

breached its airspace on Friday. NATO jets forced the planes away. Petter Pavel, the Czech

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