It's the Brian Laira show on WNYC.

Happy Friday, everyone.

I'm Kusha Navidar, filling in for Brian today.

Coming up on today's show, we'll talk to WNYC and Gothamist reporter, Liam Quigley,

about two stories, one for each plank of his beats, which are parks and sanitation. So on

parks, he'll tell us about the Mamdani administration's proposal to redesign Grand Army Plaza in

Brooklyn to make it less car heavy and safer for pedestrians. And then on sanitation,

he'll tell us about the state of composting in the city. Plus, after that, why Anthropic,

the AI giant's new model called Mythos is sparking concerns about cybersecurity. We'll talk about

what Mythos does and why Anthropic the company is issuing

warnings about its power. And then, have you heard of the online trend fiber maxing?

We'll wrap today's show with gastroenterologist and she'll tell us why she's on board with this one.

But first, this, as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran wages on,

with a tenuous ceasefire now in place, Russia's war on Ukraine also continues. Just this week,

Russia launched more than 700 drones and missiles at Ukraine, killing at least 17 people. It's the deadliest attack in

months, according to Reuters. This war is now in its fifth year, and it shows few, if

any, signs of ending. European leaders have been telling President Zelensky that the Iran

war will not stop them from supporting Ukraine and that they'll actually provide more aid.

But the question is how.

And what about Trump's threat to pull the United States out of NATO, this time because Europe refused to join his war against Iran?

We'll talk about some of those questions now with Stephen Erlanger, who covers Europe as

chief diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times. He's joining us from Berlin. Stephen

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