European Troop Coalition, Heads of State Meet in China, Trump and Labor Day

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🗓️ 1 September 2025

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European leaders are drafting plans to send a coalition of troops to Ukraine as part of a possible post-war security guarantee. China's President Xi Jinping is hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit with the leaders of Russia and India gathering in a challenge to US influence. And, how The Trump administration is faring with workers as the President marks his first Labor Day since returning to the White House.

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0:00.0	Europeans prepare to send soldiers to Ukraine.
0:05.2	There's just one little thing they need.
0:07.3	US has to be a force together with us.
0:09.6	This is, I believe, clear for everyone.
0:11.7	Where does the U.S. stand on a peace plan?
0:13.9	I'm Lela Faudil.
0:14.9	That's Stevenski, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.9	China's president hosts Eurasian heads of state for a summit.
0:25.1	The meeting includes friends and allies of the United States as China challenges U.S. influence.
0:30.4	What are the risks for the U.S.?
0:31.8	And it's President Trump's first Labor Day back in the White House.
0:35.3	Every policy of the Trump administration is designed to lift up the American worker.
0:40.6	Many blue-collar workers voted for Trump, so why is the administration canceling some of the
0:45.2	projects that gave them work?
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