Plane Crash Latest, German Far Right, Nuclear Testing

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🗓️ 31 January 2025

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Cockpit recordings have been recovered from the jet involved in a collision just outside of Washington, DC, a German far-right party is participating in mainstream politics for the first time since World War Two and researchers are studying nuclear weapons at an underground facility in Nevada.

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0:00.0	We're starting to learn the identities of crew members on board the flights that collided just outside Washington, D.C.
0:08.0	Cockpit recordings from the jet have also been recovered.
0:11.0	What can they tell investigators about why this happened?
0:13.0	I'm Michelle Martin. That's A. Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:17.0	The German Parliament passed a motion to restrict immigration by turning back asylum seekers at the border.
0:25.4	It narrowly passed with the support of the country's extremist far-right party.
0:29.4	Lawmakers' cooperation with them broke a long-standing taboo against working with the far-right.
0:34.0	What does it mean that these extremists are now participating in mainstream politics?
0:37.9	And we pay a visit to a top secret lab underneath the Nevada desert where nuclear weapons are
0:42.8	tested and studied. Stay with us. We've got all the news you need to start your day.
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