9.29 | Iran down to zero

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Up next, Mark Mellinger with today's news.

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Those men arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror attack on a UK airbase used by the US are now free on bail. Police took the five British men, all in their twenties, into custody early Sunday near the RAF Fairford Air Base.

Monday, the men were released on bail, but counter-terrorism detectives say the suspects face stringent conditions while they're out. Lawrence Taylor, the head of UK counter-terror policing, says investigators are looking into every angle.

Lawrence Taylor (2:06)

Including that this may be actively committed by proxies or individuals either knowingly or unknowingly working on behalf of a foreign state.

Mark Mellinger (2:17)

The US has used RAF Fairford for limited bombing missions in Iran. The Iranian government had previously warned the UK any base used to attack Iran is a legitimate target, but Iran denies any involvement in this plot. President Trump says he's surprised the suspects were released. If it were up to the US, he says they would still be in custody.

In the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.

Emergency crews rushed to the aftermath of another Russian air bombardment. Drone strikes Monday killed at least seven people and left more than 80 others hurt among the targets, apartment buildings, gas stations, and Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences. President Trump's looking ahead to a busy day with America's top artificial intelligence executives at the White House. The AI Summit comes amid increasing reports of AI agents going rogue, sparking fears the technology could one day prove lethal to humans and leading some AI executives themselves to call for more government regulation. The president is dismissing those calls, pressing for the US to go full speed ahead and lead the world in AI development. His co-host for the summit, House Speaker Mike Johnson, agrees.

Caleb Kruckenberg (3:38)

We do not need a moratorium. We do not need to jump in and hyper regulate this because we'll lose the race to China.

Mark Mellinger (3:43)

Instead, Johnson says a key goal of the summit is to strike the right balance between innovation and safety. For the moment, OpenAI has paused training for its latest AI models, while the chipmaker NVIDIA is launching a new security tool to keep AI agents from going rogue.

Southeast Iowa will be the home of a new $15 billion steel plant that President Trump says will be the nation's largest. The announcement came Monday at the Oval Office.

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The project is expected to create up to 6,000 new construction jobs, nearly 2,000 manufacturing and mining jobs, and add another $95 billion to the US economy.

Mark Mellinger (4:28)

A Minnesota-based company owned by a conglomerate from India will build the plant, which is expected to be up and running by 2030 It will be accompanied by a new $2.5 billion iron ore mine in Minnesota, meaning the steel will be produced start to finish in the US. The White House is working to revitalize American industry to better compete with China. By the way, in the wake of last week's face-to-face meetings, the US and China announced a new trade deal to reduce tariffs on $30 billion worth of goods from each country.

The Federal Aviation Administration is asking Congress for $30 billion more, much of which it would use to upgrade air traffic control infrastructure across the country's airports. The proposed bill, called the Modern Skies Act, extends a push sparked by a string of airline crashes and close calls in recent years. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says if now is not the time for these changes, when will it be?