Miami Plane Crash, Witkoff & Kushner Visit Ukraine, Far-Right AfD Wins In Germany

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Authorities in Florida are investigating why an Amazon cargo plane overran the runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday, killing five people and injuring five more.<br>President Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, made their first wartime visit to Kyiv after talks in Moscow, offering no breakthrough as Ukraine pushes for renewed peace talks and more air defenses.<br>And Germany’s far-right AfD more than doubled its vote in a state election in Saxony-Anhalt, a result that could produce the country’s first far-right regional government since Nazi Germany.<br/><br/><em>Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? </em><a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a><em> to the Up First newsletter.<br></em><br>Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at <a href="http://plus.npr.org/"target="_blank" >plus.npr.org</a>.<br/><br/>Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Miguel Macias, Tina Kraja, Mohamad ElBardicy and Lindsay Totty.<br/><br/>It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Julie Depenbrock.<br/><br/>Our director is Christopher Thomas.<br/><br/>We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis and Robert Rodriguez. <br/><br/>And our technical director is Carleigh Strange.<br/><br/>(0:00) Introduction<br>(01:56) Miami Plane Crash<br>(05:32) Witkoff & Kushner Visit Ukraine<br>(08:59) Far-Right AfD Wins In Germany<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>