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For the first time ever, the annual Kennedy Center Honors Gala was hosted by a U.S.

president.

Donald Trump and his wife Melania were photographed in formal black attire, visibly joyful during tributes to the actors Sylvester Stallone and Michael Crawford, the singers Gloria Gaynor, George Strait, and the band KISS.

Before the Star-Studded festivities, President Trump updated reporters about the current negotiations to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

This weekend, Russia continued massive strikes on Ukraine, and Moscow said it shot down 77 Ukrainian drones.

Thailand says it launched airstrikes against Cambodian positions after at least one Thai soldier was killed and several wounded during border clashes this weekend, Michael Sullivan reports.

Elon Musk's ex has kicked the European Commission out of a key system for buying and tracking advertisements.

And Piers Bobby Allen reports it follows a $140 million fine against ex by European regulators.

In Honolulu, Hawaii, veterans, their families, and a younger generation came together at Pearl Harbor National Memorial to mark 84 years since a surprise attack by Japan that killed more than 2,400 Americans.

Only 12 survivors remain, all of them older than 100 years old.

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Thousands of survivors of the Eaton fire and their supporters gathered to relight the famed Christmas tree lane in Altadena over the weekend.

While bird populations are declining worldwide, due in large part to habitat loss, and as Vicky Barker reports, that's led to a corresponding rise in the number of streets in the UK named after these vanishing species.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is defending U.S.

military strikes on alleged drug smugglers.

He says the U.S.

will continue to find, quote, terrorists who bring in drugs.