What efforts are being made to end the war in Ukraine?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are heading to Geneva to try to bring an end to Russia's war in Ukraine. Talks are being held there on Sunday. As NPR's Rob Schmitz reports, the discussions are part of the Trump administration's efforts to pressure Ukraine to accept a U.S.-sponsored 28-point peace plan.
The plan calls on Kiev to make many concessions to Russia, including giving up land.
U.S. officials plan to meet senior Ukrainian officials to discuss Kiev's response to Trump's peace proposal. Ukraine's European allies have criticized the plan, not least because it was negotiated between the U.S. and Russia without Ukraine's involvement. European leaders say they're looking for a way to make the Trump plan more palatable for Ukraine and its European allies.
As it stands, it would require Ukraine to seek control of eastern Donetsk and Luhansk and would prohibit Ukraine from trying to join NATO. President Trump says he wants a response from Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky by Thursday. If Zelensky rejects it, he risks losing U.S. support, including crucial intelligence sharing. Rob Schmitz, NPR News, Berlin.
Arizona's attorney general says she'll continue to pursue a case against so-called fake electors for trying to change the results of the 2020 presidential election. Cameron Sanchez of member station KJZZ reports.
Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays began prosecuting the 11 Republican electors and seven other defendants in 2023, and they were indicted by a grand jury on felony charges of fraud, among others. But earlier this year, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers issued an order quashing the grand jury's original indictment.
Myers concluded that the prosecutors did not provide jurors with the text of an 1887 law that the defendants say is central to the case. A spokesman for May has confirmed that she will seek a review of the lower court's ruling by the state Supreme Court. For NPR News in Phoenix, I'm Cameron Sanchez.
A stubborn container ship fire continues to burn at the port of Los Angeles at this hour, and hundreds of people are fighting that blaze. But officials have now lifted a shelter-in-place order for surrounding communities. Steve Futterman has our reports.
The order was due to toxic smoke from the blaze, the result of hazardous material on board the ship burning. The ship has now been moved out of the port and anchored around a mile offshore, reducing the threat. L.A. Fire Captain Adam von Gerpen says officials know exactly what's inside the 40 containers.
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