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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Nora Rahm. Ukrainian and European officials are meeting in Geneva. to discuss the U.S.-backed plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine. Some say it is giving too much to Russia at the expense of Ukraine, including ceding territory. The same concerns are held by some members of the U.S. Senate. Republican Mike Rounds of South Dakota is among those who say that Secretary of State Marco Rubio had told them the plan was developed by Russia, not the U.S.
It is not our recommendation. It is not our peace plan. It is a proposal that was received, and as an intermediary, we have made arrangements to share it.
Rubio went online suggesting the senators were mistaken, that Washington is responsible for the plan. He's taking part in the talks in Geneva today, along with other U.S. officials. Israel has bombed Beirut for the first time in months, killing at least five people and wounding dozens of others, according to Lebanese health officials. Jaina Raff has more in the story.
Israel launched the strike a week before Pope Leo lands in Beirut on his first papal visit to Lebanon. The Israeli military said the target was a senior official of the militant group Hezbollah. Despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, Israel has launched almost daily attacks in south Lebanon, but attacks in the Lebanese capital have been rare. Israel accuses Hezbollah of rebuilding its military structure. The Lebanese government says it is continuing to disarm the militant group along the border, as called for under the ceasefire. For NPR News, I'm Jaina Raff in Beirut.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney doesn't appear to be in any rush to resume trade talks with Washington. As Dan Karpinchuk reports, he made the suggestion while attending the G20 leaders' meeting in Johannesburg.
On the sidelines of the talks, Carney said he would resume discussions with the U.S., quote, when it's appropriate, adding that he didn't have any pressing issue to talk about with President Trump. Carney said his government is busy with Canada's future and with building new trade partnerships around the globe. Trump abruptly halted trade talks with Canada last month after an Ontario ad that featured the voice of former President Ronald Reagan saying tariffs do not work in the long term. Ottawa was in talks to try to lower U.S. import tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos. Carney said he is open to dialogue with Washington and that there will be conversations with Trump most likely in the next couple of weeks.
For NPR News, I'm Dan Carpinchuck in Toronto.
The G20 summit ended in Johannesburg today. Normally at the close, the host country then hands the gavel to the host next year. But the G20 will be held in the U.S., and President Trump boycotted the event, saying South Africa discriminates against its white minority. This is NPR News. The U.S. also skipped this year's climate change talks, which wrapped up in Brazil yesterday. Eighty countries had been demanding that negotiators agree to a roadmap to transition away from fossil fuels. They did not. They did agree to modest progress towards addressing climate change, including payments to help developing nations adapt to climate change. The agreement did not even mention fossil fuels, the main cause of global warming.
Millions of people are expected to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday, with some facing delays at airports and wet roads. NPR's Chandelier Duster has more on the story.
AAA says nearly 82 million people are expected to travel for Thanksgiving. with more people traveling by car, train, bus, and cruise. Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons are expected to be the most congested times for drivers in major metro areas. Travel could also be messy for parts of the country ahead of the holiday, according to National Weather Service lead forecaster Bob Oravec.
During the peak travel time going through this week, there will be increasing rains across the southern plains, anywhere across central Texas into eastern Oklahoma.
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