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Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Several senators, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told him the U.S.-sponsored Ukraine peace plan being discussed in Geneva Sunday is actually a wish list from Russia. The State Department says those statements are false. NPR's Rob Schmitz, meanwhile, says there are doubts about the plan from other countries as well.
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.
President Trump says he was surprised when Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Friday that she will soon resign from Congress. The announcement came after months of tension between Greene and Trump. Georgia Public Broadcasting's Sarah Cullis spoke with some of Greene's constituents about her decision.
Greene is very popular in her district. Pam Larscheid, for example, lives in Greene's district. She's supportive of both Trump and Greene and wishes they would make amends. I think he should get over it and yes, support her. Some constituents like Josh Williams, who have backed her opponents, say they don't quite believe all of what she said.
I'm glad that she has seen the light as she is purporting, but I don't think that she's, I think she's a grifter.
People told me that they felt like this tension between her and Trump is just politics and they have bigger concerns.
That's Georgia Public Broadcasting's Sarah Cullis. The United Nations Global Climate Change Conference, known as COP30, has ended in Brazil. As NPR's Michael Copley reports, the talks delivered only modest progress on international efforts to cut pollution and pay for the costs of adapting to a hotter planet.
The final deal doesn't say anything about phasing out fossil fuels, the main driver of global warming. Dozens of countries had demanded a phase-out plan. saying world leaders need to deliver on an earlier commitment to reduce the use of coal, oil, and natural gas. Instead, the president of this year's meeting, André Aranja Correa de Lago, said in the coming months he'll work on a process and timetable for reducing fossil fuel use.
We need roadmaps. so that humanity, in a just and planned manner, can overcome its dependence on fossil fuels.
Countries did agree in Brazil to try to triple funding for things like flood defenses that can help communities adapt to a hotter world. Michael Copley, NPR News.
And you're listening to NPR News. The fire that broke out on the container ship at the port of Los Angeles on Friday is now mostly contained. All 23 crew members were evacuated from the boat after the fire began. Officials say an electrical problem started the fire, which was spread by a later explosion. Tall trees from the Northwest are about to bring some major joy to people across the globe. That's because Oregon and Washington export a large number of trees to countries like Singapore, Japan, and even Dubai during the holidays. Northwest Public Broadcasting's Anna King has our report.
Wendy Tanata exports as many as 60 shipping containers of premium Northwest trees to countries across the Pacific Rim in time for Christmas. They're all arriving in their ports of call now. She's dealing with trade barriers, shipping logistics, tariffs, and consumer demands. Around the first week of December, she says she can breathe again, but she says all the stress is worth it.
He's going into airports, like going to Singapore airport,
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