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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is expressing optimism after talks in Geneva aimed at bringing an end to Russia's war with Ukraine. Here's Rubio speaking yesterday about discussions with Ukrainian officials on the Trump administration's 28-point peace plan.
I don't want to declare victory or finality here. There's still some work to be done. But we are much further ahead today at this time than we were when we began this morning and where we were a week ago for certain.
What updates are there on the Russia-Ukraine peace talks?
Ukrainian officials are describing progress having been made at the talks. Rubio says areas of disagreement with Kyiv are not insurmountable. Israeli forces have killed a senior Hezbollah commander in an airstrike in Beirut. According to Lebanese health authorities, yesterday's strike in a crowded residential area also left four others dead and wounded dozens more. Jane Araf reports.
Hezbollah announced that Haitham Ali Tabatabai was killed in an Israeli attack in Beirut's southern suburbs. The group described him as one of the founders of resistance against Israel. Israel has launched almost daily attacks in south Lebanon, despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreed a year ago. This was Israel's first attack in months on Beirut. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun called on other countries to intervene to stop Israel's ceasefire violations. Hezbollah has refrained from attacking Israel since last year's ceasefire, but a Hezbollah official called Sunday's attack a new red line. For NPR News, I'm Jane Araf in Beirut.
Two men from Texas are among those facing charges, resulting from what prosecutors say was a violent plot to take over an island in Haiti. NPR's Christian Wright reports.
A federal indictment alleges Gavin Weisenberg and Tanner Thomas of North Texas and other co-conspirators plan to sail to Ganav Island to murder all of the men and enslave the women and children for sex. Prosecutors say the two also plan to recruit homeless people in Washington, D.C. for the plot. They were accused of painstakingly planning, researching weapons, and learning Haitian Creole. The indictment says Thomas enlisted in the Air Force to get military training to carry out the attack, while Weisenberg joined a fire academy in Texas but failed out. Weisenberg's attorney tells NPR the Justice Department's claims have, quote, some limited factual basis but are wildly misleading. Lawyers for both men say they're pleading not guilty.
Kristen Wright, NPR News.
Thanksgiving week has arrived. AAA is predicting a record number of people, close to 82 million, will be traveling within the U.S. for the long holiday, mostly on the nation's roads and highways. The Federal Aviation Administration expects this to be the busiest Thanksgiving holiday at airports across the U.S. in 15 years. This is NPR News. A man suspected of fatally shooting a sheriff's deputy and wounding another last week near Vero Beach, Florida, has died of his injuries. The 37-year-old suspect was shot several times when officers returned fire. At the time, sheriff's deputies were serving an eviction notice at a house where the suspect's mother was attempting to have her son removed from the home.
Investigators say a locksmith, also wounded by the suspect, later died of his injuries. The movie Wicked for Good was number one at the North American box office over the weekend. NPR's Bob Mondello reports.
Because The Wizard of Oz is a children's classic in the U.S., Wicked for Good, the second half of the origin story of Good Witch Glinda and Wicked Witch Elphaba, was expected to do well here.
What happened during the Israeli airstrike in Beirut?
With what looks like a $150 million opening weekend, it's doing very well. But the story isn't as well known in other countries, so Wicked for Good opening to more than $75 million overseas Even with stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo doing extensive publicity tours was not a given. The first Wicked film made $758 million worldwide, so their combined box office will reach a billion dollars in the next few days. Bob Mondello, NPR News.
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