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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Russia's top diplomat is warning Moscow would likely reject any U.S. peace plan for Ukraine that failed to address core Kremlin demands. From Moscow, NPR's Charles Mains has details.
What are the latest developments in the Ukraine peace talks?
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia welcomed the initial version of a U.S. peace plan for Ukraine. One critic said it was heavily tilted in Russia's favor, but that Lavrov claimed mirrored consensus that came out of the Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska. Lavrov said Moscow is still waiting to hear about a newly amended version of the U.S. plan, now with input from Ukraine and European powers. Lavrov's comments came as Russian and American representatives are set to gather in the United Arab Emirates to discuss those very changes. Meanwhile, fighting has continued alongside the diplomacy, with heavy Russian attacks overnight on the Ukrainian capital Kiev and Ukrainian drones striking border regions of Russia.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
President Trump says he has no firm deadline for Ukraine and Russia to reach a peace deal, but speaking aboard Air Force One on his way to Florida to spend the Thanksgiving holiday, he said negotiators are making progress. Trump says he is sending envoy Steve Witkoff to Moscow to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to Kiev to meet with the Ukrainians, who say they support the essence of the deal, but that sensitive issues remain. 20 states are suing the Trump administration over cuts to long-term housing for homeless people. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports a funding shift comes with new restrictions that states say are illegal.
The federal housing agency HUD wants to shift billions of dollars away from permanent housing toward transitional housing, and it says it will deny funding to programs that promote DEI, acknowledge people who are transgender or non-binary, or don't cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. The lawsuit by the mostly Democratic-led states says those conditions are unlawful, and it says Congress mandated that homelessness funding be distributed based solely on need. HUD Secretary Scott Turner has said the funding changes are about promoting self-sufficiency. Advocates for ending homelessness say the overhaul could push 170,000 people back onto the streets. Jennifer Ludden, NPR News, Washington.
New Hampshire Democratic Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander is sounding defiant following word that the FBI wants to talk to her and the five other Democratic lawmakers in that video calling on U.S. troops not to follow illegal orders.
I am doing my job. I will not be intimidated. I will not be harassed. I will continue to do my job and uphold my oath, and I will never give up the ship.
Goodlander and the five other Democrats all have military or intelligence backgrounds. They say the Trump administration is trying to silence them. On Monday, the Pentagon threatened to recall Arizona Senator Mark Kelly to active duty to potentially face military charges. This is NPR News. Israel says Palestinian militants have handed over another set of human remains through the Red Cross, but it's not yet clear if the remains are those of one of the three hostages remaining in the Gaza Strip. The Office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Since the remains will be taken for forensic testing and identification, the handover is the latest under the ceasefire that took effect on October 10th.
Authorities in New Zealand say a U.S. citizen was one of two mountain climbers who died while scaling the country's highest peak earlier this week. Christina Cuculio reports that local authorities say they are working with the U.S. consulate.
New Zealand police say search teams have recovered the bodies of the two men who died on Aoraki Mount Cook on Monday evening local time. Police are yet to publicly identify the American citizen who's reported to have died together with his mountain guide, who's said to be a French national. Two other climbers who were with them were rescued by helicopter.
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