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What is President Trump's stance on Ukraine's peace proposal?
President Trump is backing away from his Thanksgiving deadline for Ukraine to agree to his latest peace proposal as talks continue to try to end Russia's war with Kiev. The president was asked about the ongoing negotiations yesterday as he spoke to reporters aboard Air Force One.
Ukraine is doing well. I think they're pretty happy about it. They'd like to see it end. And we won't know for a little while, but we'll make it progress.
The president's original 28-point proposal has since been whittled down after talks with Kiev. Trump says he's sending his envoy, Steve Witkoff, to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump also shrugged off a report from Bloomberg that Witkoff had coached the Russians on how to approach the negotiations. The president called that a standard aspect of dealmaking. Amid the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the U.N. is warning of the dangers from thousands of tons of unexploded ordnance in Gaza. NPR's Anas Baba says two years of Israeli bombardment continue to injure and kill civilians.
Gaza remains a minefield. Since the ceasefire began, health officials in Gaza say three Palestinians, including children, have died and 10 more injured after coming into contact with remnants from the war. Civil defense teams say unexploded missiles and warheads fired during two years of relentless airstrikes, are buried under rubble, rooftops and even in open streets, turning everyday life into a deadly gamble. In just one day, four civilians were wounded in two separate blasts in Gaza City. The UN has warned of the urgent need for mine clearance, calling the danger to civilians ongoing and extreme. But for now, residents, especially children, live surrounded by silent killers hidden in the debris of war.
Anas Baba, NPR News, Gaza City.
A special congressional election in Tennessee is now less than a week away. Mariana Bacayau with member station WPLN says the district is a Republican stronghold.
Tennessee's 7th congressional district has long been considered solidly Republican by the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. Newly retired U.S. Congressman Mark Green won the district by 22 points last year. But that rating has changed to likely Republican. And the race is heating up between Democratic candidate Afton Bain and her Republican opponent Matt Van Epps. Tennessee GOP Chair Scott Golden says he's focused on turnout— especially during the holiday season.
I think if there's concern, it's just that people aren't aware that they have the opportunity to vote right now.
Analysis from the Cook Political Report shows that Democratic voters may be more motivated to go to the polls on December 2nd. For NPR News, I'm Marianna Bacayau in Nashville.
This is NPR News from Washington. Wall Street is coming off a day of gains as investors grew more optimistic that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates again at next month's policy meeting. It followed a report from the government showing retail sales in the U.S. slowed in September. The Dow added 664 points yesterday, or more than 1.4%. The Fed cut rates by a quarter point in September and October. Authorities in New Zealand say a U.S. citizen was one of two mountain climbers who died while scaling the country's tallest peak earlier this week. As Christina Kukula reports, the two were part of a group connected by a rope when they fell.
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. Authorities say a coroner will investigate the deaths, which come nearly a year after three climbers from the US and Canada went missing on the same mountain. They were declared dead, but their bodies were never found. For NPR News, I'm Christina Kukola in Melbourne, Australia.
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