Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What recent event involving the West Virginia National Guard did President Trump announce?
President Trump says West Virginia National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom is dead. Trump made the announcement during his Thanksgiving call to U.S. troops. Beckstrom was 20 years old. She was one of two West Virginia Guard members who were shot in Washington, D.C. Wednesday in what officials say was a targeted attack. NPR's Brian Mann is following developments. While speaking to U.S.
military leaders around the world, Trump said... The other guard member, 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, also from West Virginia, is still fighting for his life after undergoing surgery. Wolfe remains in critical condition. The suspect is in custody and has been identified as an Afghan national who came to the U.S. during the Biden administration and was granted asylum earlier this year.
President Trump is defending his chief negotiator after a leaked recording appeared to show him coaching a Russian official on how to get a better deal with Trump. Trump says it's standard practice to do that, as NPR's Franco Ordonez reports.
The controversy has shined a new spotlight on his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and drawn criticism to the administration's ad hoc approach to securing peace deals. But Aaron David Miller, who served as a negotiator for Republican and Democratic administrations, says even a negotiating giant like Secretary of State Henry Kissinger would have a tough time with Russia.
My experience in negotiations, they work. That is to say, deals are cut when there is urgency. And urgency is a function of two things. How much pain the parties are under and what are the prospects for gain. The problem is that Miller just doesn't see the urgency in Moscow. And Russian President Vladimir Putin doesn't seem ready to make the kinds of concessions required to make a deal.
Franco Ordonez, NPR News. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to reporters about the U.S. peace plan, saying that the discussion so far... were not about a draft agreement, but about sets of issues. He also insisted that Ukrainian forces pull back or be overrun.
Peru has locked up another former president after a court in Lima jailed Pedro Castillo for his failed coup in December 2022 from Lehman. Simeon Tegel has more. Pedro Castillo smiled as the judge read out his sentence. Eleven years and five months for his attempt to save his scandal-wracked leftist administration by unconstitutionally shuttering the Congress and courts.
His conviction comes a day after another former president, centrist Martin Vizcarra, was handed a 14-year term after being found guilty of taking kickbacks. Meanwhile, Peru's democratic meltdown continues. Lawmakers, dozens of whom are under investigation for corruption and have been accused of favouring organised crime, are on the cusp of ousting the country's chief prosecutor.
For NPR News, I'm Simeon Tegel in Lima, Peru. The search and rescue mission in Hong Kong is nearing an end. Officials say they expect to wrap up operations on Friday after the city's worst fire in decades tore through a massive apartment complex. Seven of eight towers were engulfed by flames. At least 94 people are confirmed dead. Dozens remain missing.
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Chapter 3: What controversy surrounds Trump's chief negotiator regarding a leaked recording?
For instance, if everyone wore a seatbelt, an additional 100-plus lives could be saved. According to the technology company Samsara, which tracks safety in large fleets of vehicles, the Sunday after Thanksgiving is the most dangerous day of the holiday season, with commercial crash rates spiking 65% week over week. Drive safe. Camila Dominovsky, NPR News.
The holiday season is now turning toward Black Friday, which remains the biggest single shopping day of the year in the U.S. The day after Thanksgiving marks the official start of the holiday shopping season, which typically accounts for about a third of retail profits. This year's kickoff comes as President Trump's tariffs on imported goods have raised costs for both retailers and consumers.
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