Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. Russia launched a barrage of drones and missiles at Kiev on Saturday. At least one person was killed and others injured in the attack on Ukraine's capital city. Parts of the city's energy infrastructure were hit along with several apartment buildings.
Chapter 2: What recent events occurred in Ukraine and how did they impact the region?
The attack came just one day before Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is meeting with President Trump in Florida. While meeting with Canada's Prime Minister on Saturday, he learned of the Russian attack. This attack is, again, Russia's answer. The Trump administration has stripped legal status from 1.6 million immigrants in 11 months.
That includes those who came into the country under various visa and parole programs. It's the largest removal of deportation protections for legal migrants in U.S. history. MPS Ximena Bustillo has more on that story.
The largest group affected includes those under a program called temporary protected status. It provides deportation protection and grants work permits to people from specific countries affected by war, natural disaster, political instability, or any other condition that makes the country unsafe for its nationals to return to.
The administration has ended TPS for 10 countries, impacting an estimated 1 million people. The Trump administration argues that parole programs like TPS are meant to only be temporary. TPS for six more countries expire next year, and if they're not extended, the U.S. may have no one under the program for the first time since it was created in 1990. Ximena Bustillo, NPR News, Washington.
Thailand and Cambodia have both agreed to a ceasefire. If it stays in effect, that could end three weeks of fighting that's killed more than 100 people. Michael Sullivan has our report from Chiang Rai, Thailand.
The ceasefire signed by the two countries' defense ministers says both countries have agreed to halt their artillery attacks and rocket barrages and air attacks by Thai fighter jets on Cambodian targets. The two countries have been involved in fierce combat for weeks that began in July, then reignited earlier this month.
Hundreds of thousands on both sides have been displaced by the fighting, prompted by an early French colonial map, Cambodia's then ruler, that's been disputed by the Thai side. The 72-hour lull is dependent on both sides honoring the ceasefire. For NPR News, I'm Michael Sullivan in Chiang Rai, Thailand.
Voting has now begun in Myanmar. That Southeast Asian country has been under military control since President Aung San Suu Kyi was overthrown in a coup there in 2021. It's the first election that's been held since then. The voting is being done in three phases and is expected to finish by the end of January.
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Chapter 3: What changes to immigration policy were implemented by the Trump administration?
Critics say the elections are simply a way to legitimize military rule there. You're listening to NPR News. More audiences watched movies and cinemas in 2025 than the previous year. That's according to the theater owner's trade association, Cinema United.
As NPR's Mondelez del Barco reports, their latest findings shows the biggest growth was with moviegoers in Generation Z. Cinema United reports that the number of habitual moviegoers, those who watch films in theaters at least six times a year, is on the upswing. Leading the way are those aged 13 to 28, says the group's president and CEO, Michael O'Leary.
He says Gen Z audiences went to cinemas 25% more this year than last.
Gen Z is drawn to the larger screen formats. They love the ability, frankly, to order their food from their seat. They also like the big, comfortable, modern, state-of-the-art recliners.
He says particularly for younger people, watching movies in theaters is a break from cell phones, social media, and other digital inundation. The report comes at a time when cinephiles worry about the future of movie theaters in this streaming age. Mandelit Del Barco, NPR News.
Police in Italy have arrested nine people involved with three charities that have been accused of raising millions of dollars for Hamas. Prosecutors say the suspects sent more than $8 million to associations in Gaza, the West Bank or Israel that were linked to Hamas. The European Union lists Hamas as a terrorist organization.
Guatemala has begun a three-day mourning period following an accident this weekend. A bus fell into a deep ravine. Fifteen passengers were killed and at least 15 other people were injured. It took rescue workers more than two hours to recover the bodies from the bus. Road accidents, though, are quite common in that country. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
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