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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stevens. President Trump says that Venezuela will hand over 30 to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S. following the capture of that nation's president. As NPR's Franco Ordonez reports, Trump says the oil will then be sold at market price.
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President Trump says in a social media post that he'll control the proceeds from the oil sales to ensure that the money is used to benefit the people of Venezuela and the United States. He adds that it will be transported by storage ships directly to unloading docks in the U.S. he says that his energy secretary, Chris Wright, is executing the plan. Venezuela, of course, has some of the largest oil resources in the world, but it has been decimated by poor management. Oil fields are decaying and the infrastructure is in horrible shape. Trump has said the US Will be strongly involved in reviving the country's oil industry and expects U.S. companies will help with the costs. Franco Ordonez, NPR News.
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President Trump's envoy, Steve Witkoff, is reporting progress in peace talks to end the war in Ukraine. Witkoff spoke with reporters following a meeting in Paris on Tuesday.
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We think we're largely finished with security protocols, which are important so that the people of Ukraine know that when this ends, it ends forever. But we also think critically that we are very, very close to finishing up as robust a prosperity agreement as any country has ever seen coming out of conflicts like this.
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Nearly three dozen nations, including Britain and France, have pledged to send troops to Ukraine to secure peace once the fighting there end. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the UK Will also take part in U. S Led efforts to bring about a ceasefire. Authorities still have no motive for last month's shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor days later. But recordings the suspect made after the shootings shed some light on his state of mind. David Wright of member station Ocean State Media has more.
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Transcripts released by the Massachusetts U.S. attorney's office come from videos Claudio Neves Valente recorded in his Salem, New Hampshire, storage locker after the shootings, his right eye wounded by one of his own shell casings. Valente says he'd been planning the attack at Brown University for some time. Six months, he says, or six semesters. He claims to have roamed the campus many times before December 13th. I had plenty of opportunities, he says, but I always chickened out. He says he has no hatred towards America and that, quote, this was an issue of opportunity. For NPR News, I'm David Wright in Providence, Rhode Island.