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In Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. U.S. and Ukrainian officials met in Geneva today for talks on a peace agreement to end Russia's war in Ukraine. But but as NPR's Luke Garrett reports, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are voicing concern over a deal some see as pro Putin.
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The initial US Plan has Ukraine giving up land over to Russia, reduces Ukraine's army by 30% and bars NATO expansion. Democrat Senator Mark Warner of Virginia tells Fox he doesn't like it.
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I think it would go down, frankly, as a historically bad deal.
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And Republican Representative Michael McCaul of Texas criticized it on ABC News.
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I would not advise Ukraine to sign.
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This, but Missouri Republican Eric Schmidt approves of the peace plan. The people that are critical of this right now, they don't really have another plan. And they live in this fantasy world that another round of sanctions or another round of weapons or another round of cash is going to solve the problem, and it won't. President Trump has faced growing pressure from his right flank to refocus on domestic issues over foreign wars. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
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Hamas sent a delegation to Egypt to discuss the ceasefire with Israel in Gaza. This is more than 300 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes since the ceasefire took hold early this month or early last month. And Pierce Cat Lonsdorf reports.
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A Hamas official, speaking on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak publicly, told NPR that a delegation from the group met with mediators in Cairo to, quote, discuss the Israeli violations of the ceasefire. Israel and Hamas have repeatedly accused each other of violating the fragile ceasefire agreement. The ceasefire is holding, but advancement toward a lasting peace remains stalled. Over the weekend, Israel said Hamas militants threatened Israeli troops and responded with a series of strikes across the enclave, killing more than 20 people. Israel says several were Hamas officials. 339 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza during this ceasefire, according to health officials, including more than 60 children. Cat Lonorf, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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A diplomatic spat between China and Japan continues to escalate. China's foreign minister says a speech from Japan's prime minister over Taiwan was shocking. NPR's Emily Fang reports.
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Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Japan had, quote, stolen Taiwan from China and that Taiwan was, quote, an inseparable part of China. Taiwan is a self ruled democratic island and it was a former Japanese colony and relations between Taiwan and Japan have gotten closer as Beijing's threats towards Taiwan increased. China's ambassador to the United nations also raised Japan's speech about Taiwan this past week, accusing Tokyo of supporting, quote, armed intervention over Taiwan. In retaliation, Beijing has also cut off some flights and tour groups to Japan, and it's reportedly blocked some Japanese food imports as well. Emily Fang, NPR News.
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You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Archaeologists in Wisconsin have discovered a very, very old canoe estimated to be more than 5,000 years old. Sarah Lear of Wisconsin Public Radio has more.
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Over the last several years, the Wisconsin Historical Society says it's found a total of 16 ancient canoes lurking at the bottom of Lake Mendota in south central Wisconsin. Tamara Thompson is a maritime archaeologist who helped lead those discoveries. She suspects that for millennia indigenous people returned to that section of the lake. She says they may have been stashing their boats for later by burying them under sediment near the shoreline. What we're seeing really is a parking lot. The cluster of canoes includes a red oak vessel discovered earlier this year. It's believed to be 5200 years old. That makes it the oldest canoe ever found in the Great Lakes region and one of the oldest found in North America. For NPR News, I'm Sarah Lear in Madison.
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At the weekend box office, Universal Pictures Wicked for Good took the top spot with an estimated $150 million in ticket sales. It's the biggest opening ever for a Broadway musical adaptation, surpassing the first film's $112 million launch. And it's also the second biggest of the year. In second place, now youw See Me, now youw don't. With $9 million in its second weekend, Badlands with $6 million early next week, Zootopia 2 enters the mix. And it's also expected to drive big crowds to the movies over the holiday break. I'm Jeanine Herbst, NPR News, in Washington.
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