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This message comes from Capital One with the Venture X card. Earn unlimited double miles, a $300 annual capital one travel credit and access to airport lounges. Capital One what's IN your wallet? Terms apply. Details@Capital1.com live from NPR News. In Washington, I'm Nora Ram. Bipartisan lawmakers are pushing back on President Trump's approach to ending the Russian invasion of Ukraine. They say Secretary of State Marco Rubio told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing Kyiv to accept is a Russian wish list and not the actual proposal offering Washington's positions. NPR's Rob Schmitz reports. The State Department denies this, calling the claim false.
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The senators, speaking at a security conference in Halifax, Canada, said they spoke to Rubio after he reached out to some of them while on his way to Geneva for talks on the Trump peace plan. Independent Maine Senator Angus King said Rubio told them the plan was not the Trump administration's plan but a wish list of of the Russians. The bipartisan group of senators, which also includes Republican Mike Rounds from South Dakota, are among those most focused on foreign relations and are critical of Trump's approach to ending the Russia Ukraine war. A State Department spokesperson denied their account, and Rubio suggested online that the senators were mistaken. Rob Schmitz, NPR News Brilliant.
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Top Ukrainian and European envoys have already met in Geneva ahead of Rubio's arrival. They want revisions to the plan. Several international airlines have canceled flights to and from Venezuela after the US Federal Aviation Administration warned of dangers from heightened military activity amid a buildup of American forces. The BBC's Luis Fajardo has more.
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Several airlines, both from Europe and from Latin America, including, for example, Avianca in Colombia, Iberia and others from Europe that are saying that they are responding to notifications by the US of authorities describing what they call potentially dangerous situations in Venezuelan airspace over the next few days. Avianca, the Colombian airline, has suggested that it will not fly more airplanes for the rest of the weekend.
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The BBC's Luis Fajardo. Public colleges and universities in Indiana will soon have to show the state how new degree programs promote what lawmakers call American values. It's part of a new higher education law that's set to take effect next year, and Ethan Sandweiss of member station WFIU reports.
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The new degree proposal form issued by state government asks how programs cultivate civic responsibility and commitment to the core values of American society. Emily Price, communications director for the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, says that the directive was announced at the group's meeting earlier this month. Indiana recently eliminated hundreds of degrees with low numbers of graduates, forcing the creation of many new consolidated programs. This announcement also follows the Trump administration's announcement that universities that sign a compact agreeing to certain policy priorities will get preferential treatment for federal funding. So far, the administration has not sent the compact to any Indiana schools. For NPR News, I'm Ethan Sandweiss in Bloomington, Indiana.
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This is NPR News. The Group of 20 summit ended in Johannesburg today, a gathering of the leaders of world's richest and developing economies and the US did not attend. President Trump says the host, South Africa, discriminates against white farmers. The US is to host the G20 next year. Trump says it will take place in Florida at one of his golf clubs. A sold out crowd of more than 100,000 people attended last night's F1 race on the streets of Las Vegas. Three drivers are still in the hunt for this year's title with two Grand Prix weekends remaining. NPR's Hai J. Mai has more.
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Under the bright lights of Las Vegas, the biggest star shined. Defending four time champion Max Verstappen kept his title hopes alive with a commanding victory in Saturday's race. The Dutch Red Bull driver overtook current championship leader Landon Norris right after the start and never looked back. Norris, who initially finished second, was later disqualified for a technical infringement. His McLaren teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri, suffered the same fate. Norris now leads the championship by 24 points ahead of Piastri and Verstappen, who are tied in second place with 58 points. Still up for grabs, the British driver looks poised to win his first driver's title. Next stop on the F1 calendar is Qatar. Hjmi, NPR News, Las Vegas.
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Former Wake Forest basketball star Rodney Rodgers has died. He also played in the NBA for 12 years. The NBA issued a statement that he died Friday from natural causes tied to his spinal cord injury. He had been paralyzed since an accident in 2008. Rodney Rogers was 54. I'm Nora Ramm, NPR News in Washington.
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