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Windsor Johnston
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with President Trump later today to discuss the future of the ceasefire in Gaza. He's traveling with the mother of the last Israel Israeli hostage whose body has still not been recovered. NPR's Itay Stern reports from Tel Aviv.
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Itay Stern
This will be the sixth meeting between Netanyahu and Trump. The president is expected to press Netanyahu to move to the next phase of the ceasefire, even as the prime minister faces pressure from the far right minister and his coalition who are opposed to any Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Netanyahu arrived in Florida accompanied by Taliqvili, the mother of Staff Sergeant Ran Gvili, the last Israeli hostage whose body is still missing. Hamas says he doesn't know where the remains are and it's still searching for him amid mounds of rubble. Gvili says she wants the two leaders not to move to the second phase of the ceasefire agreement until her son's body is returned. It's a position Netanyahu has also insisted on. Amita Stern, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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Windsor Johnston
President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held talks yesterday to discuss a potential end to the war with Russia. After the meeting, Zelenskyy said the negotiators agreed to 90% of the Trump administration's 20 part peace framework. Evelyn Farkas is the executive director of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University. She tells NPR that Russia doesn't appear to be on board with the plan.
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I do not believe that Russia wants peace right now. And when I say Russia, I mean the Kremlin. I mean President Putin. The around him. It appears that either President Putin is bluffing or he has been convinced once again by his intelligence experts, by his military that Russia has the upper hand right now.
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Windsor Johnston
As part of the plan, Ukraine would receive security guarantees from the US and would be able to join the European Union at a specific date in the future. A powerful winter storm is Sweeping across the US stretching from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast. NPR's Matt Bloom reports.
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Matt Bloom
The storm has unleashed snow, ice and severe thunderstorms across the Midwest, especially the Great Lakes region. Forecasters warn it has the potential to bring strong wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour and potential whiteout conditions, making road travel dangerous. Snowfall is expected to reach up to 2ft in some areas. As the storm moves northeast, it's expected to bring a mix of icy rain to parts of New England. On its back end, temperatures are expected to fall dramatically heading into the New Year's. Holiday cities from Houston to Atlanta are expected to see highs 10 to 15 degrees below average. Matt Bloom, NPR News.
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Windsor Johnston
On Wall street, the dow was down 230 points. This is NPR. Public libraries around the country are releasing their most checked out list for the past year. NPR's Neta Ulibi reports. One of the most popular books in 2020, novel the Women, the Women by.
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Neta Ulaby
Kristin Hannah, came out last year. It's about a US army nurse who serves in Vietnam. It was the number one most checked out book on Libby, the public library app, and in numerous libraries, including the one in Charlotte, North Carolina, where Harold Escalante works.
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I shouldn't be surprised, but I kind of was that the Women was number one yet again.
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Neta Ulaby
Other top books this year included the Romantasy series about elite soldiers and their dragons by Rebecca Yarros. All of the top 10 books on Libby by women, including the only nonfiction one, the Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins is about the art of not caring about other people's opinions. Neta Ulaby, NPR News, New York City.
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Windsor Johnston
Says it's phasing out the Metro card after more than 30 years. The swipeable gold and blue card will no longer be sold or refilled after December 31. It was first introduced in 1994 to replace subway tokens. Riders can still use existing cards for a but the city's transit agency is now fully shifting to a tap to pay system that was rolled out in 2019. Stocks are trading lower on Wall street at this hour. The Dow Jones industrial average down 216 points. The Nasdaq composite also trading lower, down 157. The S&P 500 down 29 points. I'm Windsor Johnston, NPR News, in Washington.
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