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Support for this podcast and the following message come from Autograph Collection Hotels, with over 300 independent hotels around the world, each exactly like nothing else. Autograph Collection is part of the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio of hotel brands. Find the unforgettable at autographcollection.com. Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman. President Joe Biden is now allowing Ukrainian troops to fire western-supplied long-range missiles at military targets deep inside Russia. As NPR's Juranica Kissis reports, Ukraine has been pushing for the change for months,

but now that they have the permission, officials there are concerned that the incoming Trump administration will cancel it. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has pushed the White House for months to let his troops use long-range aerial missiles like Atacams. In his nightly video address, he said his so-called victory plan to end the war on Ukraine's terms includes the use of these long-range missiles. There is a lot of talk in the media about us receiving permission for these actions. But strikes are not carried out with words.

Such things are not announced. The missiles will speak for themselves. A U.S. official told NPR that the strikes will be used in and around Russia's Kursk region. The permission may not last long. The incoming Trump administration can cancel it. Joanna Kakissis, NPR News. President Joe Biden

toured Brazil's Amazon rainforest this afternoon. He became the first sitting U.S. president to make such a visit. While there, he also pledged U.S. support to fight climate change, which is something the incoming Trump administration is unlikely to fund. Biden is now on his way to the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro,

which begins tomorrow. NPR's Kary Kahn has more on our story. President Biden wants an additional $50 million for the Amazon Fund, which grants money for climate change mitigation. President-elect Trump, who dismisses the effects of global warming, has vowed to end such measures. Brazil's leftist president, Luiz Inácio Lulaula da Silva says he's on track to end deforestation by 2030. As the G20's host, he's pushing world leaders to pass a progressive agenda, including taxing the super rich. The Biden administration approves anti-poverty measures. Trump will not, nor will his close ally, ultra-libertarian Argentine President Javier Millay, a G20 member and

a self-proclaimed anarcho-capitalist known for his brash behavior and rising profile in international rights circles. Carrie Kahn, NPR News, Rio de Janeiro. President-elect Trump has named more than 30 people this weekend that he wants to fill his incoming administration. A number of those named have sparked concern over some of their radical views. But NPR's Luke Garrett tells us that it's all part of Trump's plan for disruption as he takes office. He believes that the American people want to turn Washington upside down and that everyone

who he's picking will really disrupt the status quo in America. And so these two principles can really explain some of these more controversial picks. In what is considered to be a non-controversial Move though Trump today named Brendan Carr to lead the FCC Carr is the senior Republican now sitting at that agency You're listening to NPR news Tropical storm Sarah has now weakened to a tropical depression after it made land fall in Belize today. Sarah is expected to drop heavy rain and cause flash flooding and mudslides in the region. The US National Hurricane Center says Sarah

will continue to lose strength as it moves further inland. Renowned gymnast coach Bella Carolli is dead. He died Friday. He was 82 years old. NPR's Chandelis Duster reports on his life and his impact on the sports. Bella Carolli rose to international fame as a gymnastics coach while in his native Romania, training gymnasts including Nadia Comaneci, who scored the first perfect 10 at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games. Carolli and his wife Marta defected to America in 1981, where they mentored several American young gymnasts, including

Mary Lou Retton. Corolli spoke with NPR in 2012 about what he thought it took to achieve in an important area of gymnastics. Good 80% of the vault is still physical, and another percentage of only 25% is mental. He was criticized for what some said were harsh training techniques, and the famed Corolli Ranch became the center of a sexual abuse scandal that later came to roil the sport. Chandelice Duster, NPR News.

Oregon remains the unanimous pick at number one again despite its last minute win over Wisconsin on Saturday. It took a field goal with less than three minutes left to keep the Ducks undefeated. Ohio State, Texas, Penn State, and Indiana round out the top five of the football poll with four of the top five from the Big Ten. Notre Dame meanwhile moved up two spots to reach number six followed by Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, and Tennessee. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.