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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. Several of President-elect Donald Trump's picks for top national security posts are facing criticism for their lack of experience and some of the controversial positions they've expressed in the past. NPR's Greg Myrie reports that this is happening in part because Trump has taken a different approach to his nominees in his second term. In his first term, Trump selected a national security team largely made up of experienced hands,

often described as the adults in the room. This time his nominees are best known for their enthusiastic support of Trump. They include former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence and TV host Pete Hegseth to run the Pentagon. Global affairs analyst Ian Brimmer describes the picks this way. Lighter experience generally would be perceived as less capable on the national security defense and foreign policy space, but clearly more alignment, more loyalty personally to Trump. The nominees must still be confirmed by the Senate. Greg Myrie, NPR News, Washington.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is laying out his vision for negotiations between Ukraine be confirmed by the Senate. Greg Myhre, MPR News, Washington. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is laying out his vision for negotiations between Ukraine and Russia starting next year from Kyiv MPR's Hanna Palomarenko reports. In an interview with a Ukrainian public broadcaster, Volodymyr Zelensky said he believes the war will end faster under the administration of President-elect Donald Trump, citing unspecified policies. And Zelensky added, the war should end through diplomatic means. Zelensky said Saturday he and Trump had a constructive interaction in September, and

the Ukrainian side had the opportunity to present its position on the vision of peace. A just peace is important for us so that there is no feeling that we have lost the best for the sake of injustice that was imposed on us, Zelensky said. Hanna Polomarenko, NPR News, Kyiv. Tens of thousands of protesters gathered yet again in Tel Aviv on Saturday to call for the release of hostages taken by Hamas during its attack on Israel last year. Sahar Moore, a relative of one of the hostages, he appealed to President-elect Trump to save them. The hostages will not survive the winter.

They won't even survive till your inauguration in January. Please save our hostages. They need you to act now. Israeli forces, meanwhile, are continuing their campaign against Hezbollah forces in Lebanon. An airstrike Saturday killed several members from one family. Two men go on trial in Minnesota on Monday on charges that they helped to illegally smuggle Indian nationals across the U.S.-Canada border. Prosecutors say among those being smuggled were four members of an Indian family

who froze to death in 2022. Prosecutors say the two men were well aware of the brutal cold and the dangers it presented to the immigrants. You're listening to NPR News. A beach house collapsed in North Carolina's outer banks this week that makes it the sixth house there to fall this year. As NPR's Juliana Kim reports, local officials say the collapsing houses are a result of

the effects of climate change. From May to November, six beach houses have crumbled in North Carolina's Outer Banks. The most recent collapse occurred in the overnight hours between Thursday and Friday after a storm triggered powerful waves along Rodanthe. The house was unoccupied and officials have been in contact with the property owner. Less than a mile away, three other homes collapsed in September, and since 2020, 11 houses in the area have been swept away into the ocean. Local officials say these homes are falling as a result of strong winds, large waves, and rising sea levels, which are fueled by human-caused climate change.

Those conditions are causing beaches to wash away. Julianna Kim, NPR News. McDonald's is trying to help stores that lost customers after an outbreak of E. coli earlier this year sickened at least 104 people and sent at least 34 of them to the hospital. The company is sending $65 million dollars directly to the franchises that were hardest hit by the outbreak. The CDC says slivered onions on quarter pounder sandwiches were the likely cause of the problem. Number one Oregon barely survived Wisconsin on Saturday.

The Ducks needed a 24 yard field goal with two and a half minutes left to win 16-13. Number 2 Ohio State meanwhile beat Northwestern 31-7. Number 8 Notre Dame beat Virginia 35-14. And Pacific Lutheran beat Puget Sound 34-21. podcast sponsor free on Amazon Music with a Prime membership or any podcast app by subscribing to NPR News Now Plus at plus.npr.org. That's plus.npr.org.