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Support for NPR comes from NPR member stations and Eric and Wendy Schmidt through the Schmidt Family Foundation, working toward a healthy, resilient, secure world for all. On the web at theshmit.org. Live from NPR news, I'm Dale Wilman. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Trump's special envoy Steve Whitkoff are heading to Geneva to try to bring an end to Russia's war in Ukraine. Talks are being held there on Sunday. As NPR's Rob Schmitz reports, the discussions are part of the Trump administration's efforts to pressure Ukraine to accept a U.S.-sponsored 28-point peace plan. The plan calls on Keev to make many concessions to Russia, including giving up land. U.S. officials plan to meet senior Ukrainian officials to discuss Keev's response to Trump's peace proposal. Ukraine's European allies have criticized the plan, not least because it was negotiated between the U.S. and Russia without Ukraine's involvement. European leaders say they're looking for a way to make the Trump plan more palatable for Ukraine and its European allies. As it stands, it would require Ukraine to seat control of Eastern Donetsk and Lujansk and would prohibit Ukraine from trying to join NATO. President Trump says he wants a response from Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky by Thursday. If Zelenskyy rejects it, he risks losing U.S. support, including crucial intelligence sharing.

Rob Schmitz and Pierre News, Berlin. Arizona's Attorney General says she'll continue to pursue a case against so-called fake electors for trying to change the results of the 2020 presidential election. Cameron Sanchez of Member Station KJZZ reports. Arizona Attorney General Chris Mays began prosecuting the 11 Republican electors and seven other defendants in 2023, and they were indicted by a grand jury on felony charges of fraud, among others. But earlier this year, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sam Myers issued an order quashing the grand jury's original indictment. Myers concluded that the prosecutors did not provide jurors with the text of an 1887 law that the defendants say is central to the case. A spokesman for May has confirmed that she will seek a review of the lower court's ruling by the state Supreme Court.

For NPR News in Phoenix, I'm Cameron Sanchez. A stubborn container ship fire continues to burn at the port of Los Angeles at this hour, and hundreds of people are fighting that blaze. But officials have now lifted a shelter-in-place order for surrounding communities, Steve Futterman has our reports. The order was due to toxic smoke from the blaze, the result of hazardous material on board the ship burning. The ship has now been moved out of the port and anchored around a mile offshore, reducing the threat.

L.A. fire captain Adam von Gerpen says officials know exactly what's inside the 40 containers. We do have very specific information from the manifest, and I have identified what are in all of these, so there are certain ones that are identified for hazardous materials. At one point, four of the L.A. port's seven terminals were shut down. It's believed the fire likely was the result of an electrical malfunction. An investigation is underway.

23 crew members were on the ship. There were no injuries. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles. I'm Dale Wilman, and you're listening to NPR News. In the Netherlands, air traffic at a major airport there was suspended on Saturday that came after the Dutch. Defense Ministry says it tried unsuccessfully to shoot down a number of drones over one of its military bases late Friday night. As Terry Schultz has reports, it's just the latest incident

of unidentified aerial devices that have been entering sensitive NATO airspace. The Dutch Air Force used ground-based weapons to try to take down several drones flying over vocal airbase in the late evening. But the defense ministry says in a statement, the drones were not hit and left the area. An investigation has been opened. Dron use is prohibitive. inhibited near airports in the Netherlands. Volkal is one of six air bases in Europe where U.S. nuclear bombs are stored. The Klanobrogel military base in Belgium, also host to nuclear weapons, has similarly seen repeated incidents of drones flying above it in recent weeks. Brussels airport has also had to shut down numerous times because of drones in the airspace.

There's been no official attribution announced yet for any of these incidents. For NPR News, I'm Terry Schultz. Julian Say and threw two touchdown passes, despite Missing. his top two receivers on Saturday as top-ranked Ohio State beat Rutgers 42-9. The Buckeyes led by just 14 to 13 at halftime before scoring on four consecutive

second-half drives. Number three, Texas A&M, meanwhile, blanked Samford, 48 to nothing, while number four Georgia beat Charlotte, 35 to 3. John Mateer threw for 173 yards and two touchdown passes as number eight, Oklahoma slip past number 23, Missouri, 17 to 6, and Yukon beat FAU, 48 to 45.

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