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Live from NPR News, I'm Jail Snyder. Russia's top diplomat is warning Moscow would likely reject any U.S. peace plan for Ukraine that failed to address core Kremlin demands. From Moscow, NPR's Charles Mainz has details. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia welcomed the initial version of a U.S. peace plan for Ukraine. One critic said was heavily tilted in Russia's favor, but the Lov claimed mirrored consensus that came out of the Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska. Lovros said Moscow is still waiting to hear about a newly amended version of the U.S. plan, now with input from Ukraine and European powers, Lavros' commons came as Russian and American representatives are set to gather in the United Arab Emirates

to discuss those very changes. Meanwhile, fighting is continued alongside the diplomacy, with heavy Russian attacks overnight on the Ukrainian capital Kiev and Ukrainian drone striking border regions of Russia. Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow. President Trump says he has no firm deadline for Ukraine, in Russia to reach a peace deal, but speaking aboard Air Force One on his way to Florida to spend the Thanksgiving holiday. He said negotiators are making progress. Trump says he is sending

envoy Steve Whitkoff to Moscow to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to Kiev to meet with the Ukrainians who say they support the essence of the deal, but that sensitive issues remain. 20 states are suing the Trump administration over cuts to long-term housing for homeless people. MPR. Jennifer Lutton reports a funding shift comes with new restrictions that states say are illegal. The federal housing agency HUD wants to shift billions of dollars away from permanent housing toward transitional housing, and it says it will deny funding to programs that promote

DEI, acknowledge people who are transgender or non-binary, or don't cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. The lawsuit by the mostly Democratic-led states says those conditions are unlawful. And it says Congress mandated that homelessness funding be distributed based solely on need. HUD's secretary Scott Turner has said the funding changes are about promoting self-sufficiency. Advocates for ending homelessness say the overhaul could push 170,000 people back onto the streets. Jennifer Lutton, NPR News, Washington. New Hampshire Democratic Congresswoman Maggie Goodlander is sounding defiant following word that the FBI wants to talk to her. And the five other Democratic lawmakers in that video calling on U.S. troops not to follow illegal orders.

I am doing my job. I will not be intimidated. I will not be harassed. I will continue to do my job and uphold my oath. And I will never give up the ship. Goodlander and the five other Democrats all have military or intelligence backgrounds. They say the Trump administration is trying to silence them. On Monday, the Pentagon threatened to recall Arizona Senator Mark Kelly to active duty to potentially face military charges. This is NPR News. Israel says Palestinian militants have handed over another set of human remains through the Red Cross, but it's not yet clear if the remains are those of one of the three hostages remaining in the Gaza Strip. The Office of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says the remains will be taken for forensic testing and identification. The handover is the latest under the ceasefire that took effect on October 10th.

Authorities in New Zealand say a U.S. citizen was one of two mountain climbers who died while scaling the country's highest peak earlier this week. Christina Cucullio reports that local authorities say they are working with the U.S. consulate. New Zealand police say search teams have recovered the bodies of the two men who died on Aoraki Mount Cook on Monday evening local time. Police are yet to publicly identify the American citizen who's reported to have died together. with his mountain guide, who's said to be a French national. Two other climbers who were with them were rescued by helicopter. Authorities say a coroner will investigate the deaths, which come nearly a year after three climbers from the US and Canada

went missing on the same mountain. They were declared dead, but their bodies were never found. For NPR news, I'm Christina Kukola in Melbourne, Australia. Stocks and Asia are rising at Wednesday trading. Japan's benchmarked NICA, up 1.8%. early trading, following a third day of gains for the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ composite, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied for a gain of 664 points. I'm Giles Snyder. This is NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money

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