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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 the Schmidt org Live from NPR news. I'm Dale Willman the Israeli military says it conducted an airstrike in Lebanon today It's one of several attacks that could threaten to derail a ceasefire that took effect there yesterday, as NPR's Lauren Freya reports from Beirut. Social media footage shows smoke rising from farmland near Lebanon's Mediterranean coastal city of Sidon. The Israeli military says it targeted a facility there used by Hezbollah to store mid-range rockets. It also says it fired separately on suspects in vehicles in villages near the Israel-Lebanon

border. It accuses them of violating the ceasefire. But Lebanese officials say those are evacuees returning home in their cars, not fighters. Several people, including journalists, have been wounded by Israeli tank or gunfire. The ceasefire gives Israel and Hezbollah 60 days to withdraw from their current positions. So Israeli troops, Hezbollah fighters, Lebanese soldiers, and UN peacekeepers may all be on the move in the same border area and it's tense. Lauren Freyer and PR News Beirut. The food situation in Gaza

continues to deteriorate. Health officials say the levels of hunger and devastation there are worse than ever. Antoine Renard is with the World Food Program. He says despair is rampant. People cannot cope anymore. There is barely any food coming in while markets are empty. Now with the rain and winter sweeping away tents, it is a daily struggle for survival. Israeli military strikes across Gaza, meanwhile, killed at least 26 Palestinians today, according

to Palestinian health officials there. Ukraine says Russia has conducted another massive attack against the country's energy infrastructure. Officials say the strike included almost 200 rockets and drones and has left more than a million homes without power. It is Russia's second large-scale attack on Ukraine's power grid in less than two weeks and it's left concern that Russia wants to cripple Ukraine's power generation as winter approaches.

Four American astronauts are celebrating Thanksgiving in space and PR's Jeff Brumfield tells us what's on the menu. Astronauts Dom Pettit, Nick Haig, Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams sent out a Thanksgiving greeting from the International Space Station. Our crew up here just wanted to say happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family who are down on Earth and everyone who is supporting us. Sunny Williams had not originally planned to be in space for Thanksgiving, but a malfunctioning new capsule built by Boeing left her and Butch Wilmore stuck aboard the station until early 2025. Despite the change in holiday plans, Williams and Wilmore seemed

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A pug named Vito has won the Best in Show at the 2024 National Dog Show. As NPR's Jackie Northam reports, Vito beat out more than 1,900 other dogs at this year's competition in Philadelphia. This is the first time a pug has won the National Dog Show since it was televised in 2002. Vito craned his neck to look up at his handler Michael Scott when the award was announced, as if trying to understand what all the excitement was about. Still, Scott believes Vito knows he won, saying, he's very smug, I think he knows. The show judge said Vito has a beautiful expression and movement,

adding that's a lot of dog in a small package. Vito beat out six other finalists, including a clumber spaniel named Houston, Monty a giant schnauzer, an abeasent hound named the Zit, Rupert, a Berger, Picard, and JJ, a lasso apso. Verde, a Welsh terrier, captured the second prize, known as the reserve best in show. Jackie Northam, NPR News. Tennis star Iggis Switek is taking a one-month suspension. She tested positive last month for a banned heart medication known as TMZ. She said at the time that the problem was caused by contaminated melatonin which she was using to deal with jet lag. Schwitek

is a five-time Grand Slam champion. I'm Dale Willman, NPR News. 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.