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Noor Rahm Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Noor Rahm. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with Donald Trump at the president-elect's Florida resort last night. This comes after Trump's recent threats to impose hefty tariffs on Canadian products. NPR's Julianna Kim reports. Julianna Kim Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President-elect Donald Trump met on Friday night.

The in-person meeting comes after Trudeau said he spoke to Trump earlier this week. Canada is America's largest trading partner, but that might soon change with the incoming Trump administration. Trump has said he wants to slap a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods. But there's concern that such a move could throw Canada into a deep recession. Earlier this week, Trudeau says he plans to keep talking with Trump to see how the two can work together. But not everyone in Canada agrees.

Some have called for the country to retaliate if Trump goes through with the tariffs. Juliana Kim, NPR News. Triple A estimates that more than 70 million Americans are hitting the road this weekend, with some areas especially crowded. NPR's Kimmela Dominovski reports. Boston, New York, LA, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. will likely have twice as many cars on roads as on a typical day, that's according to the transportation data company, Enrix. The worst times for returning traffic are typically Saturday and Sunday evening, although in some cities, Monday will also be a mess as returning road trippers

and commuters alike squeeze onto highways. Whenever you're traveling, the National Safety Council reminds drivers to wear a seatbelt and don't drive impaired. Holidays are associated with an increase in drunk driving fatalities. Kamila Domenosky, NPR News. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky wants NATO to provide security guarantees for the parts of his country that are not occupied by Russia. NPR's Joanna Kokissis reports. Zelensky told Sky News that NATO should eventually admit all of Ukraine into the Security Alliance, including one-fifth of territory now occupied by Russian forces. But until then, he says, NATO needs to protect what Ukraine still controls.

Here's Zelensky speaking through an interpreter. We should take under NATO umbrella the territory of Ukraine that we have under our control. That's what we need to do fast. And then Ukraine can get back the other part of its territory diplomatically." Russia is opposed to Ukraine's entry into NATO and has laid claim to land that is still under Ukrainian control. Joanna Kekisis, NPR News. The US-based aid group World Central Kitchen says it's suspending operations in Gaza.

An Israeli airstrike today killed at least five aid workers. The Israeli military says the man targeted worked for the aid group and took part in the deadly Hamas-led attack last October. This is NPR News. A new study says that prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke is putting more elderly people at risk of contracting dementia. NPR's Kirk Ziegler reports, researchers at the University of Washington found that the wildfire smoke risks appear higher than general air pollution.

The preliminary results of this 11-year study first made headlines after being presented at an Alzheimer's conference last summer. Now they've been published in a neurological journal. Researchers looked at health records from more than a million Southern California residents over the age of 60 between 2008 and 2019 and found that their long-term exposure to wildfire particulate matter, think of the toxins from burnt lead paint on homes or torched cars, made them 18% more likely to get dementia. Previous studies have found links between long-term exposure to air pollution and brain

health but never wildfires specifically, which are getting larger and more severe partly due to climate change. Kirk Sigler in PR News, Boise. Malaysia is experiencing its worst flooding in years after heavier than expected monsoon rains. Officials say at least three people have died and more than 90,000 have been forced from their homes. The prime minister has banned his cabinet ministers from going on vacation.

In London, more than 100 dogs, some wearing Christmas sweaters, strolled past Buckingham Palace today. The parade was organized by rescue dogs of London and friends to raise money to rehome dogs from overseas. A similar event will be held next Saturday just for corgis, the late Queen Elizabeth's favorite breed. I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News in Washington.