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This message comes from Indiana University. Indiana University is committed to moving the world forward, working to tackle some of society's biggest challenges, nine campuses, one purpose, creating tomorrow today. More at IU.edu. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is asking NATO to provide security guarantees for the parts of his country that are not occupied by Russia. NPR's Joanna Kikis's report, Zelensky told Britain Sky News that this would end what he called the hot phase of the war. 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. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with president-elect Donald Trump last night in Florida. NPR's Julianna Kim reports the meeting came just days after Trump announced sweeping tariffs against Mexico and Canada. 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. Today marks the end of the Atlantic hurricane season. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports it's been an active one with deadly and destructive storms. The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season had 18 named storms, 11 of them hurricanes, with five reaching major hurricane status, with winds topping 111 miles per hour. Five hurricanes hit the U.S.,

including Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which combined killed more than 200 people and caused billions of dollars of damage in Florida, North Carolina, and other parts of the Southeast. Both were late season storms in a year that saw a record seven hurricanes form after September 25th. Debbie Elliott, NPR News. This is NPR. The world's largest Gothic Cathedral is getting its organ back

after a fire five years ago, but it's not Notre Dame in Paris. MPR's Jennifer Vernasco has more. That's the great organ at St. John the Divine in New York City being played about a decade ago. It's a 1910 Aeolian Skinner Opus 150A with more than 8,000 pipes. It was damaged when a fire in the basement filled those pipes with smoke the day before the more destructive Notre Dame fire in April 2019. Father Patrick Malloy is the Dean of St. John the Divine. He says the congregation is thrilled that it's back. There's a different kind of sound that's generated by an organ that is somehow really authentic and really real. We at the

Cathedral care about what's real. The organ is returning in time for the first Sunday of Advent. Jennifer Vanasco and PR News New York. Tens of thousands of people have been forced from their homes from heavier than expected monsoon rains across parts of Malaysia and Thailand. Officials say at least three people have been forced from their homes from heavier than expected monsoon rains across parts of Malaysia and Thailand. Officials say at least three people have died and nearly 100,000 have been forced to evacuate to temporary shelters. Videos posted on social media show submerged cars and houses inundated by floodwaters. The National Disaster Management Agency has been directed to mobilize all federal and state agencies to ensure the safety of flood victims throughout

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