Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman.
U.S. envoy Steve Witkov and Jared Kushner were in Moscow Saturday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“It's the Trump administration's latest attempt to end Russia's war with Ukraine.”
Witkov told reporters things are going to get better. "We were sitting outside just now, me Jared and Carol, and then Yuri joined us, and we were all talking about when we retire.
We'll have all these incredible stories and incredible memories, and yours will be
right at the top of it all." Both Witkov and Kushner would be in Kiev on Sunday for talks with Ukrainian leaders, Russia, and Ukraine both promised to pause aerial attacks while the peace efforts are underway. The U.S. ambassador to Israel says he condemns violence against Palestinians by extremist settlers and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, but he added he regrets the limited power
the U.S. has to stop such attacks. Ambassador Mike Huckabee made his comments during a visit Saturday to a West Bank town that's seen increased violence and PR's carry-con reports.
“Huckabee says it's his job as ambassador to serve Americans, but he says the U.S. can't investigate”
crimes or make demands of Israel.
While touring the town of Turmasaya with relatives of Palestinians killed by Israeli settlers,
Huckabee said as long as the violence continues israeli's too or hurt. It's in their best interest to consequence people who are carrying out acts of criminal behavior and terrorism. Their reputation does not do well when it appears that this tiny little group of marauders are somehow representative of the larger population. 80% of residents of Turmasaya are Palestinian Americans. Israel rarely arrests or punishes settlers.
carry-con and PR news in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Flock cameras are facing intense backlash over privacy concerns. The licensed plate readers are used by police across the country. Flock recently changed some of its features to prevent abuse, but as NPR's Meg Anderson reports, the fight against those cameras is largely bipartisan and unlikely to go away any time soon.
“In the span of just over a week, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said he'd”
welcome a state ban on the cameras. Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican froze state spending for them and Florida Governor Rod Desantis also a Republican said his state is revoking permits for them on highways. Jay Stanley is a policy analyst at the ACLU. We're seeing opposition from the left, from maga, Republicans, mainstream Republicans, centrist. The reasons people oppose Flock are different. Some liberals more in the technology
has been used to track immigrants. Some conservatives say it could be used to create a national gun registry, but regardless of political party, recent polling shows more Americans now disapprove of the cameras than approve of them. Meg Anderson and PR news. And this is NPR news. Leaders of 18 Pacific Island say climate change remains the single greatest threat to the security, livelihoods and well-being of people in the Pacific. They also say
they're united in confronting what they describe as an existential crisis already causing severe problems in the region. Dana Williams of KPRG and Guam reports from Coror Palau. Members of the Pacific Islands Forum issued a statement calling on all countries to hold the increase in global average temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius, or just under 3 degrees Fahrenheit. The statement came days after the United Nations issued a report saying that under current
policies, those targets will likely be missed. The Pacific Leaders also expressed grave concern at the lack of adequate predictable and sustainable climate finance for Pacific Island countries. Although the islands are the least responsible for climate change, the leaders say the Pacific's already vulnerable populations are exposed to increased loss and damage because of shortfalls in climate financing. For NPR news, I'm Dana Williams in Coror Palau.
In college football, a controversial call allowed the University of Michigan to save a victory over Western Michigan Saturday with Western Michigan leading Michigan through a Hail Mary Pass into the end zone that fell incomplete as time expired. Video shows the clock reaching zero
with the ball still in the air, but the officials said one second remained. Michigan quarterback
by Sundayward through a 47-yard touchdown pass to JJ Buchanan giving Michigan a 13-12 win. In other games Ohio State beat Ball State 56-3, Oregon's slip past Boise State 27-24, an LSU beat Clemson 51-10. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. As the political landscape shifts beneath our feet, we're all vulnerable to a well-funded distraction economy determined to take our eye off the ball. Our weekly politics series
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