"Life from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor, Johnston.
President Trump's on-boys are expecting key today with the U.S. proposal aimed at ending Russia's war in Ukraine.
“NPR's Joanna Kikis's reports at Jared Kushner and Steve Wickoff are arriving in the”
capital after holding talks in Moscow on Saturday." Kushner is Trump's son-in-law and Wickoff is the president's longtime friend. They spent more than three hours in discussions with Russian President Vladimir Putin and officials in the Kremlin. Kushner and Wood Coff have visited Moscow at least eight times in the last couple of years.
This is their first visit to Kiev since Russia's 2022 invasion.
The on-boys are expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has long pushed for their visit. These talks have been frozen since February, with the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. Joanna Kikis's NPR News Kiev. The Israeli military says it's taking control of a strategic ridge in southern Lebanon after
two months of fighting with Hezbollah. NPR's Jenerat reports the militant group is disputing the claim.
“"On Thursday, Israel released a video saying it had taken operational control of Al-Yelta”
Harridge, and tunnels used by Hezbollah fighters." Hezbollah disputed that Israel now controlled the ridge, saying that Israel was continuing to bomb the location.
It noted the video did not show the tunnels Israel says it now controls.
A U.S. brokered plan for Hezbollah fighters and Israeli forces to withdraw and the Lebanese army to take over has stalled. Hezbollah says it won't withdraw from the strategic hill, while Israel is in a position to retain control of the area. A ceasefire is officially in effect, but Israeli air strikes Friday killed at least three
people and wounded more than 20, according to Lebanon's health ministry. Jenerat and Pyrenees Beirut. The price of diesel has hit another record high. The national average is now $5.89 per gallon, and PR's, even the Saaha reports the rising
“costs could push out prices for goods across the country.”
Hezbollah is about $1.75 more expensive than gas right now, but when you want to move something heavy, you use diesel. If we were towing these things with gas cars, we'd probably go through a lot more. But show quarters, hauling a trailer filled with shutters from Memphis to Atlanta for the manufacturing companies she works for.
She's filling a Ford 450 powered by diesel. And we literally, in a few weeks, are having a price increase going to effect because of the price of diesel affecting us right now. Not just shutters, diesel is used for transporting all sorts of goods, meaning just about everyone will share the cost of more expensive diesel.
Steve Amazaha and Pyrenees leads Alabama. This is NPR News in Washington. Leaders of the Pacific Islands Forum issued a statement expressing concern about China's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile over the Pacific in July. The leaders said the missile traveled over several member states without adequate notice.
Dana Williams of member station KPRG on Glam reports. The leaders did not name China directly when referring to the July ICBM test. Forum chair Palau President Surangled Whips Jr. Redestatement calling for all nations that conduct ICBM tests to provide 24 hours notice the international standard. When asked about criticism from China that Palau was sensationalizing the test, Whips said
the message from foreign leaders was just stating the facts. "The test happened at the Pacific Islands, where did it form, where did it form, where did it form? Whips noted that the Republic of Nauru descended from the statement. For NPR News, I'm Dana Williams, in Kerala, Palau."
Canada is set to impose $20 billion in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods starting on Tuesday.
The movie's in response to tariffs ordered by President Trump last month. Duties on steel and aluminum will rise by 50 percent while paper products, including toilet paper and facial tissue will face a 25 percent tariff. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Tray Talks could resume if Washington is willing to negotiate seriously, warning that accepting the current U.S. terms would devastate Canadian
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