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and Ukrainian representatives met Sunday to discuss a U.S. proposal to end the war in Ukraine.
Russia started that war more than three years ago. The U.S.

Speaker 2 plan is widely seen as favoring Russia, NPR's Daniel Kurtzlaban reports.

Speaker 3 A joint statement released by the White House said that U.S. and Ukraine officials met in Geneva, Switzerland.

Speaker 3 Together, the two countries called the discussions, quote, constructive, focused, and respectful. The 28-point plan was written without significant input from Ukraine or its European allies.

Speaker 3 It calls for Ukraine to give up some territory to Russia, shrink its military, and would block Ukraine from joining NATO.

Speaker 3 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to the plan last week in a video address, saying his country faces a choice between losing its dignity or losing the U.S.

Speaker 3 as a key international partner. In response to a reporter's question, Trump said this weekend that this plan is not his, quote, final offer to Ukraine.
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Speaker 2 President Trump says he's ending temporary protected status for Somali migrants in Minnesota. Minnesota Public Radio's Dana Ferguson has more on our story.

Speaker 5 In a post on Truth Social, Trump referred to Minnesota as a hub of fraudulent money laundering activity. And he alleged without providing specifics that Somali gangs were terrorizing the state.

Speaker 5 In Minneapolis, members of the Somali community and allies gathered to push back. Community organizer Khalid Omar.

Speaker 6 What we saw from our president was an attack, a direct attack to our community here in Minnesota, especially our Somali community. So what we decided is that we're greater than their fear.

Speaker 5 Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noam says the administration will review the program. For NPR News, I'm Dana Ferguson in Minneapolis.

Speaker 2 Several international airlines have canceled flights to and from Venezuela after the Federal Aviation Administration warned of dangers from heightened military activity.

Speaker 2 That warning comes as a buildup of American forces nearby continues. The BBC's Luis Fajardo has more.

Speaker 7 Several airlines, both from Europe and from Latin America, including, for example, Abianca in Colombia, Iberia, and others from Europe, that are saying that they are responding to notifications by the U.S.

Speaker 7 authorities describing what they call potentially dangerous situations in Venezuelan airspace over the next few days.

Speaker 7 Avianca, the Colombian airline, has suggested that it will not fly more airplanes for the rest of the weekend.

Speaker 2 The BBC's Luis Fajardo doing that reporting. New York City mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani is standing by his criticisms made in the past about President Trump in those statements.

Speaker 2 He said Trump is acting like a despot and a fascist. He was asked Sunday about those views after Mamdani had a friendly meeting with Trump on Friday, but Mamdani said those views remain unchanged.

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Speaker 2 Two men from Texas are charged in connection to a violent plot to take over a Haitian island and commit terrible crimes against the people living there.

Speaker 2 As NPR's Kristen Wright reports, the Justice Department says the two took a number of steps in their planning to carry out that attack.

Speaker 4 A federal indictment alleges Gavin Weisenberg and Tanner Thomas of North Texas and other co-conspirators planned to sail to Gnauve Island to murder all of the men and enslave the women and children for sex.

Speaker 4 Prosecutors say the two also planned to recruit homeless people in Washington, D.C. for the plot.
They were accused of painstakingly planning, researching weapons, and learning Haitian Creole.

Speaker 4 The indictment says Thomas enlisted in the Air Force to get military training to carry out the attack, while Weisenberg joined a fire academy in Texas but failed out.

Speaker 4 Weisenberg's attorney tells NPR the Justice Department's claims have, quote, some limited factual basis but are wildly misleading. Lawyers for both men say they're pleading not guilty.

Speaker 4 Kristen Wright, NPR News.

Speaker 2 Wicked for Good had a dominating performance at North American box offices this week.

Speaker 2 The Universal Pictures flick brought in $150 million domestically and added millions more internationally during its opening weekend. It's the biggest opening ever for a Broadway musical adaptation.

Speaker 2 Now You See Me, Now You Don't was far behind in second with a total of $9.1 million in sales. With Predator Badlands in third, it brought in $6.3 million.

Speaker 2 The Running Man was fourth with $5.8 million in domestic sales. I'm Dale Willman.
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