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Millions set to travel for the Thanksgiving holiday. Ukraine-Russia peace deal making progress. FBI investigating Democratic lawmakers over "illegal orders" video. CBS News Correspondent Jennifer Keiper has these stories and more on the World News Roundup.
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A.M. Edition for Nov. 26. A new leak shows how U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff advised a Putin aide on the Ukraine peace plan. A plan that now seems to be gaining momentum, as President Trump clears the way for a meeting between Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin, next week. Plus, good news for Medicare patients: prices for more than a dozen widely-used drugs just got cheaper - including Ozempic. And, ever wonder what happens to those giant balloons in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade? WSJ’s Amira McKee has got the inside scoop. Caitlin McCabe hosts.
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The country’s Communist Party leadership continues to cling to old ideals amid on-again, off-again diplomacy with America—and the people’s suffering only deepens. Britain is making the most of its advantages in the burgeoning industry of quantum technology. And why conservationists’ concern about a wood beloved of classical musicians may be misplaced.
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Leaked transcripts of a call between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and an advisor of Russian President Vladimir Putin detail how President Trump’s 28-point peace proposal came about. The president dismisses the leak, saying it shows standard negotiating tactics.
Trump, who once campaigned on ending the war within 24 hours, is now thought to care more about reaching a deal than what’s in it.
And millions of Americans will take to the skies this week. The FAA says this year’s Thanksgiving could be the busiest in more than a decade.
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The FBI reaches out to Congress, asking to speak with lawmakers behind a video to military servicemembers. Public health experts are concerned about a flu variant spreading that is “mismatched” to the current vaccine. And record numbers of Americans are expected to hit the road this Thanksgiving.
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The former president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, has been ordered to begin his 27 year prison sentence for plotting a coup after the last election. The Supreme Court said he'd exhausted all appeals and will serve his time behind bars at the federal police headquarters in Brasilia.
Also: Italy makes femicide – the murder of a woman, motivated by gender – a crime to be punished with a life sentence. Refugees who've fled Mali tell the BBC about alleged atrocities committed by Russia's Wagner group. New Zealand's "suitcase murders" trial comes to an end. The Popemobile is converted into a medical clinic in Gaza. LGBT campaigners celebrate the top EU court's ruling on same-sex marriage in case brought by Polish couple, and how children's author Roald Dahl's secret life as a spy inspired his script for a Bond movie.
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Travelers pack the airports for their Thanksgiving holiday getaways. Progress reported in the effort to end the war in Ukraine. Six members of Congress who participated in a video stating military members can refuse illegal orders are under investigation by the FBI.
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