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It's Tuesday, 31 December, which, as you may have heard, is New Year's Eve.

We're on the cusp of 2025.

And what are the odds that the new year could be as wacky as 2024?

Probably pretty good odds.

Welcome to the President's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. We'll start today with reports that the Kremlin has turned down critical parts of a peace deal pitched by Donald Trump

and his incoming administration. We'll have those details.

Later in the show, we'll shift our focus to Gaza, where hopes for a ceasefire and hostage deal

have seemingly gone up in smoke again. Plus, we've got new details about the operation that took

out Hamas chief Ishmael Hanyi as Israel,

for the first time, admits its role in the assassination. And in today's back of the brief,

oh, look, we're wrapping up 2024, and it's the return of little rocket man. North Korean leader

Kim Jong-un has announced plans to adopt strict anti-U.S. measures

in the weeks leading up to Donald Trump's inauguration. But first, today's PDB spotlight.

President-elect Trump has perhaps been dealt a setback regarding his hopes for a quick compromise

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