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PBS News Hour - Segments

News Wrap: Zelenskyy meets with Witkoff and Kushner for talks to end war in Ukraine

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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41K Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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In our news wrap Sunday, Zelenskyy met with U.S. representatives for more talks on how to end the war in Ukraine, crowds gathered in Gaza for the funeral of a top Hamas commander killed by an Israeli strike, and the National Weather Service forecasts an arctic blast across the eastern U.S and Great Lakes. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

In the day's other headlines, in Berlin, there were more talks today on how to end the war in Ukraine.

0:06.7

Ukrainian president, Vloadi Mir Zelensky, President Trump's special envoy, Steve Whitkoff,

0:11.5

and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner met for five hours and are set to meet again on Monday.

0:16.9

Earlier, Zelensky appeared to be willing to abandon his goal of NATO membership if he got security guarantees.

0:23.9

Tomorrow, the group will be joined by European leaders.

0:27.6

In Gaza, large crowds gathered for the funeral of a top Hamas commander who was killed in an Israeli air strike outside Gaza city.

0:35.6

Israel said Ra'ad Sad had been trying to rebuild Hamas in violation of the

0:40.2

ceasefire agreement. He was also believed to have been the last remaining living architect of the

0:45.2

October 7th attacks. Hamas said it had named a new commander. And it will be a frigid start to the

0:52.1

work week for many across the country.

0:59.0

The National Weather Service forecasts an Arctic blast will plunge temperatures in the east and bring more snow to the Great Lakes.

1:01.7

Freeze warnings are expected as far south as Georgia.

1:05.3

At the Pacific Northwest, heavy rains are expected to return tomorrow

1:08.6

and could lead to flash flooding in that already saturated area.

1:13.1

So to come on PBS News Weekend, a new book highlights Patagonia's path to becoming a global corporate

1:19.5

leader in doing well by doing good. And a dog with prosthetic titanium paws supports war veterans in Ukraine.

1:31.3

This is PBS News Weekend from the David M. Rubinstein studio at WETA in Washington, home of the PBS News Hour, weeknights on PBS.

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