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🗓️ 28 December 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR news in Washington, I'm Jail Snyder. |
| 0:04.7 | Ukrainian president, Vladimir Zelensky, says this weekend's Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine |
| 0:11.0 | show that Russia is not taking peace efforts seriously. |
| 0:14.6 | This attack is, again, Russia's answer on our peace efforts. |
| 0:20.1 | And it's really a show that Putin doesn't want peace. |
| 0:24.3 | Zelensky speaking during a stopover in Halifax, where he met with Canadian Prime Minister |
| 0:29.3 | Mark Carney. Selinsky is now in Florida, preparing for today's meeting with President Trump |
| 0:34.3 | and Mar-a-Lago. The two are discussed the plan to end the war in Ukraine. Major |
| 0:38.6 | differences remain on crucial issues. Yesterday, Russia launched hundreds of missiles and drones, |
| 0:44.3 | targeting Kiev and other parts of Ukraine, knocking out power and heat in the capital. |
| 0:49.6 | Polls are open in Myanmar, where voters are casting ballots today in the first phase of a general election. |
| 0:55.6 | Myanmar's military rulers say it's a chance for a fresh start. Critics say the election is a |
| 1:00.5 | facade to legitimize military rule. Two more rounds of voting will be held next month before |
| 1:06.1 | final results are announced. The Census Bureau is looking for temporary workers in six states to help carry out a |
| 1:12.6 | major field test. As NPR's Hansi-Lawong reports, it's part of preparations for the 2030 census that |
| 1:19.5 | will be used to redistribute political representation and federal funding. The Census Bureau says it |
| 1:24.7 | needs about 1,500 workers for the 2026 census test, |
| 1:28.5 | and it's looking for U.S. citizens who live in parts of Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, |
| 1:32.5 | North Carolina, South Carolina, and Texas. Many of these temporary workers will be knocking |
| 1:36.8 | on doors to help develop better ways of getting a count of every person living in the states |
| 1:41.2 | in 2030. Those numbers determine each state chair of congressional seats, electoral college votes, |
| 1:46.1 | and federal funding for public services. |
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