9am ET, November 13 | The latest headlines from NPR
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9am ET, November 13 | The latest headlines from NPR

B1IntermediateNovember 13, 20264 min
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This is NPR News Now. The latest headlines every hour. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Windsor Johnston. U.S. envoy Steve Wickhoff and Jared Kushner met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

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in Dublin on Thursday. The meeting followed talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports the discussions are the latest push to end the war in Ukraine. Speaking on the airport tarmac, Kushner said Europe would henceforth take part in the talks.

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We cannot conclude this deal that the Europeans being at the table, we've been telling President Putin that we believe that's very important. But Putin has backed off none of his hard-line positions and said any peacekeeping force in Ukraine would be a legitimate target.

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