Links to eight reports: from Reuters, the Associated Press, National Public Radio, and Agence France-Presse; others are accessible by clicking on its name or initials. (Scroll up for this date’s LEBANON, YEMEN, GAZA, ALL OF IT and WEST BANK so far, and down for UKRAINE 11-11-26.) — MCM

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NEWER  U.S. envoys leave Kremlin after Putin talks. From Reuters. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have left the Kremlin after talks today with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a new push for a peace deal in Ukraine despite what they have called a lack of trust between Moscow and Kyiv. READ MORE . . .  Click HERE and HERE  for report from AP / AP with video and photos, in English and Spanish. 

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U.S. officials set to meet with Putin, Zelenskyy following Abu Dhabi peace talks. Reported by Charles Maynes and Michel Martin | NPR  U.S.-mediated talks in Abu Dhabi have wrapped up with an agreement on a Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange. U.S. negotiators meet with Vladimir Putin today and Volodymyr Zelenskyy tomorrow. Click HERE to listen and, later, read; and HERE and HERE to listen to two other NPR reports. Click HERE for report from AP.

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FROM NOV. 11  A cafe in Ukraine relocates from its besieged hometown and reopens. Reported by Joanna Kakissis | NPR  After Russian airstrikes destroyed a popular cafe in a frontline Ukrainian city, the cafe reopened in a safer region, an example of how Ukrainian businesses are trying to survive amid repeated bombing. Click HERE to listen and read.

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FROM NOV. 9  Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant worker killed in drone attack, IAEA says. From AFP. A drone strike on Monday killed an employee at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, the UN’s nuclear watchdog said. READ MORE . . .