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

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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 . . .