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RUSSIAN ATTACKS CONTINUE AS ZELENSKYY FIRES CHIEF OF STAFF
In Ukraine, an overnight attack by Russia has killed two people.
Ukraine's State Emergency Service said Russia's missile and drone strikes through Saturday in the capital and elsewhere also injured 38 people, including children.
00:00:40 話者 2
It's not just trouble or grief. It's some kind of hell.
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The attack comes as Kyiv deals with the dismissal of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's closest aide.
Zelenskyy on Friday announced the resignation of presidential office head Andriy Yermak amid an investigation by corruption authorities.
The president has also indicated that discussions on a peace plan to end Russia's invasion will continue with the United States.
A senior US official says high-level talks with Ukraine will take place on Sunday in southern Florida.
Zelenskyy also plans to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday in Paris.
HONG KONG STEMS ANTI-GOVT. MOVEMENTS AFTER DEADLY FIRE
The Chinese government security agency in Hong Kong has issued a warning to stem possible anti-government movements following last week's deadly high-rise apartment fires.
The agency released a statement on Saturday accusing anti-China forces of spreading false information.
It said the purpose was to provoke social division and hatred against the Hong Kong government.
The agency warned that people who used the disaster to conspire to disrupt Hong Kong will be severely punished under Hong Kong's national security law.
Local media are reporting that authorities ordered relief volunteers to stop their work.
Pro-Beijing Hong Kong media claimed some of them were engaging in activities critical of the government.
Local media also reported on Saturday's detention of a man for alleged sedition.
The man created an online petition to collect signatures for demands that included pursuing the government's supervisory responsibility.
The blaze has left 128 people dead and about 150 people missing.
It's believed that highly flammable construction materials on the buildings had aided the rapid spread of the fire.
TRUMP WARNS VENEZUELA'S AIRSPACE IS 'CLOSED'
US President Donald Trump has warned that airspace over and around Venezuela should be considered closed as he ramps up military pressure on the South American country over alleged drug trafficking.
Trump posted on social media Saturday, To all airlines, pilots, drug dealers and human traffickers,
Please consider the airspace above and surrounding Venezuela to be closed in its entirety.
He did not elaborate.
The Venezuelan government reacted sharply to Trump's post in a statement.
It says Venezuela denounces and condemns the colonialist threat that seeks to undermine the sovereignty of its airspace, constituting a new, extravagant, illegal, and unjustified aggression against the people of Venezuela.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday that Trump held telephone talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in mid-November.
It said Trump demanded that Maduro leave office. The Trump administration has repeatedly attacked alleged drug trafficking vessels in waters off Venezuela and elsewhere.
It claims that smuggling large amounts of narcotics from Venezuela amounts to an act of terrorism.
The administration has also deployed an aircraft carrier and other vessels to the region.
It suggested the possibility of launching ground operations soon.
TORRENTIAL RAIN LEAVES OVER 300 DEAD IN SUMATRA
More than 300 people have died on Indonesia's western island of Sumatra and widespread disasters triggered by days of torrential rain.
Indonesia's disaster management agency says at least 303 people have died and 279 remain missing as of Saturday.
Officials say the heavy rain that started on Tuesday on Sinatra has caused extensive flooding and landslides.
They say parts of the island reported more than 300 millimeters of rainfall in a single day.
Video from northern Sumatra on Friday shows a residential area blanketed in mud with search and rescue operations underway.
Officials are urging residents to remain on alert for landslides and overflowing rivers.
Heavy rain has also wreaked havoc in other countries of Asia. Since late November, torrential downpours have killed 162 people in Thailand and 153 in Sri Lanka.
MOBILE LAUNDROMAT OPENS FOR OITA FIRE EVACUEES
People in the city of Oita, southwestern Japan, who had to leave their homes due to a massive fire, have gotten some relief from a laundromat on wheels.
A truck carrying six washer-dryer units was set up on Friday. Evacuees came early on Sunday. For some, it was their first chance to wash their clothes since the fire.
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It's a big help as laundry accumulates every day.
00:06:13 話者 4
It's nice to put on freshly laundered clothes.
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The blaze broke out in the city's Saganoseki district on November 18.
It burned more than 180 structures, including homes, and left one person dead.
As of Sunday morning, 87 people were still taking shelter at a local community center.
The company that organized the laundry truck plans to continue the service for about two weeks.
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KAMAKURA SHRINE MAKING GOOD LUCK ARROWS FOR NEW YEAR
A shrine in Kamakura, near Tokyo, is preparing to welcome the crowds who will come to wish for a good new year. The staff is making thousands of arrows.
The Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine expects more than two million visitors in the first three days of 2026. The arrows will be sold as good luck charms.
Shinto priests attach wooden arrowheads. Shrine attendants, known as mikko, wrap the arrows in Japanese washi paper and attach gold and silver veils using red and white cords.
The arrows are set to ward off evil. The shrine plans to work until the end of the year and make a total of 125-thousand arrows.
00:08:42 話者 3
I am working hard, praying everyone will have a year of good health.
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The staff will also do the year-end cleaning of the shrine and make decorations out of straw to welcome in the new year.
Those were the stories for this hour.
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