Pope Leo XIV urges US to pursue dialogue with Venezuela

From Associated Press. Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday urged the United States to pursue dialogue and even exert economic pressure on Venezuela’s leaders to achieve its goals, rather than threats of military action. Picture credit: Alessandro Di Meo/Pool Photo Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Putin adviser says no ‘compromise’ yet on Ukraine territories in Russia-US talks

From Associated Press. Talks between Russia and the U.S. on ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were productive, but much work remained to be done, according to a senior adviser to President Vladimir Putin. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Pfeiffer: ‘Moms are the unsung heroes’ of Christmas

From Associated Press. Michelle Pfeiffer joins castmates Denis Leary, Felicity Jones and Chloë Grace Moretz at the New York premiere of festive comedy "Oh. What. Fun." Pfeiffer stars as Claire Clauster, the steady center of a chaotic, lovable family. (Dec. 3) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via…

French President heads to China for talks with Xi on trade ties and Russia’s war in Ukraine

From Associated Press. Aiming to promote cooperation in economic and trade matters, French President Emmanuel Macron will notably meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and attend a business forum. He also aims to convince Beijing to pressure Russia toward a ceasefire with Ukraine. (AP video shot by Borg Wone) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This…

Wife of former Honduras President Hernández thanks Trump for his prison release

From Associated Press. Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández was released from prison following a pardon from U.S. President Donald Trump, officials confirmed Tuesday. (AP video/Elmer Martínez) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Trump-backed Republican Matt Van Epps wins House special election in Tennessee

From Associated Press. Republican Matt Van Epps won a nationally watched special election in Tennessee for a U.S. House seat Tuesday, maintaining his party’s grip on the conservative district with help from President Donald Trump. #tennessee #politics #news Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Democrat Aftyn Behn says Tennessee ‘leading the way’ despite losing special election

From Associated Press. Democratic Congressional Candidate Aftyn Behn took the stage at her campaign gathering after losing the Tennessee special election to Republican candidate Van Epps. (AP video by Kristin Hall) #tennessee #politics #news Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Minneapolis mayor rejects Trump’s comment on Somalis: ‘He’s wrong and we want them here’

From Associated Press. Federal authorities are preparing an immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota, focusing on Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the U.S. (AP video: Mark Vancleave) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Costco becomes biggest company yet to demand refund of Trump tariffs

From Associated Press. Costco is joining other companies that aren’t waiting to see whether the Supreme Court strikes down President Donald Trump’s most sweeping import taxes. They’re going to court to demand refunds on the tariffs they’ve paid. #costco Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Michael and Susan Dell donate $6.25B to encourage families to claim ‘Trump Accounts’

From Associated Press. Billionaires Michael and Susan Dell pledged $6.25 billion on Tuesday to provide an incentive to families to adopt new investment accounts for children. The accounts were created as part of President Donald Trump’s tax and spending legislation but have not yet launched. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available…

Police won’t help with ‘immigration enforcement’ on Somalis, Minneapolis mayor says

From Associated Press. Federal authorities are planning an immigration operation targeting Somali immigrants in Minneapolis–St. Paul with final deportation orders. Mayor Frey said city police "will not work with federal agents on immigration enforcement—it’s not their job." Photo credit: Star Tribune Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via…

‘I don’t want them in our country:’ Moments from Trump Cabinet meeting

From Associated Press. U.S. President Donald Trump held his last Cabinet meeting of the year on Tuesday, where he touched upon a follow-up strike on an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Caribbean Sea in early September. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Bulgaria’s government withdraws controversial2026 budget after major protests

From Associated Press. Bulgaria’s government is withdrawing a controversial budget proposal after a protest drew tens of thousands of peaceful participants that was later marred by clashes between a much smaller group of masked men and police. Opposition and business groups warned that plans for higher taxes, increased social security contributions and spending increases could…

Trump: US will start doing ‘strikes on land’ aimed at drug cartels

From Associated Press. President Donald Trump says that the U.S. would start doing military strikes on land soon, though he didn’t specify where and said attacks might occur in countries besides Venezuela, suggesting Colombia could also see strikes. #trump Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

‘Fog of war’: Pete Hegseth defends second strike on alleged drug boat

From Associated Press. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended a deadly follow-up strike on a suspected drug boat in the Caribbean, citing the “fog of war.” He told reporters during a Cabinet meeting he “didn’t stick around” for the second strike but the admiral in charge “made the right call.” Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This…

Flood survivor in Indonesia searches for missing wife and daughters

From Associated Press. A week after flash floods and landslides swept through Sikumbang village of West Sumatra’s Agam district in Indonesia, survivors are still waiting for news for their missing loved ones. (AP video shot by Ade Yuandha). #indonesia #floods Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

A visit to Somalia’s crumbling hospitals shows the toll of aid cuts and war

From Associated Press. Somalia, one of the world’s poorest countries, faces a crisis of health care exacerbated by the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development this year. The loss of USAID funding has disheartened many Somalis who believe they can’t depend on their own government, which focuses mostly on defeating the…

Rescue efforts intensify in Sri Lanka after hundreds dead in floods

From Associated Press. Emergency crews raced to reach survivors and recover more bodies in Sri Lanka on Tuesday after the death toll from catastrophic floods and landslides rose to at least 390. #srilanka #floods #landslides Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Putin accuses Europeans of sabotaging Ukraine peace efforts with ‘unacceptable demands’

From Associated Press. Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Europe of amending peace proposals with “demands that are absolutely unacceptable to Russia,” thus “blocking the entire peace process,” only to blame Russia for it. “That’s their goal,” Putin said. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home

Putin hosts Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for talks on Ukraine peace

From Associated Press. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday, taking a draft peace plan that Washington hopes can bring about an end to the nearly four-year war in Ukraine. #putin #russia Photo credit: Pool Sputnik Kremlin Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available…

Israeli forces demolish home of suspected Palestinian militant accused of planting bombs on buses

From Associated Press. Israeli forces demolished Tuesday the home of Abdul Karim Sanoubar, a suspected Palestinian militant currently in detention who has been accused by Israel of planting bombs on buses in central Israel last February. (AP video shot by Majdi Muhammad) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing…

Russia military releases video it says shows troops waving Russian flag in key Ukrainian city

From Associated Press. Russia’s chief of general staff claimed during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin on Sunday that Russian troops had taken full control of Krasnoarmeysk, the Russian name for the Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said fighting was still ongoing in Pokrovsk on Monday. (AP video…

Colombia expels several members of ultra-Orthodox Jewish Lev Tahor sect to US

From Associated Press. Colombian migration authorities on Monday reported the expulsion of several members of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish Lev Tahor sect to the United States, including 17 foreign minors whom they considered at risk of having their rights violated. #levtahor #jewish #colombia Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing…

Taco pop-up ‘La Dua’ celebrates arrival of singer Dua Lipa in Mexico City as she winds up world tour

From Associated Press. A temporary taqueria pop-up opened up in Mexico City on Monday to celebrate the arrival of British-Albanian singer Dua Lipa, who is ending her global "Radical Optimism Tour" in the Mexican capital. (AP Video by Martín Silva Rey) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive licensing via…

Measles vaccination drive expands in east of DRCongo as conflict displacement fuels outbreak

From Associated Press. A campaign to vaccinate tens of thousands of children in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Masisi Territory continued Monday, as local health authorities battled a measles outbreak that has left thousands of children sick. (AP Video by Justin Kabumba) Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com​ This video may be available for archive…