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Iran acknowledges sending military drones to Russia before the invasion of Ukraine

8:19am November 06, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

Iran has acknowledged providing military drones to Russia for the first time, though they claim the shipments were sent before the invasion of Ukraine.

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After eight months of fighting, Ukrainian infantry soldiers are exhausted

8:10am November 06, 2022

by Franco Ordoñez

As the war drags on, we hear from Ukrainian infantry soldiers who are exhausted after more than eight months of fighting Russian troops.

A tuktuk drives during a sandstorm in Somalia in April. The United Nations says a multi-year drought in East Africa is evidence of "mounting and ever-increasing climate risks."

Money will likely be the central tension in the U.N.'s COP27 climate negotiations

8:10am November 06, 2022

by Michael Copley

Global efforts to limit climate change can't happen without more aid. Rich countries promised $100 billion to poorer ones to cope with global warming but seven years later, have yet to deliver.

Attendees of the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit arrive, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

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COP27 climate talks start in Egypt, as delegates arrive from around the world

4:52am November 06, 2022

by The Associated Press

Envoys from around the globe gathered Sunday in the Egyptian seaside resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for talks on tackling climate change.

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Climate change negotiator talks priorities and setbacks ahead of UN conference

5:11pm November 05, 2022

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Ambassador Janine Felson, a climate negotiator from Belize, about her main goals heading into the United Nations Climate Conference, which begins Sunday in Egypt.

This undated photograph released by the Ukrainian military's Strategic Communications Directorate shows the wreckage of what Kyiv has described as an Iranian Shahed drone downed near Kupiansk, Ukraine. Iran has acknowledged for the first time that it sent drones to Russia but says the delivery happened before the invasion of Ukraine.

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For the first time, Iran acknowledges it sent drones to Russia

11:36am November 05, 2022

by Jason Beaubien

The Iranian foreign minister says only a small number were delivered months before the invasion of Ukraine.

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Saudi Arabia cracks down on dissidents living abroad

8:09am November 05, 2022

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Ellen Knickmeyer of the Associated Press about Saudi Arabia's crackdown on dissidents living abroad.

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Millions of Ukrainians left without electricity after Russian strikes

8:09am November 05, 2022

Millions of Ukrainians are without electricity after Russian strikes and a major battle is brewing over the port city of Kherson.

In this file photo provided by South Korea Defense Ministry, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, F-35B stealth fighter jets and South Korean F-15K fighter jets fly over the Korean Peninsula during joint drills on Sept. 18, 2017.

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North Korea launches four more missiles as U.S. flies bombers over South

6:00am November 05, 2022

by The Associated Press

North Korea launched four ballistic missiles into the sea, as the U.S sent two bombers over South Korea in a dueling display of military might that underscored rising tensions in the region.

A boat operator ferries inspectors to the Tzarevich ship, which is carrying 10,000 metric tons of sunflower meal from Chornomorsk, Ukraine, to Bulgaria, on Oct. 6 in Istanbul. The ship stopped en route in the Marmara Sea in order to be checked by officials from the United Nations, Ukraine, Russia and Turkey.

Photos: A close-up look at Ukraine grain export inspections

5:01am November 05, 2022

At the heart of the Ukraine grain export deal is a complex inspection process involving Turkey and the U.N. NPR recently joined a team of inspectors aboard a ship carrying grain in the Marmara sea.

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