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Morning news brief

Diplomats say ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon may be imminent. President-elect Trump has a plan to make big cuts in government spending. Conservative sets sights on reshaping American culture.

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Rob Schmitz is NPR's international correspondent based in Berlin, where he covers the human stories of a vast region reckoning with its past while it tries to guide the world toward a brighter future. From his base in the heart of Europe, Schmitz has covered Germany's levelheaded management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the rise of right-wing nationalist politics in Poland and creeping Chinese government influence inside the Czech Republic.
Leila Fadel is a national correspondent for NPR based in Los Angeles, covering issues of culture, diversity, and race.