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--:-- Dale Willman: Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Willman.
--:-- Dale Willman: The Senate adjourned on Saturday without taking action to end the federal government shutdown, which is about to begin its 40th day.
--:-- Dale Willman: As the shutdown drags on, thousands of flights are being canceled and SNAP food benefits are not being paid.
--:-- Dale Willman: New York Democrat Chuck Schumer says his party is ready to negotiate, but Republicans won't engage.
--:-- Dale Willman: If Republicans want to talk about long-term fixes to ACA affordability, Democrats are ready.
--:-- Dale Willman: We said so yesterday.
--:-- Dale Willman: But in the meantime, doing nothing is derelict because people will go bankrupt, people will lose insurance, people will get sicker.
--:-- Dale Willman: And that's what will happen if this Congress fails to act.
--:-- Dale Willman: Senate Majority Leader John Thune, meanwhile, calls a Democratic proposal to extend health care benefits a non-starter.
--:-- Dale Willman: Officials are warning, meanwhile, that more flights could end up being canceled if the shutdown persists into the Thanksgiving holiday.
--:-- Dale Willman: As NPR Liz Baker reports that possibility is already causing some holiday travelers to reconsider their plans for the busiest travel days of the year
--:-- Liz Baker: Air travel is often stressful especially around the holidays.
--:-- Liz Baker: Aside from the logistics and the money involved there are a lot of emotions involved in travel
--:-- Liz Baker: Aixa Diaz is a spokesperson for AAA, which releases a holiday travel forecast before big travel days like the day before Thanksgiving.
--:-- Liz Baker: She says this year has been tricky to predict given the uncertainty around the government shutdown.
--:-- Liz Baker: Because anything could happen and things change daily.
--:-- Liz Baker: On Friday, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy warned that by Thanksgiving, as many as 20 percent of flights could be impacted if the shutdown continues.
--:-- Liz Baker: Many more than have already been affected since the Federal Aviation Administration announced reduced flights to and from 40 major airports earlier this week.
--:-- Liz Baker: I'm Liz Baker, NPR News.
--:-- Dale Willman: The effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history are now also being felt overseas.
--:-- Dale Willman: Local workers at some American military bases in Europe have not received their paychecks.
--:-- Dale Willman: In Italy, about 2,000 workers haven't been paid since September.
--:-- Dale Willman: In Germany, meanwhile, that country is covering the salaries of some 11,000 employees at U.S. bases there.
--:-- Dale Willman: Workers in Ukraine are trying to restore power in several regions after Russian drone attacks on energy infrastructure caused blackouts this weekend.
--:-- Dale Willman: Residential areas were also hit killing at least six people
--:-- Dale Willman: The BBC James Landale has more from Kyiv
--:-- James Landale: A lot of the targets were energy infrastructure
--:-- James Landale: There a clear attempt by Russia now to make living in Ukraine very, very hard.
--:-- James Landale: They want to make it very hard, particularly in the east, for people to get access to electricity and to get heating.
--:-- James Landale: And that's not just a question of trying to damage Ukrainian morale, but it's also trying to damage Ukraine's economy.
--:-- James Landale: They just want to make it very, very hard to do stuff in Ukraine simply because they think that is a long term strategy that could put some political pressure on the government here in Kiev.
--:-- James Landale: That's the BBC's James Landale with our report from Kiev.
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--:-- Dale Willman: Health officials in Gaza say the death toll there has now passed 69,000 people.
--:-- Dale Willman: The numbers are increasing as bodies are recovered from the rubble caused by two years of fighting, the latest ceasefire went into effect on October 10th.
--:-- Dale Willman: The Danish government wants to ban social media for users under 15 years old.
--:-- Dale Willman: As Terry Schultz reports, officials say they want to protect children from the large amount of violence and self-harm that's now present on online platforms.
--:-- Terry Schultz: If the Danish parliament passes the legislation proposed by the country's Ministry of Digitalization, it would enact some of the most stringent restrictions in Europe on social media use by teens
--:-- Terry Schultz: The government has not yet specified which platforms would be covered nor how the measure would be enforced
--:-- Terry Schultz: Parents could apply for the right to have an assessment done on their children so they could use the app starting at 13.
--:-- Terry Schultz: The Danish move follows Australia, which in December enacted the world's first ban on social media for users under 16.
--:-- Terry Schultz: It holds platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok responsible for blocking younger children and sets huge fines for those which do not.
--:-- Terry Schultz: For NPR News, I'm Terri Schultz.
--:-- Dale Willman: Julian Sand threw for 303 yards and one touchdown as the number one Ohio State Buckeyes beat Purdue today 34-10.
--:-- Dale Willman: Jeremiah Smith had a season-high 10 catches for 137 yards in the win.
--:-- Dale Willman: Number two, Indiana needed a last-minute acrobatic touchdown to beat Penn State 27-24.
--:-- Dale Willman: Number six, Oregon escaped with an 18-16 win over Iowa.
--:-- Dale Willman: Texas Tech beat 8-ranked BYU by a score of 29-7, and Alcorn State overpowered Southern 35-17.
--:-- Dale Willman: I'm Dale Willman, NPR News.
