
News Wrap: Russia continues Ukraine strikes amid peace talks
Clip: 12/20/2025 | 2m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
News Wrap: Russian offensive drags on in Ukraine amid ceasefire talks
In our news wrap Saturday, Russian attacks on Ukraine continued amid U.S. efforts to negotiate a ceasefire, the Israeli army struck a school in Gaza that was sheltering displaced people, U.S. Central Command released video of Friday’s strikes in Syria, and an engineer from Germany became the first person who uses a wheelchair to go to space.
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News Wrap: Russia continues Ukraine strikes amid peace talks
Clip: 12/20/2025 | 2m 53sVideo has Closed Captions
In our news wrap Saturday, Russian attacks on Ukraine continued amid U.S. efforts to negotiate a ceasefire, the Israeli army struck a school in Gaza that was sheltering displaced people, U.S. Central Command released video of Friday’s strikes in Syria, and an engineer from Germany became the first person who uses a wheelchair to go to space.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipJOHN YANG: In the day's other headlines,# Russia struck Odessa's port facilities in## southern Ukraine overnight.
Eight people were# killed and 27 injured.
It comes after Moscow## threatened to cut Ukraine off in the Black# Sea.
Russia also says it's taken control of## two more Ukrainian villages in the Donetsk# and Sumy regions, despite U.S.
efforts to## get a ceasefire agreement the Ukrainian soldier# fighting in Donetsk said it would be meaningless.
HRUBYI, Ukrainian Artilleryman (through# translator): I don't believe in a ceasefire.## It's all just empty talk.
Why?
Because Putin# will gather more forces, regroup and move.. JOHN YANG: A Russian envoy arrived in Miami# today for talks on a U.S.
plan to end the## war.
Yesterday, Ukrainian negotiators began# separate talks with U.S.
officials in Miami.
The Israeli army struck a school in Gaza City# that was sheltering displaced people.
The dead## and wounded were taken to Al Shifa Hospital.# Among the seven killed were six members of Nafez## al Nassr's family who were asleep.
He said he# was celebrating a wedding in a nearby classroom.
NAFEZ AL-NATHR (through translator):# We dispersed in panic, looking for## our loved ones, and we saw body# parts everywhere.
The children,## the elderly, the young women, body parts# everywhere.
The joy stopped immediately.
JOHN YANG: The Israeli military told PBS# News that had been targeting a number of## suspicious individuals, but is aware of a claim# of civilian casualties and that the details are## under review.
Hamas called it a brutal crime and# yet another violation of the cease fire agreement.
U.S.
Central Command has released# video of Friday's U.S.
strikes on## more than 70 targets in Syria said to# be Islamic State fighters and weapons.## It was the retaliation that President# Trump had promised after an ambush## attack last week killed two U.S.
troops# and a civilian American interpreter.
The Jordanian air force confirmed# that it joined the U.S.
operation## to prevent extremist groups from# threatening regional security.
And a paraplegic engineer from Germany has# become the first person who uses a wheelchair## to go to space.
It was a dream come true for# Michaela Benthouse.
She blasted off aboard a## Blue Origin capsule along with five other space# tourists.
The 10 minute suborbital space flight## was intended to let the passengers experience# a few minutes of weightlessness in outer space.
Still to come on PBS News Weekend, how online# retailers use AI to adjust prices based on what## they think you're willing to pay.
And# celebrating the life of Temple Grandin,## the renowned animal scientist and# advocate for people with autism.
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