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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven US update.

Speaker 2 (00:03):
The latest use this hour in just four minutes. The
Kremlin is dashing hopes the war in Ukraine will end
anytime soon. Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press, Russian Foreign
Minister Sergei Lavrov said no meeting is planned between President
Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelenski. Lavrov added key issues,

(00:24):
including security guarantees and territorial disputes have yet to be resolved.
His comments come after President Trump said he had sort
of set up a meeting between the two leaders. President Trump, however,
is not happy with how things are going now.

Speaker 1 (00:37):
I'm not happy about anything about that war. Nothing, not
happy at all. We'll see what happens.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
Trump also said Friday he'll know in two weeks if
he made any progress in bringing peace to Ukraine. National
Guard troops in Washington, d C. Are set to begin
carrying firearms tonight. NBC is reporting the Guard members will
carry service issue M seventeen pistols, with a small number
armed with M four rifles. Defense Secretary Carpete Hegseth on
Friday authorize two thousand troops in DC to begin carrying weapons,

(01:05):
although Guard members will continue to focus their work on
protecting federal assets and providing a safe environment. Utility bills
are on the rise across the United States. More from
Lisa Carton.

Speaker 3 (01:16):
Federal data shows electricity costs are up by more than
five percent and natural gas has risen by nearly fourteen percent.
An analysis from the Center for American Progress shows nearly
sixty utility companies will soon increase electricity rates this year
by more than thirty eight billion dollars, and that's affecting
over fifty seven million Americans. The US Energy Information Administration

(01:39):
expects residential electricity rates to increase by outwhopping eighteen percent
in the near future.

Speaker 2 (01:45):
The NASCAR Cup Series regular season is over. Ryan Blaney
captured the checkered flag in the Coke Zero Sugar four
hundred from Daytona International Speedway. The driver of the number
twelve car is fourth in the sixteen driver playoff field,
while Kyle Larson, William Byron, and Denny Hamlin make up
the top three. The NASCAR postseason begins next Sunday at
Darlington I'm Rob Martyr. The Menendez brothers, both Lyle and

(02:09):
Eric will remain behind bars after being denied parole in California.
A San Diego parole board turned down Lyle Menendez's request
for parole on Friday night, a day after his brother
Eric was also denied. Three months ago, Eric and Lyle
were sentenced to fifty years to life for the nineteen
eighty nine shotgun murders of their parents. The brothers had
maintained the killings were in self defense, claiming they were

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sexually abused by their father. Postal services around the world
are halting some deliveries to the United States over confusion
about new import duties on parcels. Global mail carriers based
in Britain, France, and Germany are among those temporarily suspending
shipments to the US starting this week. President Trump signed
an executive order last month abolishing the trade loophole, which

(02:51):
had allowed goods valued at less than eight hundred dollars
to enter the US duty free. Under the new rules,
personal gifts worth less than one hundred dollars will be
exempt at all other their packages will face the same
tariffs as imports from their country of origin. The hit
horror movie Weapons has reached the one hundred million dollar
mark at the domestic box office. Scott Carr has that.

Speaker 1 (03:11):
The thriller from Warner Brothers has been the number one
movie in US theaters for the past two weeks, already
earning more than one hundred million dollars in the US
over seventy two million internationally. I don't understand at all,
why just her classroom white, only her stream for chi.
Warner Brothers officials say they're thrilled since the picture only
cost about thirty eight million dollars to make. It continues

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a string of hits for the studio, which is still
making money off the film Superman and f One, both
of which have made nearly six hundred million dollars. I'm
Scott Carr.

Speaker 2 (03:44):
The Powerball jackpot is now a whopping seven hundred and
fifty million dollars for Monday nights drawing. The grand prize
will be the tenth largest of all time after no
one matched all six numbers in last night's drawing. Lottery
players are still being urged to check their Powerball tickets
since tickets sold New York, Maine, and South Dakota matched
five numbers to win at least a million dollars each.

(04:05):
I'm Rob Martyr.