Axios

The U.S. and Ukraine made "meaningful progress toward aligning positions" on President Trump's proposed peace plan during their talks in Geneva on Sunday, the two countries said in a joint statement issued by the White House.

• "Final decisions under this framework will be made by the Presidents of Ukraine and the United States," Sunday night's joint statement read.

Why it matters: Diplomacy over the plan to end the war with Russia's invading forces has accelerated since Axios revealed it Tuesday. Trump has set a Thanksgiving deadline for reaching an understanding with Ukraine.

The Israeli military said it assassinated Hezbollah's top military commander Haytham Ali Tabatabai in an airstrike in Beirut on Sunday. Hezbollah confirmed Tabatabai and two other commander were killed in the strike.

The big picture: This is the most significant Israeli strike against Hezbollah leaders since the ceasefire reached a year ago and the first time Israel has struck Beirut in five months.

A new Netflix documentary attempts to cast doubt over the authorship of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Napalm Girl" photo — an image that helped define the horrors of the Vietnam War.

Why it matters: The dispute reopens questions about how Western media historically overlooks the work of local freelance journalists in war, but is drawing strong reaction from some photographers of that era.

A new documentary narrated and executive-produced by Lily Gladstone, Oscar-nominated star of "Killers of the Flower Moon," tackles the Blackfeet Nation's fight to restore buffalo to their land.

The big picture: "Bring Them Home/Aiskótáhkapiyaaya," set to air on most PBS stations on Monday, comes amid similar battles between ranchers, conservationists and tribal elders over land use on Indigenous reservations.

UN climate talks in Brazil are wrapping up Saturday with a push to help move nations away from fossil fuels, but the deal lacks explicit mention of the CO2-spewing energy sources.

Why it matters: The compromise underscores the Paris Agreement's limited ability to move from aspiration to stronger real-world action.

The U.S., Ukraine, Germany, France and the UK are expected to hold negotiations on Sunday in Geneva over the new U.S. peace plan, according to two U.S. officials and three European sources with knowledge.

Why it matters: Diplomacy over the plan has been unfolding at a fast pace since Axios revealed it on Tuesday. President Trump has set a Thanksgiving deadline for reaching an understanding with Ukraine on the plan.

Artificial intelligence is struggling to understand accented English and non-standard dialects, creating problems that can cascade into biased hiring, grading or clinical records.

Why it matters: AI is deciding who gets a job interview, how students are graded, and what doctors record in a patient's chart. But major speech-to-text systems make far more errors for Black speakers than for white speakers.