THIS IS AP NEWSMINUTE

UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT SPOKE OPTIMISTICALLY IN PARIS ON MONDAY ABOUT THE PROGRESS OF REVISING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION’S PEACE PLAN.

VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SPOKE AT A JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE WITH FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON.

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PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE OF A COURT IN TEL AVIV ON MONDAY, AS ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ARRIVED FOR HIS CORRUPTION TRIAL.

NETANYAHU HAS REQUESTED A PRESIDENTIAL PARDON.

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PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID SUNDAY THAT HE WOULD RELEASE THE RESULTS OF HIS MRI TEST THAT HE RECEIVED IN OCTOBER.

THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SO FAR DECLINED TO DETAIL WHY TRUMP HAD AN MRI DURING HIS PHYSICAL LAST MONTH, OR ON WHAT PART OF HIS BODY.

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AND MELANIA TRUMP HAS DECORATED THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE HOLIDAYS, AND HER THEME IS “HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS.”

THE FIRST LADY'S DECOR ALSO NODS TO NEXT YEAR'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.