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Russia and China have vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that warned of sanctions for Syria.

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At the end of a year in which pop songs were a constant, provocative part of the national conversation, NPR Music critic Ann Powers sifts through the 100 most popular songs of the year to highlight 10 pure pop pleasures worth remembering.

One of the biggest topics President Obama is expected to discuss with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week is the hacking of U.S. companies by China. American officials say the issue threatens relations between the countries, and the U.S. is threatening to impose sanctions.

What's the situation facing the United Nations team on the ground in Syria this weekend? Host Scott Simon talks with Peter Harling, Middle East project director of the International Crisis Group, who's in and out of Syria frequently.

A U.N. aid agency working to provide aid to Gaza has suspended operations after one of its truck drivers was killed by Israeli fire. Earlier, Israel declared another brief lull to allow in humanitarian supplies. Meanwhile, three rockets launched from Lebanon landed in Israel.

The two leaders will have their second, informal, face-to-face meeting since April at the General Assembly meeting in New York.

The United States and Britain prepare a draft U.N. Security Council resolution on Iraq that would endorse the installation of an interim Iraqi government on June 30. The draft also gives U.N. approval for U.S. and other foreign troops in Iraq. It is not likely to be finalized until U.N. envoy Lakhdar Brahimi names the leaders of a caretaker Iraqi government. Hear Peter Kenyon and NPR's Vicky O'Hara.

The Australian comedian, also known as Howard X, crashed the last U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore. A President Trump impersonator may stay, as long as he doesn't appear in public.

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who directed the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee to negotiate the structure of the commission, now says he will vote against the deal.