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The fate of the ceasefire in Gaza seems fragile after Israel threatened to restart the war unless Hamas releases all Israeli hostages by Saturday. The overall fate of Gaza was the focus of an Oval Office meeting between President Trump and Jordan’s King Abdullah in which Trump vowed to “take” the enclave. Nick Schifrin reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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In our news wrap Tuesday, American Marc Fogel was released by Russia after three and a half years in detention, 27 religious groups are suing the Trump administration over a policy that makes it easier for immigration agents to carry out arrests at places of worship and Steve Bannon pleaded guilty to defrauding donors in a private effort to build a wall along the southern border. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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In our news wrap Monday, a fragile ceasefire may be at risk as Hamas accuses Israel of breaking parts of the agreement and says it will delay the further release of hostages, President Trump is set to pardon former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich, Romania's president says he will resign after months of pressure and a $4 billion settlement for victims of the 2023 wildfires in Maui will move forward. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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Israel pulled its forces from a key Gaza corridor Sunday as part of a fragile ceasefire deal with Hamas. Meanwhile, on Israel’s northern front inside Lebanon, concerns are mounting that its forces there may stay past a second deadline to withdraw by Feb. 18. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn reports from the Lebanese border. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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In our news wrap Sunday, Arab leaders will gather to discuss Gaza’s future at the request of Palestinian leaders, Trump will become the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl, the Trump administration instructed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop all work, and dive teams are preparing to comb the Potomac River for smaller pieces of wreckage from the deadly D.C. air disaster. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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President Trump said he is in “no rush to do anything” in Gaza. Earlier this week, he talked about the need for Palestinians to leave Gaza and for the United States to take over the area and develop it. Also this week, Hamas accused Israel of delaying the entry of hundreds of trucks carrying food and other humanitarian supplies agreed to in the ceasefire deal. Stephanie Sy reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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One of the key United Nations agencies overseeing the provision of aid into Gaza is the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA. Its leader, Tom Fletcher, just visited Gaza and joined Geoff Bennett to discuss what he saw there. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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In our news wrap Thursday, Panama's president is pushing back on U.S. claims that a deal over transit fees for the Panama Canal was reached, the NCAA updated its transgender policy to limit women's competition to athletes who were assigned as female at birth and there are growing concerns over the spread of bird flu after dairy cattle in Nevada became infected with a new variant of the disease. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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Shockwaves continue to reverberate around the world following President Trump’s remarks about seizing control of Gaza and turning the war-ravaged area into a "Riviera of the Middle East.” Trump repeated his idea that two million Palestinians from Gaza should relocate to other countries. William Brangham discussed the reaction with Marwan Muasher of the Carnegie Endowment. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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In our news wrap Wednesday, police in Sweden are trying to figure out the motive of a gunman who carried out the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history, Argentina is withdrawing from the World Health Organization, the racial gap in maternal mortality rates widened last year and Tuskegee Airman Harry Stewart Jr. died at 100. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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In our news wrap Tuesday, a gunman opened fire and killed about 10 people at an education center for adults in Sweden, crews recovered the remains of all 67 victims from last week's aircraft collision in Washington, Maryland officials unveiled the redesign of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge and the UN is warning that Russian attacks on Ukraine's power grid could lead to a nuclear accident. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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On Saturday, American Keith Siegel was brought on stage in Gaza City and paraded in front of a crowd and quickly escorted away. He had been held hostage by Hamas for 484 days. Siegel and his wife were kidnapped from their home during the Oct. 7 attacks. Aviva Siegel was released in November of 2023 during a week-long ceasefire. Amna Nawaz discussed the release with Keith Siegel’s niece, Hanna. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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There are many kibbutzes that border Gaza and were attacked on Oct. 7 by Hamas. One with perhaps the highest death toll and greatest destruction is Nir Oz. As some of its members were released this past weekend after nearly a year-and-a-half in captivity, the community is facing the question of how to rebuild and how to be reborn. Producer Karl Bostic in Israel and Nick Schifrin report. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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President Trump said Sunday that Americans may feel “some pain” as a result of the North American trade war that’s emerging after he imposed sweeping tariffs on Mexico and Canada. Retaliatory tariffs were quickly announced by Mexico, Canada and China, which the president also targeted with import duties. John Yang speaks to Kirsten Hillman, Canadian ambassador to the U.S., for more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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In our news wrap Sunday, Netanyahu and Trump are preparing to meet at the White House, new preliminary data shows conflicting altitude readings for the aircraft that collided in D.C. on Wednesday, and top USAID security officials were put on leave after refusing to give Musk’s government efficiency team access to classified materials. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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In our news wrap Saturday, the delicate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas moved forward with another hostage and prisoner exchange, Arab leaders rejected Trump’s recent call to transfer Palestinians to their countries, Trump ordered the first military strikes of his second term, the Democratic Party elected a new chair, and the Defense Department ended cultural awareness months at the Pentagon. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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UNRWA, the United Nations’ Palestinian relief agency, said it remains operational in Gaza, the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem despite an Israeli ban. The law passed in October forbids UNRWA from operating on Israeli land and from contact with Israeli authorities. Nick Schifrin discussed more with William Deere of UNRWA and Assaf Orion, a retired Israeli brigadier general. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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As Syria recovers from 13 years of civil war and five decades under the Assad regime, its citizens face the daunting task of rebuilding their nation. Saleh Hawa, a Syrian literature professor and revolutionary, saw his hometown bombed heavily during the war. Now he says there's an opportunity for the West to make up for its lack of support. Special correspondent Leila Molana-Allen reports. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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In our news wrap Thursday, Hamas freed eight hostages and Israel handed over more than 100 Palestinian prisoners in a third round of exchanges, officials in Ukraine say a Russian drone attack killed at least six people in the northeastern city of Sumy and an appeals court ruled a federal ban on handgun sales to adults under 21 violates the Second Amendment. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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Parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are under siege by a Rwanda-backed rebel group. The violence has killed UN peacekeepers, overwhelmed hospitals, displaced hundreds of thousands and sparked fears of a wider regional conflict. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, the Congolese minister of foreign affairs. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders
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