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🔘 Nightly News - Feb. 13

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🔘 Nightly News Full Episode - Feb. 11

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🎧 Hamas threatens to postpone next hostage release citing broken terms of ceasefire deal by Israel

💬Palestinian military group Hamas on Monday threatened to postpone the next hostage release, citing a breach of the ceasefire deal by Israel.
Israel refuted the claims, saying instead that the postponement is a "complete violation of the ceasefire."
Lee Seung-jae reports.

Palestinian militant group Hamas had planned to release Israeli hostages this coming Saturday, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
However, that swap may now be in doubt, as the militant group announced on Monday that it would delay those plans,.. accusing Israel of breaching the Gaza ceasefire agreement.
According to Hamas Armed Wing Spokesperson Abu Obeida, the release of the Israeli hostages will be postponed until further notice, pending Israel's "compliance and retroactive compensation for the past weeks."
He added that Hamas will reaffirm its commitment to the ceasefire agreement, as long as Israel adheres to it.
The spokesperson further explained that for the past three weeks, the Israelis did not abide by the terms of the agreement, having delayed the return of residents of northern Gaza, targeting Palestinians with shelling and gunfire, and stopping aid from entering the enclave.
Israel has refuted the claims made by Hamas, and instead blamed the militant group for violating the ceasefire agreement.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz also announced on Monday that he had instructed his military to "prepare at the highest level of alert for any possible scenario in Gaza."
In response,.. the Israel Defense Forces said it was "raising its level of readiness in southern Israel and postponing leave for combat soldiers," raising concerns over further escalation of tension in the region.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also moved up a political-security cabinet meeting, originally scheduled for Tuesday evening, after the Hamas announcement.
An Israeli official said the Israeli leader is consulting with his security leadership team to discuss response measures.

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🔘 World News - February 9th, 2025

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🔘 Nightly News Full Episode - Feb. 6

00:00 Introduction
01:30 Judge pauses deadline for Trump's buyout offer to federal workers
06:11 Trump says no U.S. troops would be involved in controversial Gaza plan
09:29 After mid-air collision, FAA temporarily reducing air traffic at Washington airport
11:56​ Spike in flu cases forces school closures across the country
13:55 Inside the massive effort to secure New Orleans for the Super Bowl
18:53 Uncovering America’s history through cursive handwriting

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The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.

Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

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▶️ World News - February 2, 2025

00:00 Intro
02:19 story 1 Trump imposes tariffs on biggest U.S. trading partners
06:32 story 2 American businesses brace for impact of Trump tariffs
09:05 story 3 Investigators seeking black box in Philadelphia plane crash
11:12 story 4 Families of victims visit site of midair crash over D.C.
13:35 story 5 Netanyahu travels to U.S. to discuss Gaza ceasefire
14:43 story 6 Superstar Doncic traded to L.A. Lakers in blockbuster deal
16:33 story 7 Security more visible ahead of Super Bowl after NOLA attack
16:52 story 8 Ongoing dispute between Hollywood stars Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni
17:14 story 9 Groundhog Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, predicts 6 more weeks of winter
17:45 story 10 Grammy Preview
18:17 story 10 Caitlin Clark, A'ja Wilson jersey retirement

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🎧 Israel, Hamas conduct third round of prisoner-hostage exchange

💬 Moving on to the situation in the Middle East,.
Israel and Hamas on Thursday conducted their third prisoner-hostage exchange.
The latest exchange saw three Israelis being released in exchange for 1-hundred-10 Palestinians.
However, the exchange did not go smoothly, leading to criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Our Lee Seung-jae has more.

Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas conducted their third prisoner-hostage exchange on Thursday.
The exchange saw 8 hostages being released, comprising five Thai nationals and three Israelis.
In exchange, Israel released 110 Palestinian prisoners.
The first hostage released on Thursday was a 20-year-old female Israeli soldier Agam Berger, who was among the seven female soldiers taken hostage from her unit on October 7th, 2023.

The two other Israeli hostages released on the day were 29-year-old Arbel Yehoud and 80-year-old Gadi Moses.

Meanwhile,.. among the 110 Palestinian prisoners who were released in exchange for the hostages, was a high-ranking militant officer who had been sentenced to life in prison.
Another prisoner was given 13 life sentences for killing 12 Israeli citizens.

However, the exchange saw a bit of a delay, when one of the hostages, Yehoud, was surrounded by a large crowd of Gazans.
Hamas had to build a wall around her to get her to the bus, that would eventually take her back to her family.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called this a violation of their agreement, and described the scene as "shocking."
The prisoners were released following the confirmation that the three Israeli nationals were safe.

The latest round was among the agreed-upon 33 hostages and 19-hundred Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged during a six-week ceasefire.
Seven Israeli hostages and 290 Palestinian prisoners were released in the two previous rounds.

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