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Live from NPR News in New York City. I'm Dwahilisa Kowtel. Israeli airstrikes killed at least 37 Palestinians on Saturday, including seven children, according to Gaza hospital officials there. But both Israel and Hamas say they endorse Trump's 20 point plan to end the nearly two year war. NPR's Kerry Khan reports on the cautious optimism in the Mideast.
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Residents in Gaza like Iman abu Aklain, a 48 year old mother of four, says the news of a deal is some relief. It's like we've been bottled up so tightly and now we can take a breath, just a small one, as we are still living in a nightmare, she says. Israel's military says it's getting ready to implement Trump's plan and has moved to a defensive only position, according to an official not authorized to speak to the media on the record. However, Gaza health officials say airstrikes continued overnight, killing and wounding Gazans. Israel is preparing a team for face to face talks as the US Also sends envoys to Cairo, according to two people briefed but not authorized to speak publicly. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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The Homeland Security Department says it will begin to offer voluntary stipends to unaccompanied children in the immigration system. Jordan reining with LAS DHS has already.
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Been offering adults financial incentives to leave the country. Now it's begun offering payments of $2,500 to undocumented teens who arrived in the US without a parent or legal guardian. The agency says the payments will be available to children over 14 years old who agree to waive a standard hearing in front of an immigration judge. If accepted, the minors would receive payment upon returning to their home country. DHS said in a social media post the offers are strictly voluntary. But organizations representing immigrant children have raised concerns that the offer of money may put children in danger, especially if the decision isn't made with a lawyer. For NPR News, I'm Jordan running. In Pasadena, California, on the 4th day.
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Of the federal government shutdown, dozens of federal workers and contractors showed up at a town hall hosted by Democratic Virginia Congressman Suhas Subramaniam. He represents more than 36 6,000 federal workers. Margaret Barthell of member station WAMU reports.
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Several attendees said they had lost their federal jobs as a result of the Trump administration's cuts and now depend on Affordable Care act plans for health insurance. Marcia Peltz said her son was fired from the federal government in April and the shutdown is throwing his new contracting job into uncertainty. But she supported Democrats in Congress taking a stand.
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I think if you're going to fight on a hill, health care is the.
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Way to go because as Suha said today, it's for everybody. It doesn't matter if you're red, green, purple, orange.
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Shutdowns make a sizable economic impact on the D.C. region. But in this case, many said they felt the Trump administration has already done greater damage.
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This is NPR Saturday Night Live host Bad Bunny gave his audience a hint of what to expect when he performs during the super bowl halftime show in Februar. Speaking in SPAN after a few lines, he joked that if people didn't understand him, they had four months to learn. The popular Puerto Rican singer skipped a previous US Tour, saying that he was concerned about ICE agents at his concerts. But on snl, he joked that he thinks everybody is happy about it, even Fox News. The secretary of Homeland security, Kristi Noem, warned federal agents will be attending the super bowl, saying, we'll be all over that place. We are going to enforce the law. Two days after the attack on a synagogue in the English city of Manchester, police in London have arrested hundreds of demonstrators who stage a sit in in support of a banned pro Palestinian group. From London, Vicki Barker reports.
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As some protesters for Palestine Action sing, others applaud as four police officers bodily lift one elderly demonstrator and carry her out of London's Trafalgar Square. Organizers had rejected pleas from the prime minister on down to suspend this weekend's pro Palestinian protests out of respect for the victims of Thursday's synagogue attack and for British Jews in general. But several of those arrested Saturday were themselves Jewish, and one Jewish supporter said canceling would have advanced what she called the dangerous narrative that all Jews support the war in Gaza and therefore share responsibility for acts committed there.
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