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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jeanine Herbst. Israel carried out its fiercest wave of airstrikes since a ceasefire took effect a week ago in Gaza. At least 35 Palestinians were killed. Two Israeli soldiers were also killed. Both countries accused the other of violating the agreement brokered by President Trump. NPR's Carrie Khan has more.
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The wave of Israeli airstrikes began early Sunday after Israel's military said it was attacked in southern Gaza by Hamas militants. The military later confirmed two Israeli soldiers were killed by Hamas. Gaza's health officials say among the dozens of Palestinians killed were two children. An Israeli official, speaking to the media on condition of anonymity, said Israel halted the movement of all inside Gaza. But later a spokesman said the military will abide by the ceasefire. Israeli officials say they have also closed the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza indefinitely until Hamas returns bodies of deceased hostages at a reasonable pace. Hamas says it needs heavy equipment and international help to reach more bodies. Carrie Khan, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
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President Trump directed another deadly US Military strike on a boat in international waters Friday. Luke Garrett reports. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the boat was smuggling drugs, while Columbia's president says it was a fishing boat.
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Three men are dead after the seventh reported US Strike on an alleged drug smuggling boat, according to Secretary Hegseth, who said the attack left no survivors and that no US Forces were harmed. An unclassified video released on X shows a slender boat with motors on the stern being destroyed by an airstrike. Hegseth says the vessel was with the National Liberation Army, a Colombian rebel group and designated terrorist organization. He likened the group to Al Qaeda. Colombia's President Gustavo Petro denied the boat was part of a rebel group and posted on X it belonged to a humble family, lovers of the sea from which they drew their food. The Friday strike brings the reported death toll from President Trump's military campaign against drug smuggling to at least 31. Luke Garrett, NPR News, Washington.
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The COVID 19 vaccines may do more than protect people against the coronavirus. NPR's Rob Stein reports. Researchers say the shots may also help fight cancer.
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Researchers at the University of Florida studied more than 1,000 patients being treated for advanced lung and skin cancer and found that those who had gotten a COVID vaccine, in addition to powerful immune system drugs, were significantly more likely to survive than patients who hadn't gotten a Covid shot. The researchers say the COVID vaccines appear to help rev up the immune system to battle cancer, but more research is needed to explore how the COVID vaccines might help cancer patients. Rob Stein, NPR News.
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You're listening to NPR News. In Washington, President Trump and Colombian leader Gustavo Petro are having a war of words over illegal drugs. That's with hundreds of millions of dollars in American aid hanging in the balance. Trump says he'll slash U.S. assistance because Colombia's leftist president, quote, does nothing to stop drug production and is, quote, an illegal drug leader. Petro rejects the accusations and defense work to fight narcotics in Colombia, the world's largest exporter of cocaine. Colombia received an estimated $230 million in the U.S. budget year that ended Sept. 30. It was a dramatic scene at the Louvre in Paris. Rebecca Rossman reports. Masked men broke into the museum and made off with millions of dollars worth of jewelry.
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Seven minutes. That's how long police say it took three masked men armed with chainsaws to steal nine pieces of jewelry from the Louvre's Apollo Gallery, including necklaces, a BR brooch and a tiara. A museum spokesperson told NPR the pieces are of, quote, inestimable cultural and historical value. France's Interior Minister Laurent Nunez says the thieves entered through a window shortly after the museum opened and used box cutters to smash display cases. They fled on motorcycles toward a nearby highway. The museum was quickly evacuated. No injuries were reported, and police have opened an investigation to track down the suspects. For NPR News, I'm Rebecca Rossman in Paris.
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U.S. futures contracts are trading flat at this hour. Dow futures are down about 3 points or up about 3 points. Nasdaq futures are up 15 points and S&P 500 futures up 1. You're listening to NPR News from Washington.
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