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Mideast Ceasefire, Florida Immigration Session, Congolese City Captured

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🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Palestinians are returning to their homes in northern Gaza, a proposal by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would give local law enforcement officials the power of immigration agents, and rebels backed by Rwanda have captured a key city in the Congo.

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0:00.0

Hi, A.

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Hello.

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Good morning. It's Monday.

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Oh, wait, not good morning.

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You don't like good morning.

0:07.7

You can stuff your good morning in a sack.

0:09.9

You're so rude.

0:13.5

Tens of thousands of Palestinians are walking back to Gaza City for the first time since the war began.

0:20.0

But the joy of return is mixed with bitter

0:22.9

sadness. Entire neighborhoods are now reduced to rubble. I'm Leila Faldi, that's A. Martinez,

0:28.1

and this is up first from NPR News. A new proposal by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis would give

0:35.7

local law enforcement officials the power of immigration agents.

0:39.4

People are going to be afraid of police officers. People are going to be afraid to report

0:43.1

crimes. But with state Republicans calling the proposal premature, which rules are likely to pass.

0:49.3

And rebels backed by Rwanda have captured the city of Goma in eastern Congo. The violence has

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roots in the Rwandan

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