NPR News: 10-04-2025 4AM EDT
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Live from NPR News in New York City, I'm Dua Halisa-Cautel. President Trump is pushing Israel to immediately stop bombing Gaza after Hamas announced it would agree to release the remaining Israeli hostages. NPR's Aya Batrari has the latest.
Basically, Hamas said they agreed to release all the Israeli hostages. That means 20 who are alive and about 28 who are dead. And according to Trump's plan, that would have to happen in the first 72 hours of a ceasefire. But what Hamas said is that actually it's based on field conditions. And so... What does that mean? Basically, a Hamas leader went on Al Jazeera soon after and said it could be months before the bodies of the hostages are found. It's believed to be some of them could be buried under tunnels that are destroyed or in areas that would need heavy machinery that's not available in Gaza to reach.
To date, an estimated 66,000 Palestinians have died. 20,000 of them are children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The arrest of a conservative influencer in Portland, Oregon, has drawn the ire of the Trump administration. White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt says the Department of Justice is launching a, quote, full investigation. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Troy Branelson reports.
About 1.2 million accounts follow Nicholas Sorter on X, and he describes himself as a journalist who covers stories the mainstream media won't. During protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Portland on Thursday night, Sorter and two other people landed in custody for allegedly fighting.
What are the latest developments on hostages and Gaza ceasefire talks?
Police charged all three with second-degree disorderly conduct. Sorter blasted the city and its police after he was released Friday morning.
Look, this is going to backfire on them tremendously.
It already is. People knew that something out here stunk and that it was corrupt. Police have made dozens of arrests outside the ICE building since this summer, the vast majority of them protesters. For NPR News, I'm Troy Brennelson in Portland.
After months in federal custody, a journalist based in Atlanta whose documented immigration raids has been deported. The father of three was arrested while covering an anti-Trump protest back in June. From member station WABE, Emily Wu Pearson reports.
Mario Guevara is known for live streaming ICE and other law enforcement activity, often after getting tips from community members. He came to the US from El Salvador legally in 2004.
How does Hamas describe the timeline and challenges for recovering hostage bodies?
He applied for asylum in 2005 and was denied, but appealed that decision. Court documents state the Department of Homeland Security didn't address the appeal and it was administratively closed until his arrest this summer. This week, a federal appeals court denied Guevara's request to temporarily pause his deportation. The court indicated Guevara did not have the proper paperwork filed at the right time to stay in the U.S. Guevara's lawyers say he's being punished for his work as a journalist. For NPR News, I'm Emily Wu Pearson in Atlanta. This is NPR.
A French photojournalist was killed by a drone while on assignment in Ukraine's eastern Donbass region. The European and International Federation of Journalists, as well as the French National Journalist Union, announced his death, adding that a Ukrainian journalist was also wounded during the same attack on Friday morning. The president of Ukraine's National Union of Journalists said the main threat to journalists, as to all civilians, is Russian drones hunting people. Investors shrugged off the ongoing government shutdown and sent U.S. markets soaring this week. Zen Piers Maria Aspen reports the Dow ended the week at a new record high.
Washington's shutdown doesn't seem to be bothering Wall Street, at least not yet. All of the major U.S. talk indices broke new records this week as investors focused on more optimistic news, like the ongoing artificial intelligence frenzy.
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