Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded. The chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Jürgen Vatnes Friednes, announced the news.
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 to Maria Corina Machado. She is receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.
Machado is a 58-year-old industrial engineer. She is living and hiding in Venezuela. She was blocked last year by Venezuelan courts from running for president against current leaders Nicolas Maduro. Maduro claimed a landslide victory last year in his re-election campaign. That was a vote that election observers rejected as neither free nor fair.
Today is supposed to mark the start of the first phase of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. It is based on a plan proposed by President Trump.
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It calls for Hamas to release all hostages, living and dead, and for Israel to free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and detainees. Israel is also supposed to pull troops back from zones in Gaza. But NPR's Greg Myrie says the timeline for that is unclear.
Israel has agreed to pull back in phases. It will initially move out of places like Gaza City and other Palestinian population centers. Now, they're eventually supposed to retreat to a buffer zone along the Gaza border, but still on the Gaza side of the border. Hamas had always demanded a full withdrawal of Israeli troops, but they just didn't have the leverage in these negotiations.
With Israeli troops in Gaza, it wouldn't take much to restart hostilities.
NPR's Greg Myrie reporting. A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily blocked the National Guard from being deployed in Illinois. NPR's Sergio Martinez Beltran has more.
Federal Judge April Perry says deploying National Guard troops in Illinois would only add fuel to the fire. Under her ruling, the National Guard of the U.S. cannot be deployed within the state. The block will be in effect for 14 days. An appeal by the Trump administration is almost guaranteed.
The Trump administration has said the National Guard is needed to protect an immigration processing facility outside of Chicago and protect ICE agents as they conduct arrests. Trump has said Chicago is a war zone, but protests have mostly been peaceful. And Judge Perry says the narrative of events presented by the Department of Homeland Security is, quote, simply unreliable.
Sergio Martinez Beltran, NPR News, Chicago.
Separately, a federal appeals court is weighing whether Trump can deploy National Guard troops on the streets of Portland, Oregon. This is NPR. President Trump will go for a physical checkup today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. The White House says the president is in good health. Pope Leo is highlighting the plight of the world's poor.
A new Vatican document says the world and the church must pay more attention to them. NPR's Jason D. Rose has more.
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