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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. President Trump is due back at the White House in a couple of hours after a full day in the Middle East. He addressed the Israeli parliament and then flew to Egypt for a summit with foreign leaders. After the ceasefire he brokered between Israel and Hamas led to the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. NPR's Jane Araf reports.
Trump spoke with what he noted were leaders of some of the world's wealthiest countries behind him at the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh. He said the ceasefire that he helped broker between Israel and Hamas would not just end fighting in Gaza.
The momentous breakthrough that we're here to celebrate tonight is more than the end of the war in Gaza. It's with God's help. It'll be the new beginning for an entire beautiful Middle East.
He predicted that other Arab countries would soon join the United Arab Emirates and others in normalizing relations with Israel. But that's a tall order for many of them, dealing with public rage over a war in Gaza that has killed what Gaza health authorities say are at least 67,000 people. Jane Araf, NPR News, Amman.
It was a historic day in the Middle East as the last of the living hostages held by Hamas were freed. NPR's Daniel Ashton reports from Tel Aviv on the reunions the 20 freed hostages had with their families.
Videos show the moments freed hostages first saw their families. The mother of 23-year-old Bar Cooperstein threw herself onto her son, reciting a Jewish prayer in tears. 32-year-old Avinatan Orr returned from captivity and greeted his girlfriend, a former hostage, with a scream and kisses. Hamas said it was returning only a few of the deceased Israeli hostages' bodies today. Israel said a deliberate delay would violate the ceasefire deal. Daniel Estrin, NPR News, Tel Aviv.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is scheduled to be in Washington, D.C. later this week. Zelensky said Monday that the meeting with President Trump could take place as early as Friday. Zelensky's announcement came a day after Trump warned Russia that he may sink Kiev long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow does not settle the war soon. House Speaker Mike Johnson says Democrats can end the government shutdown at any time, calling their fight to extend the subsidies that help Americans pay for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act a boondoggle.
Pass the clean, no-strings-attached bill and reopen the government. We're on duty here and we can return quickly to legislative session. As soon as you turn the lights back on, Chuck Schumer.
Johnson said the shutdown could become the longest in history and he repeated that Republicans will not negotiate until Democrats reopen the government. The House remains out of session. The Senate returns to work Tuesday with a string of failed votes behind it. This is NPR News. Despite the shutdown, it's a popular weekend for Acadia National Park in Maine, even though much of the park's staff have been furloughed. Maine Public Radio's Caitlin Bedayan reports that crowds of visitors are undeterred.
The entrance to Acadia National Park at the Hulls Co. Visitor Center was packed this weekend, with people looking to enjoy the iconic fall foliage. With the ongoing shutdown, Purpose is still open to the public. But Eric Stiles with the nonprofit Friends of Acadia says that isn't stopping people from making the trip.
Turnout is really strong. So anecdotally looking at activities in the park, it would seem to be just as busy as Indigenous Peoples Day last year, which was the highest visitation in record.
But the park can't collect entrance fees, Stiles says, so Friends of Acadia has set up a fund for visitors to donate the fee instead, hoping to make up some of the lost revenue for the park. For NPR News, I'm Kaitlin Bedayan in Bar Harbor, Maine.
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