NPR News: 10-19-2025 8AM EDT
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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Giles Snyder. The Israeli military and Hamas fighters traded fire today at the southern end of Gaza, marking the most serious threat to the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement that began a little over a week ago. NPR's Greg Myrie reports from Tel Aviv.
Hamas militants fired rocket-propelled grenades and directed sniper fire at Israeli troops in southern Gaza, outside the town of Rafah. This is according to an Israeli military official speaking on condition of anonymity. Israel responded with airstrikes, according to Israeli and Arab media reports. Both Israel and Hamas have accused each other of ceasefire violations since the truce came into effect October 10. However, this appeared to be the most serious clash so far. Israeli troops still control just over half of Gaza's territory, though they're mostly in open areas outside cities and towns.
Greg Myhre, NPR News, Tel Aviv. Special Envoy Steve Whitcoth and President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner are expected to be in Israel tomorrow. The White House says the two will try to mediate the return of the remains of Israeli hostages. Hamas turned over two more late last night. Vice President J.D. Vance is expected to arrive in Israel tomorrow night. This weekend's No Kings protests saw demonstrators pack rallies around the country, demonstrations held from Boston to Los Angeles. In Mississippi, protesters demonstrated in at least eight No Kings rallies, including in Jackson, where demonstrators filled the south lawn of the state capitol building. Mississippi Public Broadcasting's Shamira Muhammad reports.
Protesters arrive from around the state, including the Mississippi Delta. Samantha King is from Indianola, a rural community where she says farmers are being hit hard by tariffs.
I'm not a farmer, but there are fields in front of my house in Indianola. In Mississippi, especially in the Delta, when farmers suffer, we all suffer because the economy is built on agriculture.
Houston resident Mary Galicki took time away from a local homecoming to protest.
I think people tend to think, you know, if it's a red state that there aren't people who live here that are against what's happening. And I think it's important to be here and to see that there are a large amount of people that are affected by this and that care about how it affects others.
For NPR News, I'm Shamira Mohamed in Jackson, Mississippi.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth traveled to California's Camp Pendleton to help celebrate the Marine Corps' 250th anniversary this weekend.
When other parts of the department wanted to go woke, the Marine Corps stood strong.
Meg Seth was accompanied by Vice President J.D. Vance. Part of the celebration, a live artillery demonstration drew objections from California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. Newsom shut down a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 5, citing potential danger to drivers. This is NPR. The focus of first responders in Alaska is shifting to relief and recovery following the remnants of a typhoon that brought 100 mile per hour winds and record storm surge to remote coastal villages last weekend. More than 600 people have been evacuated to Anchorage in what the Alaska National Guard says was the largest airlift in state history. A dramatic scene at the Louvre this morning. Masked men broke into the museum and made off with millions of dollars worth of jewelry.
Rebecca Rossman reports from Paris.
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 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.
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