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What happened at the memorial service in Webster Springs, West Virginia?
A memorial service was held in Webster Springs, West Virginia, Friday. That's the home of 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom. The National Guard specialist was shot and killed on Wednesday. Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe was critically injured in the same shooting in Washington, D.C. An Afghan national who was granted asylum in the U.S. has been arrested and is facing multiple charges, including murder. West Virginia State Senator Robbie Morris spoke at the service, saying the tragedy is incomprehensible.
the loss that we are all feeling, the anger, the devastation. It's a lot. There's never a good time for something like this to happen. but it seems to hit harder around the holidays.
The White House is tightening the rules on who can enter the U.S. after President Trump said he was halting, quote, migration from all third world countries. Federal agencies made the announcement on social media. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben reports.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Joseph Enloe posted on social media that his agency has, quote, halted all asylum decisions. The goal, he said, is to better screen people entering the country. In addition, the State Department posted that it has, quote, immediately paused visa issuance for individuals traveling on Afghan passports. Late Thursday night, President Trump posted that he wants to not only stop immigration from certain countries, but also to denaturalize some American immigrants who have become citizens. These moves come after an Afghan man was accused of a Wednesday shooting in downtown D.C. that left one National Guard member dead and another injured. Danielle Kurtzleben, NPR News.
In Lebanon, the head of Hezbollah says the militant group has the right to respond to Israel's killing of its second-in-command that took place last week. And he says the group will not disarm. NPR's Jane Aref has more on that story.
Ayim Qasim said the killing of his chief of staff Haitham Ali Tabtaba'i in Beirut was blatant aggression and that Hezbollah would determine the time of its response. He said the fact that the Lebanese government was calling for Hezbollah to further disarm while Israel was regularly attacking Lebanon despite a ceasefire was serving Israeli interests.
You, the servants of Israel, for God's sake, be with the people of your country. You'll achieve the goals.
He said Israel had killed Hezbollah's leaders and fighters and destroyed homes, but they had not destroyed the resistance movement. For NPR News, I'm Jane Araf in Beirut.
The death toll in one of Hong Kong's deadliest fires has now risen to at least 128 people, and officials say many other people are still not accounted for from the fire. They say fire alarms did not sound in the housing complex, which held many older residents, and that likely contributed to the number of deaths. The fire was finally fully extinguished on Friday. You're listening to NPR News. Syrian officials say Israeli forces have raided a village in the southern part of that country. At least 13 people were killed in the attack. It's the deadliest Israeli raid there since its troops took control of a portion of southern Syria a year ago after the ouster of Syria's president. Syria's foreign ministry calls Friday's attack a horrific massacre and says women and children were among those killed.
Pope Leo prayed Friday at the site in Turkey where early Christian leaders established the key principles of the Christian faith. The Nicene Creed is the foundation of Christian beliefs that's still spoken in churches today.
What new immigration rules has the White House implemented?
NPR's Ruth Sherlock joined the pontiff on his first papal trip.
Pope Leo and Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians... stood side by side during speeches and prayer at archaeological ruins on the shore of Lake Iznik. It was here that in the year 325, bishops gathered from across the Roman Empire to heal divisions within the church and establish the statement of faith that Christians still recite today. Speaking at this historical site,
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