Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Chapter 2: What recent military actions has the U.S. taken against ISIS in Nigeria?
The United States has launched deadly strikes against the Islamic State group in northwest Nigeria. The U.S.-Africa Command said the Christmas Day strikes were carried out in coordination with Nigerian authorities and killed multiple ISIS terrorists in the Sakoto state. President Trump said ISIS, which he described as, quote, terrorist scum, was targeting and killing innocent Christians.
Nigeria said the Islamists attack all those who reject their ideology, Muslims and Christians alike. In October, Trump threatened to intervene in Nigeria if it failed to stop the violence against Christians. The BBC's David Waddell explains from London.
Chapter 3: What is the current situation regarding the conflict in Ukraine?
The Trump administration has been quite concerned about the impact on Nigeria's Christian community, but as the government there has pointed out, Christians are not being explicitly targeted. There is, however, widespread banditry, including mass abductions, theft of livestock, village raids.
It's a major internal security crisis for the Nigerian government, a big headache which it wants to put a lid on this ongoing crisis.
The BBC's David Waddell. Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky says after a phone call Thursday with U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the three found, quote, new ideas in terms of formats, meetings, and timing how to bring a peace deal closer.
Chapter 4: How is the search for the last Israeli hostage in Gaza progressing?
Meanwhile, at the Vatican, Pope Leo said Ukraine and Russia need to find the courage to end the war. After hearing the Pope's message, Maria Dudak from Ukraine said she was encouraged.
For Ukrainians, it's a sign of spiritual solidarity, and it's very important to have a lesson for our freedom. It's very pleasant that he still remembers, he's still talking about Ukraine, as in our country, the war still continues, unfortunately.
The body of the last Israeli hostage in Gaza has not been found, raising questions about whether Israel will move forward to a second phase of a peace deal with Hamas. NPR's Ava Batrani has more.
The mother of slain Israeli police officer Ran Gavili says she will travel with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the U.S. next week for his meeting with President Trump to ensure that there will be no advancement to the next phase of the ceasefire in Gaza until her son's body is returned.
A Hamas official who spoke to NPR on condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing search says the group has no leads on where the body might be, despite continuing to search among mounds of rubble from Israeli airstrikes where thousands of Palestinian bodies also remain trapped and unretrieved.
A delegation of Israeli security officials met with Egyptian mediators in Cairo this week to discuss the search. Meanwhile, Israel's defense minister said for the second time this week that Israeli troops will remain in north Gaza as a precursor to Jewish settlements there, in contradiction to Trump's ceasefire plan signed by Israel.
It's NPR. The most popular Christmas movie on broadcast and streaming TV? Home Alone. As NPR's Netta Ulaby reports, the movie from 1990 has been top-ranked the film by Niece Nielsen three out of the past four Decembers.
Home Alone takes place over Christmas. It's about a little boy left behind when his family goes on vacation. It's been the most watched holiday movie every December since 2021, except for last year when the prime video movie Red One took the top spot.
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Chapter 5: What are the most popular Christmas movies this year?
The action movie stars Dwayne Johnson as head of Santa's security detail.
Someone took Nick.
Other recent top-ranked Christmas movies include Elf, Home Alone 2, and National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation. The movie A Christmas Story benefits from a 24-hour marathon that runs on TBS and TNT. And although there's debate about whether Die Hard is really a Christmas movie, Nielsen says last year it landed on the holiday list at number 11. Netta Ulibi, NPR News.
Prosecutors in Paris say a pro-Russian hacking group is claiming responsibility for a recent cyber attack on the French National Postal Service. Package deliveries came to a halt just days before Christmas as central computers were knocked offline Monday. and postal workers could not track packages, and online payments were also disrupted.
Chapter 6: What cyber attack recently affected the French National Postal Service?
France and other European allies are accusing Moscow of waging what they say is cyber warfare against them because of their support for Ukraine in the nearly four-year-old war with Russia. I'm Dan Ronan, NPR News in Washington.