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At this year's Oscars, Anorah took home the award for Best Picture, Zoe Saldana and Kieran Culkin also picked up wins, and Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo delivered a show-stopping opening number. For a recap of all the highlights, listen to the Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast from NPR. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Dave Mattingly. President Trump is giving Hamas what he's calling a last warning to release all remaining hostages held by the militants. In a post on social media, Trump says the U.S. is sending Israel everything it needs,

in his words, to finish the job. A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues holding, following recent releases of hostages and bodies held by the group and Palestinians held in Israeli jails. The director of the CIA, John Ratcliffe, and President Trump's national security adviser, Mike Waltz, say the U.S. is pausing intelligence sharing with Ukraine. This follows the administration's announcement that it's suspending future shipments of security assistance to is pausing intelligence sharing with Ukraine. This follows the administration's announcement that it's suspending future shipments

of security assistance to Kiev. However, Waltz adds he believes there will be movement on talks to end Russia's war in Ukraine shortly. As Russia's war in Ukraine goes on, French President Emmanuel Macron is warning Russian aggression cannot be left unchecked. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reports on Macron's nationwide address. Macron told the French the peace dividends they had enjoyed

since the end of World War II was over with a newly aggressive Russia. Russia has already had a global conflict with Ukraine. Macron said Russia, with North Korean troops and Iranian drones on European soil, is now a direct threat and testing Europe. He said with 40% of Russia's budget now going to its military, who can believe Russia will stop at Ukraine? Macron said the heads of the armed forces of several European nations would meet in Paris next week

to discuss the deployment of a peacekeeping force in Ukraine once the fighting ends. The French president was conciliatory in his recent face-to-face with President Trump, but in these latest remarks he called the U.S.'s about-face and abandonment of its allies incomprehensible. Eleanor Beardsley in Pierre News, Paris. Leaders of the European Union are holding emergency summit talks today to discuss Ukraine. The federal government is continuing to remove

references to transgender and queer people on the National Park Service's website. NPR's Netta Ulubi has more. Not too long ago, the National Parks celebrated LGBTQ history. Hi there, I'm Ranger Julie and my pronouns are she, they. On behalf of the National Park Service… The National Park Service has not yet taken down this 2021 video about the Stonewall National Monument, but it has eliminated webpages that honored the trans women activists who helped ignite the struggle for civil rights there in 1969. The Q&T for Queer and Transgender has been excised from numerous National Parks pages about American history, including one about attempts during the Cold War to purge LGBTQ people from the government.

Nato Ulibi, NPR News. Dow futures are down more than 300 points this morning. This is NPR News. President Trump is giving automakers a one-month exemption on new 25 percent tariffs enacted this week on U.S. imports from Canada and Mexico. The White House says the move follows Trump's discussions with the leaders of Detroit's Big Three automakers, Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis. Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says Trump told the auto executives they should shift

production to the U.S. to avoid the tariffs. Music producer and composer Ray Ayers has died. He was 84 years old. As NPR's Isabella Gomez Sarmiento reports, Ayers was a pioneer of jazz funk and neo soul. Roy Ayers came up playing vibraphone in the hard bop scene of Los Angeles. Throughout the 60s and 70s, his music merged jazz improvisation with sunlit funk grooves and bright horns. My life, my life, my life, my life in the sunshine His 1976 hit, Everybody Loves the Sunshine, has been sampled more than 100 times. Ayers kept making music for over five

decades. His delicate touch can be heard on collabs with Erika Badu, The Roots, and Alicia Keys. Ayers' family confirmed his death on Facebook, writing that he died after a long illness. Isabella Gomez-Armiento, NPR News. State troopers in Alaska say three skiers are presumed dead following an avalanche on a remote mountain range. The three are believed to be buried under dozens of feet of snow. A spokesman says authorities have been unable to reach the site about 40 miles south of Anchorage.

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