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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janene Hurst. Residents from both India and Pakistan are reporting the sound of explosions just hours after President Trump announced a ceasefire between the two countries. It was meant to end the worst fighting between the two nuclear-armed countries in decades. NPR's Omkar Khandaker has more from Mumbai. After days of escalating military tensions that killed more than 70 people, India and Pakistan announced that they had agreed to a ceasefire. But just hours later, the Chief Minister of India and Administered Kashmir posted this

on X. In Pakistan, residents shared videos of projectiles flying over at least one city, Bahawalpur, which had been earlier targeted by India. NPR has not independently verified the videos. The hostilities began after India blamed Pakistan for a militant attack that killed 26 people in late April. Pakistan has denied involvement in the attack. Omkar Khandekar, NPR News, Mumbai.

The New Jersey mayor who tried to enter a facility run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in his city says people should be outraged that a private detention center was awarded an ICE contract. Yesterday Mayor Ras Baraka and three members of Congress tried to enter Delaney Hall for an unannounced oversight visit, but the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, along with the lawmakers, were denied entry and Baraka was arrested for trespassing. I didn't wake up that morning yesterday thinking I was gonna go to jail. So I don't know what that is. If I wanted to go to jail, I could have easily went any morning that I was down there. Witness video

shows Baraka had already left the facility grounds when authorities took him into custody. He was released five hours later. Later, Department of Homeland Security spokesperson Trisha McLaughlin posted on X that DHS won't tolerate assaults against ICE agents, something that Baraka and the congressional members deny happened, calling it misinformation. Ongoing threats to ban TikTok and the broader debate over online platforms could shape the choices young voters make at the polls in next year's midterm elections. And here's Windsor-Johnston reports. These groups are warning lawmakers that targeting social media sites like TikTok could alienate

an entire generation. Iona Litterat is a professor at Columbia University who studies youth civic engagement. She says for many young voters attempts to restrict digital spaces feel deeply personal. On a platform like TikTok, because it has to do with self-disclosure and and kind of storytelling in a way, TikTok really helps facilitate these connections between the personal and the political. Literate says content moderation and digital freedom are issues that could sway how young people vote in next year's midterms and future elections.

Windsor-Johnston, NPR News. This is NPR News. In Geneva, talks between the U.S. and China on tariffs and trade have ended for the day. They're expected to continue tomorrow. They're aimed at deescalating a dispute after President Trump slapped 145 percent tariffs on Chinese goods and China retaliated, moves that threaten to cut off trade between the world's two biggest economies and damage the global economy. Treasury Secretary Scott Besant and Trade Representative James Ingrier held meetings today with the Chinese delegation led by Vice Premier Hu Li-Fong.

Prospects for a major breakthrough appear dim, but there's hope the two countries will reduce the massive tariffs they've slapped on each other's goods. A newly rediscovered pilot of Thomas and Friends is being made publicly available for the first time. And Pierce Chloe Veltman reports the 1983 episode of the beloved children's cartoon series about steam trains was narrated by Ringo Starr. And it was also released on YouTube yesterday. The pilot has been restored and digitized in honor of the 80th anniversary of the first Thomas Book's appearance in 1945. Titled Down the Mine, it tells of Thomas's hubristic attempt to chuff past a danger sign.

A producer of the series, which ran from 1984 until 2021, told the BBC his team recently stumbled across old film cans containing the series, which ran from 1984 until 2021, told the BBC his team recently stumbled across old film cans containing the footage, shot in 35mm film, in a storage unit. Chloe Valtman, NPR News. And I'm Janine Hurst, and you're listening to NPR News from Washington.