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In the U.S., national security news can feel far away from daily life. Distant wars, murky conflicts, diplomacy behind closed doors on our new show, Sources and Methods. NPR reporters on the ground bring you stories of real people helping you understand why distant events matter here at home. Listen to sources and methods on the NPR app or wherever you get your podcasts. Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Hurst. Senators plan to take another vote today on a short-term funding proposal as the government shutdown enters its third day. This has both sides, blame the other for the impasse.

Democrats want a deal on extending health subsidies for the Affordable Care Act plans that are set to expire soon. Republicans argue those subsidies are too expensive. Meanwhile, the shutdown means that the monthly government jobs report won't be released today. NPR's Scott Horsley has more. It means that labor economists can sleep in, little bit, especially those on the West Coast. They typically have to be at their computers at

5.30 a.m. Pacific time to digest this potentially market-moving information about how many jobs were added or subtracted in each industry. And what happened to the workforce and whether the unemployment rate moved up or down. The monthly jobs report is one of the government's most closely watched economic releases. And Pierre Scott Horsley. And the inflation report due out in a couple of weeks could be delayed as well because government price checkers would be gathering the information for that report right now. Hamas says it's still studying President Trump's 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza and chart a new future for the territory in which the militant group is disarmed. And Pira Zayal Batrawe has more. Hamas official Mohammed Nazal told

Al Jazeera the group is not viewing Trump's plan with a quote black or white mindset and is looking at gray areas where there could be movement. He says the priorities ending the quote genocide in Gaza but that Hamas will not accept a take it or leave it ultimately. He says Hamas has many comments on Trump's plan that need further explanation. Mediators Egypt and Qatar say they're urging Hamas to respond positively to Trump's plan. But senior officials from both countries have also said the plan needs more discussion around what follows the release of Israeli hostages, particularly around issues of governance and security in Gaza. For example, Egypt's foreign minister says there must be a clear mandate and a UN Security Council

resolution for the deployment of Arab forces in Gaza after the war. Ayyabotrawi NPR News, Dubai. Apple says it's removed services from its App Store used for anonymously reporting U.S. immigration and customs enforcement agents. And here's Bobby Allen reports that follows the Trump administration's pressuring the tech company to block the app. The creators of Ice Block describe it as ways but for ice sightings. It shot to the top of App Store charts this summer amid the Trump administration stepped up immigration enforcement. Now Apple says the app can no longer be downloaded on iPhone, saying it poses a risk to law enforcement. Apple's action comes shortly after Attorney General Pam Bondi claim the app is designed to put ICE agents at risk just for doing their jobs.

The developer of ICE Block says the intention was not to harm law enforcement but to serve as an early warning system. Since January, the number of ICE arrests has risen sharply, with triple the number of arrests in some states compared to last year. Bobby Allen, NPR News. You're listening to NPR News from Washington. Fire crews are battling massive flames. at a Chevron Refinery just outside of Los Angeles that can be seen for miles. Officials in El Segundo, about a mile from LAX Airport, urged people to stay indoors last night, but say there's no immediate threat to public safety and no evacuations.

Chevron says there were no injuries. All personnel are accounted for, and that a monitoring system indicated that the fire did not move beyond the facility's fence line. The cause of the blaze is under investigation. The Church of England has named a woman as its top leader for the first time. Sarah Mulali is the new Archbishop of Canterbury. She's leading the world's 85 million Anglicans. Empires Lauren Freyer has more from London.

Mulali is a 63-year-old mother of two who first trained as a nurse, then an Anglican priest, then a bishop. She also sits in the House of Lords, the upper chamber of the UK Parliament, and was the youngest person ever appointed as chief nursing officer for England. Mulali replaces Justin Welby, who resigned as Archbishop, after an inquiry found he failed to report child abuse at Christian summer camps. She'll lead a church divided over the consecration of women as bishops and the treatment of LGBT people. A group of Anglican churches in Africa and Asia has already said it rejects Mulali's appointment, saying it shows the English arm of the church has, quote, relinquished its authority to lead. Lauren Freyer and PR News, London.

U.S. futures contracts are trading higher at this hour. Dow futures are up about two-tenths of a percent. I'm Janine Hurst, NPR News, in Washington.