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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 New York City, I'm Doa Halisa. Kautel. President Trump is pushing Israel to immediately stop bombing Gaza after Hamas announced it would agree to release the remaining Israeli hostages. And Perez Ayabachari has the latest. Basically, Hamas said they agreed to release all the Israeli hostages. That means 20 who are alive

and about 28 who are dead. And according to Trump's plan, that would have to happen in the first 72 hours of a ceasefire. But what Hamas said is that actually it's based on field conditions. And so what does that mean? Basically, a Hamas leader went on Al Jazeera soon after and said it could be months before the bodies of the hostages are found. It's believed to be some of them could be buried under tunnels that are destroyed or in areas that would need heavy machinery that's not available in Gaza to reach. To date, an estimated 66,000 Palestinians have died. 20,000 of them are children, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. The arrest of a conservative influencer in Portland, Oregon, has drawn the ire of the Trump administration.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt says the Department of Justice is launching a, quote, full investigation. Oregon Public Broadcasting's Troy Brannelson reports. About 1.2 million accounts follow Nicholas Sorder on X, and he describes himself as a journalist who covers stories the mainstream media won't. During protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Building in Portland on Thursday night, Sorter and two other people landed in custody for allegedly fighting. Police charged all three with second-degree disorderly conduct. Sorter blasted the city and its police after he was released Friday morning. Look, this is going to backfire on them tremendously. It already is. People knew that something out here stunk and that it was corrupt.

Police have made dozens of arrests outside the ice building since this summer. The vast majority of them, protesters. For NPR News, I'm Troy Brennelson in Portland. After months in federal custody, a journalist based in Atlanta, whose documented immigration raids has been deported. The father of three was arrested while covering an anti-Trump protest back in June. From member station WABE, Emily Wu Pearson reports. Mario Guevara is known for live streaming, ICE, and other law enforcement activity,

often after getting tips from community members. He came to the U.S. from El Salvador, legally in 2004. He applied for asylum in 2005 and was denied, but appealed that decision. Court documents state the Department of Homeland Security didn't address the appeal and it was administratively closed until his arrest this summer. This week, a federal appeals court denied Gavar's request to temporarily pause his deportation. The court indicated Gavar did not have the proper paperwork filed at the right time to stay in the U.S. Gavar's lawyers say he's being punished for his work as a journalist. For NPR News, I'm

Emily Wu Pearson in Atlanta. This is NPR. A French photojournalist was killed by a drone while on assignment in Ukraine's eastern Donbos region. The European and International Federation of Journalists, as well as the French National Journalist Union, announced his death, adding that a Ukrainian journalist was also wounded during the same attack on Friday morning. The president of Ukraine's National Union of Journalists said the main threat to journalists, as to all civilians is Russian drones hunting people. Investors shrugged off the ongoing government shutdown and sent U.S. markets soaring this week. As N. Piers Maria Aspen reports, the Dow ended the week

at a new record high. Washington's shutdown doesn't seem to be bothering Wall Street, at least not yet. All of the major U.S. talk indices broke new records this week as investors focused on more optimistic news, like the ongoing artificial intelligence frenzy. Still, some business leaders, like Goldman Sachs, CEO David Solomon, are warning that the market's AI bubble could soon burst. More immediately, the shutdown is creating more uncertainty about the economy.

On Friday, the government did not release its monthly jobs report, that data is closely watched by economists, investors, and the Federal Reserve, which is trying to both fight inflation and shore up the weakening job market. Maria Aspen, NPR News, New York. Iran's state media reports that six inmates have been put to death in the southwestern province of Kuzestan. This is NPR News from New York.