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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 Duhalisa County. town. Israeli airstrikes killed at least 37 Palestinians on Saturday, including seven children, according to Gaza hospital officials there. But both Israel and Hamas say they endorsed Trump's 20-point plan to end the nearly two-year war. NPR's Kerry Khan reports on the cautious optimism

in the mid-east. Residents in Gaza, like Iman Abu Aklein, a 48-year-old mother of force, says the news of a deal is some relief. It's like we've been bottled up so tightly, and now we can take a breath, just a small one, as we are still living in a nightmare, she says. Israel's military says it's getting ready to implement Trump's plan and has moved to a defensive-only position, according to an official not authorized to speak to the media on the record. However, Gaza health officials say airstrikes continued overnight, killing and wounding Ghazans. Israel is preparing a team for face-to-face talks, as the U.S. also sends envoys to Cairo

according to two people briefed but not authorized to speak publicly. Kerry Kahn and PR News Tel Aviv. The Homeland Security Department says it will begin to offer voluntary stipends to unaccompanied children in the immigration system. Jordan Rining with LASD reports. DHS has already been offering adults' financial incentives to leave the country. Now it's begun offering payments of $2,500 to undocumented teens, who arrived in the U.S. without a parent or legal guardian.

The agency says the payments will be available to children over 14 years old. who agreed to waive a standard hearing in front of an immigration judge. If accepted, the minors would receive payment upon returning to their home country. DHS said in a social media post, the offers are strictly voluntary, but organizations representing immigrant children have raised concerns that the offer of money may put children in danger, especially if the decision isn't made with a lawyer. For NPR News, I'm Jordan Running in Pasadena, California. On the fourth day of the federal government shutdown,

dozens of federal workers and contractors showed up at a town hall, hosted by Democratic Virginia Congressman Suas Subramaniam. He represents more than 36,000 federal workers. Margaret Barthel of Member Station, WAMU reports. Several attendees said they had lost their federal jobs as a result of the Trump administration's cuts and now depend on Affordable Care Act plans for health insurance. Marsha Peltz said her son was fired from the federal government in April and the shutdown is throwing his new contracting job into uncertainty. But she supported Democrats in Congress taking a stand. I think if you're going to fight on a hill, health care is the way to go. Because as Suha said today, it's for everybody. It doesn't matter if you're red, green, purple, orange.

Shutdowns make a sizable economic impact on the D.C. region. But in this case, many said they felt the Trump administration has already done greater damage. This is in PR. Saturday night live host, Bad Bunny, gave his audience. a hint of what to expect when he performs during the Super Bowl halftime show in February speaking in Spanish. After a few lines, he joked that if people didn't understand him, they had four months to learn. The popular Puerto Rican singer skipped a previous U.S. tour saying that he was concerned about ICE agents at his concerts, but on SNL,

he joked that he thinks everybody is happy about it, even Fox News. The Secretary of Homeland Security, Christy Knoem, warned federal agents will be attending the Super Bowl, saying, we'll be all over that place. We are going to enforce the law. Two days after the attack on a synagogue in the English city of Manchester, police in London have arrested hundreds of demonstrators who stage a sit-in in support of a banned pro-Palestinian group. From London, Vicki Barker reports. As some protesters for Palestine action sing, others applaud as four police officers bodily lift one elderly demonstrator and carry her out of London's Trafalgar Square. Organizers had rejected pleas from the Prime Minister on down to suspend this weekend's pro-Palestinian protests out of respect for the victims of Thursday's synagogue attack and for British Jews in general. But several of those arrested Saturday were themselves Jewish, and one Jewish supporters said canceling would have advanced what she called the dangerous narrative that all Jews support the war in Gaza and therefore share responsibility for acts committed there.

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