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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, on Corva Coleman. The first phase of a ceasefire is expected to take.

effect in Gaza later today after Israeli leaders formally approved the deal negotiated in Egypt. Hostages and prisoners are expected to be released by Monday. Israeli spokeswoman Shosh Badrosian says the Israeli cabinet is meeting today. After the cabinet meeting takes place, a ceasefire will then begin in Gaza. The IDF will then redeploy to the yellow line as shown on maps, which have been widely distributed at this point in time. And now after this 24-hour period, the 72-hour time window will then begin, where all of our hostages will be released back into Israel. These actions are based on a proposal by President Trump, who announced the agreement yesterday. There are two separate court hearings today that will review President Trump's ability to deploy

national guard troops in states against state officials' choices. A federal appeals court is looking at Trump's deployment of National Guard troops in Oregon, and another federal district judge will hear arguments about whether he can do the same thing in Illinois. It's day nine of the federal government shutdown. Later today, the Senate will vote again on stop-gap bills to reopen the government. And Pierce-Dier-Walsh reports both sides remain far apart. Top Republican and Democratic leaders remain deadlocked with little signs of a way out. A seventh effort to end the government shutdown is expected to fail this afternoon. House Speaker Mike Johnson says his party did its job, but Democrats are more worried about political pressure from their base. The people who are supposed to be protected are being completely cheated by Democrats in the Senate because they want to play politics. The top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer says Republicans are feeling pressure to extend health care subsidies that are expiring at the end of the year as part of any agreement. They realize that the American people are on our side in wanting to fix this health care crisis, address it in a serious way. But there are no serious negotiations on a compromise. Deirdre Walsh, NPR News.

open lower this morning as investors digest better than expected earnings reports from Pepsi and Delta. NPR Scott Horsley reports the Dow Jones Industrial average fell about 130 points in early trading. Pepsi sales in North America have lost a little fizz. The company points to falling demand for soft drinks and salty snacks in the region. That was offset, however, by stronger sales in Asia and Latin America boosting Pepsi's worldwide sales by more than two and a half percent. Delta Airlines also reported better than expected sales and profits for its most recent quarter. That gave a lift to Delta's own stock and shares in other airlines as well. They could see some turbulence if the government shutdown drags on, however.

Air traffic was slowed around Nashville, Boston, and Chicago yesterday as a result of staffing shortages. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington. On Wall Street, the Dow is now down 140 points. It's NPR. China is taking new steps to further limit the export of its rare earth minerals. These are critical items used in all sorts of materials from cell phones to fighter jets. China is the source of nearly all of these world minerals. China imposed some earlier export restrictions on these minerals last April. The minerals are a source of trade friction

with the United States. Nobel Prize announcements continued today. The Nobel Committee in Stockholm has announced the winner in literature, as NPR's Elizabeth Blair reports. Hungarian author Lasslow Krasnohorkai has won the Nobel Prize in Literature. The 71-year-old is known for the novels The Melancholy of Resistance and War and War. The Nobel Committee says it's honoring Krasnohrkai for his compelling and visionary body of work that in the midst of apocalyptic terror reaffirms the power of art. His first novel, published in 1985, was about a pair of swindlers and a nearly abandoned collective farm. The book was later made into a seven-hour movie.

Previous winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature include Doris Lessing, Alice Monroe, Bob Dylan, and Derek Walcott. Elizabeth Blair, NPR News. In the U.S., authorities have recaptured the last missing inmate from a group of prisoners who broke out of a Louisiana jail last spring. Convicted murderer Derek Groves was found hiding in an Atlanta home yesterday. He and nine other inmates staged a brazen jail break in May. They dug out through a hole behind a toilet. They also left behind a message taunting jail officials. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News.