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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. Police in Providence, Rhode Island, say a person of interest is in custody following the shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and injured nine others. Reporter Ian Donnas is with Ocean State Media. This person was arrested overnight with investigators working continuously at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island. That's a semi-rural town, about 26 miles southwest of Providence. It's unclear why that person was there. This is a man in his 30s that matches the description of the shooter. The shooting happened during final exams.

Providence's mayor says of the nine people who were injured, one remains in critical condition. To Australia now where at least 12 people are dead after a mass shooting at Sydney's popular Bondi Beach, Christina Caculia reports that police have declared the incident a terrorist attack that targeted the Jewish community. Police in the state of New South Wales say around 1,000 people were at an event celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah when the attack took place. They say one of the suspects is among the dead and a second is in critical condition. More than two dozen people, including two police officers, are in hospitals across Sydney. New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyan says the investigation into the incident will be extended. No stone will be left unturned. This type of disgraceful activity, this wanton news of violence,

the taking of innocent lives is unacceptable to New South Wales. Police are also investigating a possible third suspect and suspected improvised explosive devices found in a vehicle near the beach. For NPR news, I'm Christina Kukhalla in Melbourne. Another round of talks on ending the war in Ukraine. A series of meetings are taking place today and tomorrow in Berlin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is there, so is U.S. Special Envoy Steve Whitkoff and President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. The Israeli military says it temporarily called off an airstrike in southern Lebanon at the request of the Lebanese armed forces. And Pyristram Sakalowski reports from Tel Aviv that the unusual move appears to be a growing sign

of coordination between the two countries. The Israeli military has been attacking sites in Lebanon despite a ceasefire last year. The attacks are responses to what Israel says are attempts by Hezbollah to rearm. A military spokesman says the plans for an airstrike on a site about 15 miles north of the two countries' border were temporarily frozen after the Lebanese army said it would go in and inspect it.

The move comes after both countries sent civilian envoys to a U.S.-led military committee that is monitoring the ceasefire. Washington has demanded that Israel and Lebanon cooperate more, in pursuit of regional stability. Jerome Sokolovsky, NPR News, Tel Aviv. This is NPR News. Gaza is getting a reprieve today from heavy rains unleashed by a severe storm last week,

but with more rain expected Monday, Palestinians in Gaza are facing more devastation. NPR's Hediel al-Shalchi reports. Thunderstorms flooded hundreds of tents in Gaza, leaving thousands of already displaced Palestinians homeless and cold. Buildings have collapsed, killing several families while at least two babies died of hypothermia according to local health officials. Mahmoud Basal is the spokesperson for the Gaza civil defense. He says the tents are just not strong enough.

He says there's an urgent need for caravans rather than tents and that the reconstruction of Gaza needs to begin immediately. Humanitarian groups say the Israeli government is obstructing their work as it restricts aid into Gaza. Hadil al-Shalchi, NPR News, Tel Aviv. President Trump is promising retaliation after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were ambushed and killed by a gunman this weekend in Syria. U.S. Central Command says three other service members were wounded in the attack by a lone gunman. Trump says they seem to be doing well. The U.S. is blaming the Islamic State group. New Zealand's Alice Robinson has won a World Cup Super G for the first.

first time. She finished eight-tenths of a second ahead of her closest competitor at San Barrett. American Lindsay Vaughn missed the podium coming in forth. On Friday, though, Vaughn became the oldest World Cup winner at age 41. She came in second at another downhill event yesterday. I'm Jail Snyder. MPR.