WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 1-28-26 (3/3)

Episode Date: January 28, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Mary Muncie. The Trump administration is facing mounting criticisms over a federal agent's fatal shooting of a demonstrator in Minnesota over the weekend. Some of that criticism is coming from Trump's own party. GOP Senator Rand Paul. There has to be an investigation. If this happened on a police force,

the officers, whether or not they committed anything wrong, would immediately be put on administrative leave. House Democrats are threatening to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Christy Noem if President Trump doesn't fire her first. Trump is giving no indication he's considering that. White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt told reporters that the deceased protester, Alex Prettie, didn't help matters by bringing a gun to a demonstration. And any gun owner knows that when you are carrying a weapon, when you are bearing arms and you are confronted by law enforcement, you are raising the assumption of risk. But Leavitt adds that the Trump administration does strongly support the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today on the U.S. military's recent action in Venezuela. Ranking member Gene Shehien pointed to the high cost to taxpayers for the military's invasion of the country and arrest of former leader Nicholas Maduro. But Rubio defended the military action, saying progress won't be easy, but... I am saying that in three and a half, almost four weeks, we are much further along on this project

than we thought we would be given the complexities of it going into it. He added that the country cannot be transformed overnight. In Israel... A single mourner sings the national anthem, as the body of Ron Javili was laid to rest this morning. Javili was the last Israeli hostage held in Gaza. His return means a shift into phase two of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. A South Korean court has sentenced the former First Lady to nearly two years in prison.

World's Paul Butler has more. Judges found that Kim Jun He abused the public trust by accepting a diamond necklace and other luxury gifts in exchange for political favors. The court sentenced her to 20 months behind bars. Her sentencing comes as her husband, former President Yun Suk Yul, waits for a verdict on a rebellion charge tied to his failed martial law declaration last year. For World, I'm Paul Butler. And I'm Mary Muncie.

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