WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 12-29-25 (3/3)

Episode Date: December 29, 2025

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. President Trump is meeting today with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Trump's Mar-Lago estate in Florida. His administration is pushing to move into the next, more complicated phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. And the president told reporters. But there has to be a disarmament, you know, that we have to disarm with Hamas. So one of the things we'll talk about, certainly. And there has to be a disarming of Hamas. The U.S.-backed truce has largely held, but talks on the next phase have slowed with Israel and Hamas trading accusations of violations.

Ahead of the meeting, Trump had kind words for the prime minister and his leadership. He's a wartime prime minister. He's done a phenomenal job. He's taken Israel through a very dangerous period of trauma. Israel with other people might not exist right now if you want to know the truth. That's a pretty big statement, but it's true. The first phase of the ceasefire began in October and led to the release of nearly all hostages, alive and deceased, taken during the Hamas attack on Israel. North Korea says it test-fired long-range nuclear-capable cruise missiles over the weekend.

World's Christina Grub has more. State media reported the North Korean military launched the missiles on side. Sunday off the country's west coast, into the Yellow Sea, with leader Kim Jong-un looking on. South Korea's military confirmed multiple cruise missiles were launched from near Pyongyang and said it remains on high alert alongside U.S. forces. The test comes days after North Korea released photos showing progress on what it says is its first nuclear-powered submarine, a system that could carry nuclear weapons at sea. While cruise missiles are not banned under UN rules, South Korea and the U.S. see them as dangerous because they fly low and are hard to track.

For World, I'm Christina Grub. A parent fraud in Minnesota is making headlines again after an independent journalist exposed what appears to be more misused funding. Journalist Nick Shirley went viral over the weekend when he visited Somali-run daycare centers and health care offices that receive state funding only to find them seemingly shut down.

GOP House Majority whip Tom Emmer of Minnesota. This young journalist Nick Shirley goes out there and finds more evidence of fraud in one day than Tim Walls and our Attorney General Keith Ellison have found in seven years. Why did he find it? Because he looked for it. Emmer is demanding answers and accountability, and elected officials all around the state are calling for investigations.

The latest apparent fraud came after federal officials uncovered millions in COVID relief fraud from Somalis in Minnesota. For World Radio, I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts in biblical truth, visit world radio. Additional support comes from Medashear, where many families save up to 50% on their monthly health care expenses. Metashare.com slash world.