WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 12-30-25 (1/3)

Episode Date: December 30, 2025

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. President Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Trump's Florida Mar-Alogo estate on Monday. The meeting came as the White House presses to move Israel's peace deal with Hamas into its second, more complicated phase. That would involve Hamas disarming and handing over power to a provisional government. And Trump told reporters, If they don't disarm as they agreed to do, they agreed to it, and then they'll be held to pay for them. Hamas maintains that it never agreed to disarm. But Israeli ambassador to the UN, Danny Donan, also emphasized that the removal of Hamas is essential for moving forward.

We are willing to cooperate, but I think the understanding that Hamas must not be part of the equation, it's essential. And President Trump mentioned it before the meeting. And Trump and Netanyahu had high praise for one another on Monday. Trump described the prime minister as a great wartime leader that has taken on an existential threat to Israel, and Netanyahu called the president the best friend his country has ever had. I think he's been extraordinary in his friendship and his support for Israel, his principled positions, his willingness to just cut through,

to get to the essence of things, and I don't say that as a compliment. I just mean it. He also announced that his government will award Trump the Israel Prize in recognition of his efforts to bring peace to the Middle East, and he said that would make Trump the first non-Israeli ever to receive the award. President Trump also told reporters yesterday that the United States struck a dock facility in Venezuela, or U.S. authorities say drug boats are loaded. There was a major explosion in the dock area where they load the boats up with drugs.

They load the boats up with drugs, so we hit all the boats, and now we hit the implementation area. That's where they implement, and that is no longer around. He's not the only strike up in the U.S. and don't want to come. That could mark the first land-based action in the U.S. campaign against drug trafficking out of Venezuela. So far this year, the United States has carried out dozens of strikes on suspected drug trafficking vessels. Trump declined to say whether the U.S. military or the CIA carried out the dock area strike or confirm the exact location.

North Korea says it test-fired long-range nuclear-capable cruise missiles into the sea. over the weekend. World's Kristen Flavin reports. South Korea's military confirmed it tracked several cruise missiles launched from near Pyongyang and says it remains on high alert. Cruise missiles are not banned under UN sanctions, but they still worry U.S. allies in the region because they fly low, can dodge radar, and could target ships or bases. For World, I'm Kristen Flavin. And I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth, visit world radio.news. Additional support comes from MediShare, America's leading health care sharing community.

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