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--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh.
--:-- Ruth Sherlock: Israel says it opened fire during an incident in northern Gaza, even as a ceasefire deal remains in place between Israel and Hamas.
--:-- Ruth Sherlock: The Israeli military said its troops opened fire on, quote, several suspects. It said these individuals were crossing the yellow line that marks the boundary Israeli troops have pulled back to in the first phase of the U.S.-brokered peace plan for Gaza.
--:-- Ruth Sherlock: The military asked Gaza residents not to approach troops in this area and said those individuals were violating the ceasefire agreement.
--:-- Ruth Sherlock: Hamas, in a statement, said it was Israel who violated the truce and that a number of Gaza residents were killed as a result.
--:-- Ruth Sherlock: Gaza's local health authority said six Palestinians have been killed in two separate events in the Strip.
--:-- Ruth Sherlock: Overall, though, for now, the ceasefire is broadly still holding.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: President Trump brokered the Israel ceasefire and Washington House Speaker Mike Johnson said he and his counterpart in Israel plan to rally global support to nominate Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize next year.
--:-- Mike Johnson: Johnson also addressed reporters about the government shutdown now in its 14th day.
--:-- Mike Johnson: Two weeks of Democrats in Congress inflicting untold pain on the American people for nothing other than pure politics, as we've explained at this podium every day of the shutdown.
--:-- Mike Johnson: Today, Senate Democrats will have their eighth chance to end this mess by passing our clean, nonpartisan continuing resolution.
--:-- Mike Johnson: Congressional Democrats are demanding the GOP restore soon to expire health care protections. They involve tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the pandemic.
--:-- Mike Johnson: Democrats also want a reverse Medicaid cut.
--:-- Mike Johnson: This morning, Congressional Democrats and laid off federal workers gathered outside the White House's budget office to condemn the dismissals of federal employees during the shutdown.
--:-- Zane Irwin: Kansas state lawmakers visiting Washington tomorrow could face pressure to pass new congressional maps.
--:-- Zane Irwin: The Trump administration has been urging Republican lawmakers across the U.S. to redraw their districts ahead of the 2026 elections. Mid-redistricting is not the official reason for the visit but Kansas lawmakers expect it will come up.
--:-- Zane Irwin: A new Kansas map would likely hurt the state's only Democrat in Congress, Representative Sharice Davids.
--:-- Zane Irwin: Republican Kansas Senator Doug Shane's district could get split up in the process, but Shane said he's going into the White House meeting with an open mind.
--:-- Doug Shane: You know, gerrymandering, we've all been trained is an ugly word, but the country largely has been gerrymandered for a long, long time.
--:-- Zane Irwin: Kansas Republicans are trying to organize a special session in November to draw new maps.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: For NPR News, I'm Zane Irwin in Kansas City, Missouri.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: From Washington, this is NPR News.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Political efforts in France to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 are being suspended.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Seeking support for a 2026 budget, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu says The pension policy will be on pause until after the next presidential election in 2027.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Opposition parties are against the pension change.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Le Corneau, newly reappointed by President Emmanuel Macron, faces no-confidence motions by two far-left and far-right parties who could enlist a socialist party to help topple Le Corneau's government.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The United Kingdom intelligence service is casting a wide net for top intel.
--:-- Adam Bearn: For over 100 years the bedrock of MI6 work has been face to face.
--:-- Adam Bearn: This ad from the UK's secret intelligence service is online now.
--:-- Adam Bearn: Better known as MI6, it's launched a communication platform on the dark web. It's called Silent Courier.
--:-- Adam Bearn: The agency's encouraging people with sensitive information to get in touch.
--:-- Adam Bearn: Former FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence, Frank Fagluzzi, says he hopes silent courier's been developed in coordination with the US.
--:-- Adam Bearn: So that if someone wants to communicate intelligence to our British friends, that they're free to do it and that the Brits would therefore in turn share that with us.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The UK government declined to comment on that.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: Adam Bearn, NPR News.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: The Dow is up 152 points. The Nasdaq has lost 144 points.
--:-- Lakshmi Singh: This is NPR News.
