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New Jersey man and mother no longer trapped in Syria

Besher Cabbad, who went to Syria to help his 84-year-old mother recover from surgery, got caught up in the rebel uprising. They’re both finally home safe.

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FT report: Assad moves $250 million of Syrian funds to Moscow

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Syrian Minorities Fear Retribution, Israel-Hamas Talks, ABC Settles Trump Lawsuit

Some people in Syria aren’t so sure what the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government means for them. We hear from Syrians who ask if the collapse of the old regime might bring retribution against them. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is trying one more time for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. What could make this time any different? ABC News settled a defamation lawsuit with President-elect Trump. The network will donate millions to his presidential library, even though experts felt ABC had a strong legal defense. Want more comprehensive analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter . Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Arezou Rezvani, Carrie Kahn, Emily Kopp, HJ Mai and Mohamad ElBardicy. It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Taylor Haney, Nia Dumas and Kaity Kline. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott, and our technical director is Zac Coleman. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy
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Japan bank confirms former employee’s theft of over 1 billion yen from customers’ deposit boxes

According to the President of Mitsubishi UFJ Bank Junichi Hanzawa, the valuables were stolen from customer safety deposit boxes over the last four years by a management-level official who was in charge of the boxes.

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‘They said we were American spies’: Priests describe Russia’s crackdown on Evangelicals in occupied Ukraine

Russia has jailed dozens of Ukrainian faith leaders in occupied areas, according to Ukrainian prosecutors. After threatening them with lengthy prison sentences, torture and even death, Russian and Russian-installed authorities have forced many others into exile.
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Putin’s Weaker Than He Looks. Seize the Opportunity.

The US and Europe should exploit Russia’s economic vulnerability to negotiate a better peace.
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Officials: Mayotte cyclone toll will not be known for ‘days and days’

The full number of deaths caused by Cyclone Chido in the French overseas territory of Mayotte will not be known for some time, the authorities say. “It will take days and days,” said France’s acting interior minister, Bruno Retailleau, during a visit to the archipelago on Monday. The local prefect, François-Xavier Bieuville, told the local radio station on Sunday evening that he thought “certainly several hundred” people had been killed in the storm. The French overseas territory of Mayotte is l
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Putin accuses West of pushing Russia to its “red lines” forcing it to respond

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday accsued the West of pushing Russia to its “red lines” – situations it has publicly made clear it will not tolerate – and said Moscow had been forced to respond.