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Israel’s navy offensive in Gaza has killed greater than 20,000 folks, in accordance with Gaza’s well being ministry. It says 70% of those killed are girls and kids. Meanwhile, the U.N. Security Council has been deadlocked for 3 days on a decision calling for a cease-fire and permit the U.N. to examine assist vans and pace up the arrival of meals and gas for Gaza. U.N. negotiators have weakened the language within the proposal in an effort to keep away from a U.S. veto.

More than 20,000 folks have now been killed in Gaza because the begin of the struggle, in accordance with Gaza’s Ministry of Health. Above, a house in Rafah is proven within the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike.

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More than 20,000 folks have now been killed in Gaza because the begin of the struggle, in accordance with Gaza’s Ministry of Health. Above, a house in Rafah is proven within the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike.

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• U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield appeared to be happy with the modifications within the new textual content, NPR’s Michele Kelemen experiences on Up First. Thomas-Greenfield advised reporters final night time the brand new proposal gives Arab countries what they think they need to get extra assist into Gaza. Kelemen provides that the U.S., which backs Israel’s battle in opposition to Hamas, has been working to ramp up assist. Though the Biden administration would reasonably not veto one other decision, it says the fallacious decision dangers complicating an already sophisticated scenario. The new decision draft does not name for the U.N. to examine vans and requires “creating conditions for a sustainable cessation” reasonably than an “urgent cessation” of hostilities.
• Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general for UNRWA — the U.N. reduction company that aids Palestinians — says every time he visits Gaza, “it gets more desperate.” He offers All Things Considered an inside account of what it’s like to deliver aid to Gaza and what the U.N. must get extra meals and medication in. 

Check out npr.org/mideastupdates for extra protection and evaluation of this battle.

Violent rhetoric has surged on-line because the Colorado Supreme Court disqualified former President Donald Trump from showing on the state’s 2024 main poll this week. Personal info of among the Colorado Supreme Court justices is circulating in far-right spaces on-line, in addition to calls to arm as much as damage or kill perceived political foes.

• “It is important to understand how the baseline threat level is evolving,” experiences NPR’s extremism correspondent Odette Yousef. She speaks with Daniel J. Jones of the nonpartisan nonprofit Advance Democracy, who tells her it is not just the “uptick in violent language” that issues him however the lack of pushback from political leaders on the fitting. Other extremism researchers say that if high-profile figures on the fitting would disavow the violence, it will assist convey the temperature down.

From our hosts

This essay was written by Michel Martin. She hosts Morning Edition and Up First. She’s beforehand hosted Weekend All Things Considered, the Consider This Saturday podcast and Tell Me More.

I’ve been asking everyone I’ve talked to about The (new) Color Purple movie, set to hit theaters Christmas Day. I wish to know after they first encountered any model of the work: the Pulitzer Prize-winning 1982 novel by Alice Walker, the hit 1985 movie directed by Stephen Spielberg, the hit 2005 Broadway Musical or the (presumably even greater) hit Broadway revival in 2015.

I do know why some folks bear in mind their first time so effectively. The Broadway present was the primary one some folks ever noticed — like Danielle Brooks, who performs Sofia within the new film. The 1985 film and Broadway reveals have been star-making autos for others: Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey and Cynthia Erivo.

And some folks will let you know that the story of Celie and her conquer vicious abuse was the primary piece of artwork they skilled that helped them really feel much less alone.

I’m virtually embarrassed to let you know I do not bear in mind how I first knew about The Color Purple. I grew up in New York going to reveals (a budget seats) and what can I say? I learn rather a lot. Always have.

Still, all these years later, the story — in no matter type — has the ability to shock, inform and encourage. Some tales simply persist with you.

This one does.

Listen to Michel’s dialog with director Blitz Bazawule and actor Danielle Brooks here.

Weekend picks

Queen Elizabeth II, as portrayed by Olivia Colman (left) Imelda Staunton (middle) and Claire Foy (proper).

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Queen Elizabeth II, as portrayed by Olivia Colman (left) Imelda Staunton (middle) and Claire Foy (proper).

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Check out what NPR is watching, studying and listening to this weekend:

Movies: In The Zone of Interest, director Jonathan Glazer depicts the household of Auschwitz camp commandant Rudolf Höss as they go about their each day routines whereas an enormous equipment of dying grinds away subsequent door.

TV: Netflix mentioned goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II with its remaining season of The Crown. Imelda Staunton speaks with NPR’s All Things Considered concerning the present’s try and painting the royal household in all of its fact.

Books: Are you continue to Christmas searching for a child in your life? These are a few of NPR’s favorite children’s books of 2023.

Music: David Byrne of the Talking Heads has a present for outdated and new followers: a holiday playlist he personally curated.

Quiz: Think again to among the greatest tales of the yr on this New Year’s Resolutions-themed quiz.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

Vinyl Records are seen on the market on the Sound Garden document store in Fells Point, Baltimore.

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Vinyl Records are seen on the market on the Sound Garden document store in Fells Point, Baltimore.

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1. Is there a music that brings you a sweeping sense of nostalgia each time you hear it? Morning Edition desires to know which music it’s and the place it takes you. Submit your responses by December 26 at 5 pm E.T., and also you could be featured in an upcoming publication.
2. How do reindeer discover meals in an expanse of white snow? Unlike people, their eyes can see ultraviolet light. 
3. The COVID-19 pandemic is now not a worldwide well being emergency this yr. But that does not imply issues are again to regular. Here’s everything you need to know about new variants, touring safely, vaccine boosters and extra.

This publication was edited by Majd Al-Waheidi.