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Tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians in Gaza began walking home today for the first time in over a year. The long trek home to the devastated areas of the north is a massive moment for families who’ve been sheltering in tents after forced displacement by the Israeli military during the war. It comes after an agreement was reached to release Arbel Yehud, an Israeli civilian hostage, along with two other hostages as part of a fragile ceasefire.
The Trump administration is working on a plan to save TikTok by collaborating with the software company Oracle and a group of investors to take effective control of the app’s global operations, sources have informed NPR. Under the proposed deal, ByteDance, TikTok’s China-based owner, would retain a minority stake in the company. Oracle would be responsible for overseeing the app’s algorithm, data collection, and software updates. This arrangement would result in American investors owning a majority stake in TikTok, although the details of the deal are still being finalized.
Rwandan-backed M23 rebels claim to have seized Goma, a key city in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. Yesterday, the sound of artillery fire could be heard across the city and thousands of people carrying their belongings rushed for the city center, trying to escape the fighting. The M23, which first emerged in 2012, says it is fighting to protect minorities in Congo, such as the Tutsi. However, rights groups accuse it of committing massacres along with other abuses.
The Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles are set to go head-to-head in this year’s Super Bowl, a rematch of the big game from two seasons ago. The Chiefs won that game as well as last year’s. They’re looking to be the first team to win back-to-back-to-back in Super Bowl history.
In Amours Interdites (Forbidden Love), French pianist David Kadouch explores the works of gay composers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Kadouch told Morning Edition host Michel Martin that he wanted to tell the stories of people who were out in their letters and how sometimes in their music they tried to tell their secret. Classical music became a place of refuge, especially in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century, where it was not forbidden by law, but still frowned upon.
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