12.16.25 ISIS attacks in Syria, tariff relief for farmers, and Christmas in Bethlehem

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🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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ISIS attacks in Syria, a bail-out for American farmers, regulating artificial intelligence, and Christmas in Bethlehem. Plus, Steven Wedgeworth on a King James Christmas, Venmo and friendship etiquette, and the Tuesday morning newsSupport The World and Everything in It today at wng.org/donateAdditional support comes from Dordt University, where students are invited into God’s story of restoration; to live, learn, and work together with joyful purpose in all of life - until all is made new.From I Witness: The Long Shore:A cinematic audio drama that blends faith and history. iwitnesspod.comAnd from Commuter Bible, the work-week audio Bible in four annual plans. On podcast apps and commuterbible.org

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0:00.0	You know what I think? I think the journalism at World doesn't run on clicks or outrage. I think it runs on stewardship.
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0:22.1	meaningfully. And so we'd be grateful for your support today at wng.org slash donate. It's our
0:29.3	December giving drive. Good morning. American service members gunned down in Syria is a resurgence of ISIS to blame.
0:42.3	We'll talk about it with a former intelligence officer. Also, today the Trump administration issues emergency bailouts for American farmers.
0:50.3	Farmers have had a tremendous amount of damage due to chaotic trade policies.
0:56.0	We'll also highlight a recent executive order on state laws and AI and later Christmas in
1:01.9	Bethlehem, a glimpse at the lives of Palestinian Christians.
1:06.0	You can see because of the war. No tourism. Zero. Tourism is dead.
1:17.4	Thank you. of the war. No tourism. Zero. Tourism is dead. It's Tuesday, December 16th. This is the world and everything in it from listeners supported
1:22.7	world radio. I'm Mary Reikert. And I'm Nick Eicher. Good morning.
1:28.4	Up next, Kent Covington has today's news.
1:32.2	A New Year's Eve terror attack plot disrupted.
1:35.1	Authorities have announced the arrest of four suspects who allegedly planned a bombing campaign in Southern California at years end.
1:41.8	Federal prosecutor, Billis Ailey.
1:43.5	The defendants are all radical anti-government members of the Turtle Island Liberation
1:48.8	Front, which, according to their own social media, is an anti-capitalist, anti-government
1:55.2	that calls for their associates to rise up and fight back against capitalism.
2:00.9	The group is also described as pro-Palestinian.
2:03.7	The suspects allegedly planned to attack multiple businesses,
2:07.1	as well as immigration and customs enforcement.
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