Ceasefire Negotiations, Options for Haiti, Oppenheimer Sweeps Oscars

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🗓️ 11 March 2024

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Muslims are making the start of Ramadan today — and there is, as yet, no ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to stop the war during this holy month. In Haiti, police say they are "on their knees" as the coordinated attacks from armed gangs enter their second week. And in a moment of global conflict, a movie about the creation of the atomic bomb sweeps the Academy Awards.

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0:00.0	President Biden said what he wanted in Gaza.
0:05.0	We're going into Ramadan, it should be nothing happening.
0:08.0	Instead, the war continues into the Muslim Holy Month.
0:11.0	A temporary ceasefire could point to a longer peace, so why is it so hard to achieve?
0:15.2	I mean Martinez, that's Steve Insky, and this is a first from NPR News.
0:19.1	Haiti's Prime Minister can't return to his own country.
0:24.4	Haitian gangs have coordinated attacks on his government.
0:27.2	So could one of their leaders become Haiti's next president.
0:30.1	And in a moment of global conflict, a movie about the creation of the atomic bombs
0:34.6	sweeps the Academy Awards.
0:36.3	For better or for worse, we're all living in Oppenheimer's world, so I would really like to
0:39.3	dedicate this to the peacemakers everywhere.
0:41.6	Other Oscar winners referred to conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine.
0:45.1	What was the show like?
0:46.3	Our correspondent put on a gown and went.
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