Gaza hostages latest, Sanders and AOC town hall, Alaska’s mass airlift & more

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🗓️ 16 October 2025

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Hamas says it’s handed over all the hostages it can access to Israel. We’ll tell you the key takeaways from last night’s CNN town hall with Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. President Donald Trump says he’s authorized the CIA to operate inside Venezuela. The National Transportation Safety Board has released its final report on the Titan submersible implosion. And, why Alaska conducted one of the state's most significant airlifts in history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:38.5	Hamas says it's handed over all deceased hostages it can access, with the remains of another
0:44.1	19 still not released. So far, the remains of nine hostages have been returned, with Israel's
0:50.7	militaries saying today that it's identified two more hostages returned by Hamas.
0:56.0	Under the ceasefire agreement, Hamas was supposed to return all of the living and deceased hostages
1:01.4	within the first 72 hours. But Hamas says it would need, quote, significant efforts and special
1:07.9	equipment to recover the remaining dead captives in Gaza.
1:11.9	It comes, as President Donald Trump told CNN, Israeli forces could resume fighting in the enclave,
1:17.7	quote, as soon as I say the word, if Hamas won't uphold the ceasefire deal, including disarmament.
1:24.1	But two senior U.S. advisors have said the U.S. does not believe Hamas is violating the deal
1:29.2	by failing to produce the remains of hostages.
1:32.4	Meanwhile, the bodies of 90 Palestinians helped by Israel during the war have arrived in Gaza.
1:38.3	According to a local hospital, their hands and legs were cuffed
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