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CNN 5 Things

Hostage handover dispute, federal layoffs blocked, Nutcracker Man discovery & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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A ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza is facing a serious test. A federal judge is pumping the brakes on layoffs during the government shutdown. The defense secretary’s new policy is getting pushback from journalists. President Donald Trump is taking a victory lap over what he calls a nationwide crime crackdown. Plus, what researchers unearthed from early humans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, from CNN. I'm Afoma D.K. With the five things you need to know for Wednesday, October 15th.

0:08.3

The ceasefire in Gaza is facing a serious test. President Donald Trump says if Hamas doesn't uphold its end of the deal,

0:15.7

he would consider allowing Israeli military action to resume. Under the agreement, Hamas was supposed to return

0:21.8

all of the living and deceased hostages within the first 72 hours. While all the living

0:27.0

hostages have been returned, only seven of the 28 deceased hostages have been handed over. The

0:33.2

Red Cross received two more coffins Wednesday evening, and Hamas says it has handed over

0:37.8

all hostage remains it can access.

0:40.3

Meanwhile, UN humanitarian groups are criticizing Israel for using aid as a bargaining chip.

0:45.3

CNN's Jeremy Diamond is in Tel Aviv.

0:47.3

We've spoken with an Israeli official tonight who said that only 300 trucks of humanitarian

0:52.3

aid were allowed into the Gaza Strip today.

0:55.2

That was half the amount that was agreed to under this ceasefire agreement.

0:59.6

In addition to that, Hamas has said that it is having trouble retrieving some of these bodies

1:04.2

of hostages due to the devastation in Gaza.

1:07.1

Some of those bodies believed to be under the rubble of building struck by the Israeli military.

1:10.8

According to UN estimates, since the beginning of the war, Israeli attacks have damaged or destroyed more than 430,000 homes.

1:18.6

One displaced Palestinian told Reuters he and his family came home to nothing.

1:22.6

We wake up in the morning and look for a sip of water to drink.

1:25.6

If we want to eat, there's no money, no work to do.

1:28.9

This isn't a life.

1:31.0

A federal judge is pumping the brakes on the Trump administration's attempt to lay off

1:35.1

more than 4,000 federal workers during the government shutdown.

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