Hurricane Melissa Aftermath, Israel Strikes Gaza Again, Air-Traffic Controllers

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🗓️ 29 October 2025

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Hurricane Melissa devastates Jamaica, leaving neighborhoods underwater and hundreds of thousands without power as it moves toward Cuba. President Trump insisted nothing will jeopardize the ceasefire in Gaza, even after Israel launched new strikes while both sides accuse each other of violations. And air-traffic controllers are working without pay as the government shutdown strains the aviation system and threatens more flight disruptions.

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0:00.0	Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Cuba after it drenched entire neighborhoods in Jamaica.
0:07.4	The storm flooded the streets and cut off power to hundreds of thousands of people.
0:11.4	Now, how much damage is it causing in Cuba?
0:13.9	I'm Michelle Martin with Lila Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.8	President Trump insists the Gaza ceasefire is intact even after Israel launched new strikes that
0:26.0	killed about 100 Palestinians.
0:28.3	They killed an Israeli soldier, so the Israelis hit back.
0:32.1	And they should hit back.
0:33.3	Is this a ceasefire when it looks like war?
0:35.4	And air traffic controllers are working without pay as the government shutdown just keeps going.
0:41.7	I'll tell you this, almost every controller can't make it without two paychecks.
0:46.3	What happens when the people keeping planes safe can't afford to stay on the job.
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1:32.4	As the sun rises over Jamaica, the country is surveying the damage left behind by a massive Category 5 storm that made landfall on Tuesday.
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