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Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson, and today is Thursday, January 16th, 2025. This is the excerpt.

Today, a ceasefire has been reached between Israel and Hamas. Plus, Biden says farewell in an address to America. And we have the latest from Senate confirmation hearings ahead of the Trump

White House. After months of deadlock, Israel and Hamas have reached a deal for a Gaza ceasefire

and hostage release agreement. I spoke with USA Today, World Affairs correspondent Kim Helmgard to learn more.

Kim, thank you so much for making some time on this. Thanks so much for having me.

So let's just get the kind of A-Bs and Cs here, Kim. What are the details of this ceasefire?

The parameters of this deal, as far as we understand, were actually sketched out in May last year, and it's taken months since then for it to finally come to fruition.

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