'New Middle East', zoo shutdown, climate tipping point & more

CNN 5 Things

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3.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

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President Donald Trump has hailed the "dawn of a new Middle East” in his address to Israel’s parliament. Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo are closing as the government shutdown enters its third week. We’ll tell you when the stormy weather on the East Coast is set to end. Stock markets have settled after Trump has seemingly backed down from another trade fight with China. Plus, the planet has reached a worrying milestone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:31.3	Hi there, from CNN. I'm Charlie Dreiber with the five things you need to know for Monday, October 13.
0:42.2	Thank you. I'm Charlie Dreiber with the five things you need to know for Monday, October 13. That's an Israeli hostage being reunited with his family after two years of being held in
0:46.8	Gaza.
0:47.8	That's just one of the many emotional scenes that unfolded in Gaza today, as the 20 remaining
0:53.2	living hostages were returned as part
0:55.5	of the ceasefire deal with Hamas.
0:57.8	As part of the agreement, 250 Palestinian prisoners serving long and life sentences
1:03.1	had been released in the occupied West Bank.
1:08.3	The deal was broken by the U.S., and addressing the Israeli parliament today, President Donald Trump held what he described as the dawn of a new Middle East.
1:17.6	This is not only the end of a war.
1:21.6	This is the end of the age of terror and death, the beginning of the age of faith and hope and of God.
1:29.3	Trump also made this extraordinary call about Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
1:34.3	and his ongoing legal troubles.
1:36.3	Hey, I have an idea.
1:39.3	Mr. President, why don't you give him a pardon?
1:42.3	Trump is now traveling to Egypt for a summit on Gaza's future.
1:47.0	I have bad news if you wanted to visit a Smithsonian Museum or the National Zoo anytime soon.
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