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News Wrap: Israel receives remains believed to be one of last 2 Gaza hostages

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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In our news wrap Wednesday, Israel received remains believed to be those of one of the last two hostages still in Gaza, President Trump proposed rolling back fuel efficiency standards set by the Biden administration and a dozen former FDA commissioners say they're "deeply concerned" about proposed changes that would create a far stricter process for vaccine approvals. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Today's other headlines begin in the Middle East. For the second day in a row, Israel has received remains believed to be those of one of the last two hostages still held in Gaza.

0:10.0

Palestinian militants transferred a white body bag to the Red Cross, seen here in footage captured by our producer in Gaza, Shams O'Day.

0:18.0

Israel says it will conduct forensic testing after remains handed over yesterday did not match

0:22.6

either hostage.

0:24.6

All this comes as Israel says it would soon open a critical border crossing with Egypt that's

0:29.6

been closed since May of 2024.

0:32.6

Israel's military says it will allow Palestinians to leave Gaza via the Rafa crossing, but

0:36.6

Egypt says, citing

0:38.3

the terms of the ceasefire, that movement must go both ways. Israel says it won't allow Palestinians

0:44.3

to reenter Gaza until all hostage remains are returned. Here at home, President Trump has

0:50.4

proposed rolling back fuel efficiency standards set by the Biden administration

0:54.3

in a push to make it easier for automakers to sell gas-powered vehicles.

0:59.3

We're bringing back the car industry that was stolen from us because we have people that

1:03.8

didn't know what they were doing sitting at this desk.

1:06.4

In the Oval Office, President Trump touted the move alongside auto executives and Republican lawmakers

1:11.8

saying it would make cars more affordable. The new standards would reduce fuel economy from the Biden's

1:17.3

standard of 50 miles per gallon to an average of 34.5 miles per gallon by the year 2031. The Biden-era

1:25.3

rules were intended to promote the production of electric vehicles.

1:29.0

Transportation remains the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S.

1:34.0

A dozen former FDA commissioners say they're deeply concerned about proposed changes that would create a far stricter process for vaccine approvals.

1:42.9

They penned an article in the New England Journal of

1:45.3

Medicine. It comes as a federal vaccine advisory panel is also expected to change longstanding

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