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The UN Security Council has backed a peace plan for Gaza authorizing an international force for the next two years.

NPR's Michelle Kellerman reports the U.S. is calling this a significant step for the Middle East.

U.S. ambassador Mike Walt says the world has the power to, quote,

"'Douse the flames and light the path to peace.

He praised the Security Council for backing a plan to set up a Board of Peace, led by President Trump,

and to authorize an international force to coordinate with Egypt and Israel.

The resolution today provides troop contributing countries with the framework they need for moving forward with the international stabilization force and global financial institutions the mechanisms they need for channeling investment.

The U.S. ambassador calls this resolution just the beginning.

Russia, which proposed a different draft,

abstained from the vote. Michelle Kellerman and PR News, the State Department.

President Trump has changed his mind and is now urging congressional Republicans to release

files related to the sex trafficking investigation into disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. It comes after lawmakers

pushed through previous attempts by Trump and Republican leaders to stop the effort.

California Democratic Congressman Roe Kana discusses the vote on a bill to force the Justice

Department to release the files, which could take place tomorrow. It did surprise me, but he saw the

math.

He caved to the coalition that Massey and I have built over the past five months.

Look, this is one of the most horrific crimes in American history.

You had Jeffrey Epstein, who had a rape island.

You had rich and powerful men who basically abused underage girls or knew about

that abuse and said nothing. Supporters of the efforts say the release could show that other people

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