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| 0:00.0 | Live from NPR News, I'm Janine Herbst. President Trump says last night's strikes targeting ISIS |
| 0:07.5 | in northwest Nigeria were a powerful and deadly response to militants there, attacking and killing Christians. |
| 0:14.8 | The Christmas Day strikes were done in cooperation with Nigeria's government, but Nigerian authorities say militants launch strikes against |
| 0:21.6 | all religious groups. An insurgency has gone on in the country for more than 10 years, |
| 0:26.9 | killing thousands of both Christians and Muslims. In Peers-Emmanuel Aiken Woto has more. |
| 0:32.7 | Really, the most dominant factor for insecurity is geography and not religion. That's not to say that Christians |
| 0:40.2 | don't face specific threats. Christians are definitely being targeted. It's definitely been a very |
| 0:46.7 | difficult period for Christians, especially in northern central Nigeria, as insecurity in the country |
| 0:51.7 | has gotten worse. But whether they are being targeted more than other |
| 0:55.4 | groups are, I think that's heavily disputed. Empires Emmanuel Akan Woto from Lagos, Nigeria. Israel has |
| 1:03.1 | become the first country to recognize Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia. Impairs |
| 1:09.4 | Michelle Kellerman reports other countries in the region, though, are denouncing the move. |
| 1:14.4 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited the leader of Somaliland to visit Israel |
| 1:19.2 | and says he'll seek immediate cooperation on agriculture, health, and technology. |
| 1:24.8 | The two have also agreed to exchange ambassadors. |
| 1:29.7 | Somalia, Egypt, and Turkey condemn the move, arguing that recognizing a breakaway region is a threat to international peace |
| 1:35.2 | and security. Somaliland broke away in 1991 as Somalia descended into civil war. Somaliland's |
| 1:42.9 | leader says he will join the Abraham Accords, |
| 1:45.6 | the normalization deals with Israel that started in the First Trump administration. |
| 1:50.5 | Michelle Kellerman and PR News Tel Aviv. |
| 1:53.7 | The deadline for buying individual health insurance on health care.gov is still a few weeks away. |
| 2:03.2 | Enrollment so far is only slightly lower than this time last year. But as MPR. Selina Simmons-Duffin reports the final enrollment numbers |
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