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🗓️ 12 October 2025
⏱️ 25 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight on PBS News Weekend, desperately needed aid begins to flow into Gaza as President |
| 0:11.1 | Trump heads to Israel in anticipation of the hostage release. |
| 0:15.6 | Then, farmers in Minnesota struggling to stay afloat as China boycotts U.S. soybeans. |
| 0:21.6 | And a new film about the life and legacy of George Orwell that argues his greatest fears could be coming true. |
| 0:29.6 | It's suffice to watch the news every day, you know, to hear elected officials trying to convince you that what you're seeing is not what it is. |
| 0:40.3 | You have to keep, as always, say, your common sense. |
| 0:43.3 | Two plus two is always four. |
| 0:46.3 | Good evening. I'm John Yang. |
| 0:59.7 | President Trump leaves Washington and the government shutdown behind |
| 1:03.1 | to highlight a diplomatic deal-making accomplishment in the Middle East, |
| 1:07.1 | the anticipated release of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza. |
| 1:13.6 | This afternoon, he left the White House headed to Israel. This is the first time everybody is amazed and they're thrilled, |
| 1:17.6 | and it's an honor to be involved, and we're going to have an amazing time, |
| 1:21.6 | and it's going to be something that's never happened before. |
| 1:25.6 | Tomorrow, Mr. Trump is to meet with hostage families and address the Israeli parliament |
| 1:30.3 | in Jerusalem. |
| 1:31.3 | Then he'll fly to the Egyptian Red Sea resort city of Charmelle Sheikh for a summit of Arab |
| 1:36.3 | leaders who backed the agreement. |
| 1:38.3 | Inside Gaza, the Israeli military pulled back to a new defensive line as part of the ceasefire. |
| 1:49.3 | And desperate Palestinians swarmed aid trucks, not even waiting for them to stop before clamoring for supplies. |
| 1:51.5 | The next steps are unclear, as many details about the future of Gaza have yet to be worked |
| 1:56.4 | out. |
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