October 15th, 2025: TORTURE & STARVATION: Hostages Reveal Treatment Under Hamas

The President's Daily Brief

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🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief: Freed Israeli hostages are speaking publicly for the first time about their time in Hamas captivity. Their accounts of torture, starvation, and isolation reveal the brutal conditions they endured for more than two years underground. Russia bombs a Ukrainian hospital, and President Trump fires back, warning he’ll “speak” with Vladimir Putin about supplying Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv. Venezuela’s strongman lashes out over the Nobel Peace Prize—Nicolás Maduro calls winner María Corina Machado a “demonic witch” and shuts down his country’s embassy in Norway. And in today’s Back of the Brief—Madagascar’s most powerful military unit has toppled the government, forcing President Andry Rajoelina from power. To listen to the show ad-free, become a premium member of The President’s Daily Brief by visiting https://PDBPremium.com. Please remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of The President's Daily Brief. YouTube: youtube.com/@presidentsdailybriefStash Financial: Don't Let your money sit around. Go to https://get.stash.com/PDB to see how you can receive $25 towards your first stock purchase.Birch Gold: Text PDB to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:17.3	Hmm. Welcome to the president's Daily Brief. I'm Mike Baker. Your eyes and ears on the world stage.
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1:33.8	First up, some of the Israeli hostages released by Hamas are speaking out.
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