This holiday shopping season is poised to break spending records. A new survey finds people plan to spend $771 on average.

It's been one year since Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners were exchanged in a brief ceasefire negotiated in the Israel-Hamas war. We look at those released and the status of negotiations.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Jake Sullivan, President Biden's national security adviser, about the U.S. role in securing a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon after months of fighting.