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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear. Israel's cabinet has adopted a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Word of the agreement came even Israeli warplanes were continuing to strike targets in Lebanon, killing at least 24 people there. President Joe Biden, speaking from the White House Rose Garden, outlined terms of the agreement between the two sides. Over the next 60 days, the Lebanese army and state security forces will deploy
and take control of their own territory once again. Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in southern Lebanon will not be allowed to be rebuilt. And over the next 60 days, Israel will gradually withdraw its remaining forces. The Israeli military today issued evacuation warnings as it continues to go after the Iranian-backed militant group right up until the final moments of the ceasefire deal. Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu presented the proposal to cabinet ministers earlier today.
Texas is offering more border land for the incoming Trump administration's proposed mass deportation operation. Texas Public Radio's David Martin-Davies has more. Standing near the Rio Grande with heavy machinery used for building a Texas-funded border wall, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham showed off the land she promised for a federal deportation camp. I have extended an offer to President Trump and incoming border czar Tom Homan to use this 1,400-acre property...
to construct a facility for the processing, detention, and coordination efforts of what will be the largest deportation of violent criminals in our nation's history. Buckingham said a facility built on the farmland recently bought by Texas will be the final stop for processing migrants before deportation. And she's scouting out even more Texas land that could be used to facilitate a Trump administration deportation program.
I'm David Martin Davies in San Antonio. The CEO of Best Buy says new tariffs would result in higher prices on electronics, citing an announcement by President-elect Trump. He'll impose 25 percent tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico and 10 percent tariffs on goods from China. If you're as willing to sell you guys more. Best Buy CEO Corey Berry says in consumer electronics... There's very little that is not imported. Almost everything is imported.
Barry spoke on a call with investors saying Best Buy does not import most things directly. Its supply chain is very complex. She says historically, any tariff means higher costs for importers, for retailers and for shoppers. Of course, we see that the customer ends up bearing some of the cost of the tariffs. And we've seen this before. And for us, that's the hardest part. These are goods that people need and
and higher prices are not helpful. Berry says some production has been moved out of China in recent years, but it's still the biggest hub for Best Buy, followed by Mexico. Alina Seluk, NPR News, Washington. On Wall Street, the Dow is up 123 points today. You're listening to NPR.
A Georgia jail is testing AI-equipped robots to track inmates. Supporters say the so-called jailbots ease staffing shortages, but U.S. Justice Department researchers say no legal safeguards exist for how the data they gather is used. Remember, station WABE in Atlanta, Shemaine Cruz reports.
Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owen says the nearly six-foot-tall robots use mechanisms like heat detection and facial recognition to monitor inmates in select pods. They can also alert jail staff in case of a medical emergency. There'll be no reason for concern. The robots will not really come in contact with them.
It'll be a mechanism that says, since you're a robot on duty, please stand back 20 feet, do not touch. According to Owens, the 90-day pilot program is the first real-life trial of jailbots. And Neil Parsons, a researcher for the Justice Department, says with no federal or state laws yet regulating AI in jails, the Georgia program may be facilitating legal guardrails for others down the road.
For NPR News, I'm Shemaine Cruz in Atlanta. A judge at a hearing in New York told former Mayor Rudy Giuliani to refrain from blurting things out in the courtroom unless he is a sworn witness. Judge responding to an outburst from Giuliani who accused the judge of making wrong assumptions about him after ordering President-elect Donald Trump's former personal attorney to turn over assets to two Georgia poll workers who won a libel case against him.
Judge today refused to delay a January 16th trial over the disposition of Giuliani's Florida residence and World Series rings he owns. I'm Jack Spear, NPR News in Washington. This message comes from NPR sponsor, REI Co-op. REI has gear, clothing, glasses, and advice for camping and glamping, biking and hiking, axing and...snaxing? Visit your local REI Co-op or REI.com for the million and one ways to opt outside.