News from around the nation and the world.  Crosstalk looks at it all from a Christian perspective and reports as much as time will allow each Friday.  Here’s a sample of stories from this week’s broadcast: 

–*Breaking News*–Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has fired the fire chief who said the city failed residents as it pertains to the wildfires.  

–*Breaking News*–U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is saying the Jeffrey Epstein client list is “sitting on my desk right now.”

–In response to a blood parade by Hamas where they celebrated the deaths of hostages, including young Jewish children, President Trump said, “I want to see Gaza wiped out.  I don’t want to see even one building standing.” 

–At the end of an incredibly hard day of mourning, Israelis had to deal with a series of mass transportation terror attacks.  Bombs exploded on 3 public buses on Thursday evening.  Miraculously no one was injured in the explosions that police believe were coordination terror attacks, most likely carried out by Hamas.

–Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, is declaring a national day of mourning following the return of the remains of Shiri Bibas and her two young sons who were kidnapped by Hamas back on October 7^th, 2023.

–The Republic of Fiji, known as one of the friendliest nations toward Israel, has decided to open an embassy in Jerusalem.

–The IDF confirmed Monday that troops will stay in 5 strategic locations in southern Lebanon beyond Tuesday’s withdrawal deadline under a cease fire with Hezbollah, despite Lebanon’s government expressing frustration over the delay.

–Lebanon has indefinitely extended its flight suspension to and from Iran after initially imposing a ban February 18^th, following revelations that Iran was smuggling cash to its terrorist proxy, Hezbollah, through civilian flights.

–Turkey has severed all ties with Israel.

–The Trump administration has frozen funding for the Palestinian Authority’s Security Forces, a group that purportedly aims to crack down on terrorism in the West Bank but employs terrorists who have carried out attacks on Israelis. 

–President Trump praised the U.S. Central Command forces for carrying out a successful air strike last weekend in Syria that targeted a senior “terrorist leader.”

–King Charles III accepted an accord of reconciliation from the leaders of several major Jewish and Muslim groups in the U.K. on Wednesday.  

–U.S. and Russian officials had some diplomatic talks in Saudi Arabia without any Ukrainian officials present on Tuesday.

–A Canadian citizen has been charged by U.S. authorities for allegedly using a drone to take photos of a military base in Florida. 

–The Chinese hacking group known as Salt Typhoon is still infiltrating U.S. telecom networks, despite being sanctioned by U.S. authorities.