To many residents in southern Lebanon, life doesn’t feel like there’s a ceasefire Israel’s military has imposed a curfew and created a no-go zone where villagers are prohibited from going home to villages across southern Lebanon. NPR speaks to residents inside. Read more on NPR

Trump team signs an agreement with the DOJ for security clearances The new agreement will help Trump officials on agency landing teams access classified information needed to prepare to take over on Jan. 20. Read more on NPR

Will Trump’s next term make him richer? Just before Donald Trump took office the first time, he held a press conference, announcing that he would turn over control of his business empire to his sons. He said he wanted to address concerns about conflicts of interest even though he maintained he didn’t really have to….

What on Earth is Happening In South Korea? In a shocking turn of events, martial law was declared late at night by the president of South Korea, giving him extraordinary powers. Then after protests and an act of parliament, the order was reversed seven hours later. To try to understand what is happening with this…

Elon Musk’s more than $50 billion pay deal at Tesla was rejected again. Here is why A judge in Delaware has for the second time struck down a compensation package for Elon Musk after a Tesla shareholder filed suit. Read more on NPR

Putin’s planes took Ukrainian kids into ‘coerced’ Russian adoption, a Yale report says Russia’s president and senior Kremlin officials financed and facilitated the transport of at least 314 Ukrainian children into “coerced” foster care and adoptions, a new Yale University report says. Read more on NPR

J. Edgar Hoover made the FBI his personal weapon. Kash Patel could try doing it again Trump’s pick to lead the FBI may test internal guardrails, historian and J. Edgar Hoover biographer Beverly Gage tells Morning Edition. Read more on NPR

The Gaza war has shaken up the Mideast. Now Syria’s war has reignited Rebels have rekindled Syria’s war with a lightning offensive that seemed to come from nowhere. But multiple upheavals, beginning with the Gaza war last year, have spread conflict across the region. Read more on NPR

How do you make a film about Afghan women protesters without being in Afghanistan? Getting footage from the ground was a challenge for the director of Bread & Roses. The documentary, which profiles three women who engage in protests, is now streaming on Apple TV+. Read more on NPR

South Korea’s president declares martial law South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law” on Tuesday, accusing the opposition of paralyzing the government with anti-state activities. Read more on NPR