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Monday, December 16, 2024

'Austin walking free'

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Mon Dec 16 2024

 

Jane Onyanga-Omara Audience Editor

The mother of Austin Tice, the American journalist missing in Syria, is hopeful that upheaval in the war-battered nation will lead to his release. Hundreds − or even thousands − of people are feared dead after a devastating cyclone struck the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte. When's the best and worst time to travel for Christmas and New Year? We break it down.

👋🏾 I'm Jane, Daily Briefing author. This house from "Home Alone" is for sale. No, not that one.

Mother of Austin Tice sees hope for his release from Syria

The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who was taken captive during a reporting trip to Syria in 2012, voiced hope on Sunday that upheaval in Syria will lead to freedom for her son. Debra Tice's children woke her up when images of Missouri resident Travis Timmerman began circulating on social media, misidentifying him as Tice. Asked if that was a moment of false hope, Debra Tice said it was a moment of joy. "It was almost like having a rehearsal … an inkling of what it's really going to feel like when it is Austin walking free," she told NBC's "Meet the Press." Read more

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Debra Tice, mother of journalist Austin Tice, holds a news conference in Washington on May 2, 2023.

Evelyn Hockstein, REUTERS

Thousands feared dead after cyclone hits French territory of Mayotte

Emergency workers raced on Monday to find survivors and restore services to the French overseas territory of Mayotte, where hundreds or even thousands are feared dead from the worst cyclone to hit the Indian Ocean islands in nearly a century. Parts of the islands, which were struck by Cyclone Chido over the weekend with winds of more than 124 mph, remained inaccessible to rescue workers on Monday, said French civil security spokesperson Alexandre Jouassard. Mayotte has a population of about 321,000 and is made up of two main islands over an area about twice the size of Washington, D.C. Read more

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A pile of debris of metal sheets and wood after Cyclone Chido hit France's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, on December 14, 2024 in the capital Mamoudzou.

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