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News Wrap: American Ryan Corbett released from Afghanistan

Season 2025 Episode 21 | 5m 03s

In our news wrap Tuesday, a prisoner swap between the U.S. and the Taliban secured the release of American Ryan Corbett from Afghanistan, two top Israeli generals resigned over the military's failure to stop the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, Turkey is investigating a hotel fire that killed at least 76 people and a rare winter storm is hammering the northern Gulf Coast.

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