Friday morning news: November 28, 2025

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D.C. Guard shooting suspect » One of the two National Guard members shot Wednesday just blocks from the White House has died.

Officials say 20-year-old Specialist Sarah Beckstrom did not survive her injuries.

President Trump made that announcement on Thanksgiving Day, offering his condolences, and he added …

TRUMP:  The other young man is fighting for his life. He's in very bad shape. He's fighting for his life, and hopefully we'll get better news with respect to him.

He is 24-year-old Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe. He was still listed in critical condition as of early this morning.

The suspected shooter was also treated for gunshot wounds and is in custody.

Authorities say an Afghan national carried out the targeted attack.

FBI Director Kash Patel:

PATEL:  It is an ongoing investigation of terrorism. Make no mistake about it.

The accused shooter, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, worked with the CIA in Afghanistan.

And was one of about 76,000 Afghans brought to the U.S. after the chaotic U.S. military withdrawal from that country 2021.

Israel » In the West Bank…

SOUND: [Cries and tears]

Tears last night as an American teenager held in Israeli custody for nine months was reunited with his family. WORLD’s Benjamin Eicher has more.

BENJAMIN EICHER: Mohammed Ibrahim was visiting family … when he was arrested at their home for allegedly throwing rocks at Israeli settlers. In an affidavit, Ibrahim said he only confessed to stone throwing after his interrogators threatened to beat him. He was released yesterday.

Elsewhere in the West Bank…

SOUND: Gunfire

EICHER: Gunfire in the city of Jenin. … Video obtained by Reuters appears to show Israeli security forces surrounding a building. After shots rang out … two Palestinians were seen surrendering to Israeli troops.

Earlier this week, Israeli officials said they were conducting counter-terrorism operations in the West Bank...which the Israeli government refers to as Judea and Samaria.

For WORLD, I’m Benjamin Eicher.

Hong Kong fire update » In Hong Kong, the death toll from a massive fire at a high-rise apartment complex has climbed to at least 94 …

JOHN LEE: [Speaking Cantonese]

But Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee addressing reporters Thursday that “the fire at all seven buildings” in the complex was finally “under control.”

Rescue teams yesterday moved floor to floor, checking damaged apartments for survivors and victims while pockets of smoke continued to rise from the buildings.

Duffy on air traffic controllers » Americans are on the move this Thanksgiving weekend in record numbers ... even as airports across the country still face a shortage of air traffic controllers.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says it’s a problem officials are working to fix.

DUFFY: We're about 2000 controllers short, trying to make up that difference. We're gonna do it, uh, we're gonna work on it.

Typically, about four air traffic controllers retire daily. But during the recent record-long government shutdown … that number spiked to between 15 to 20 daily.

The FAA had to force airlines to reduce air traffic for a time … because of the controller shortage.

Many controllers, being asked to work without paychecks temporarily, called in sick a lot more often … but Duffy says that has now leveled out.

Kazakhstan rocket launch » A U.S.-Russian crew of three has begun a mission to the International Space Station aboard a Russian spacecraft … that launched Thursday from Kazakhstan.

SOUND: [Rocket launch]

It docked at the station a few hours later. The Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft carried NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Russian crewmates Sergei Mikaev and Sergei Kud-Sverchkov.

All three are expected to spend about eight months at the orbiting outpost.

I'm Kent Covington.

Straight ahead: Culture Friday with John Stonestreet. Plus, some fresh music suggestions as we prepare for Christmas.

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