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new video loaded: How Jared Kushner Re-emerged at the Center of the Israel-Hamas Peace DealJared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, had a single goal: Get to a yes first, and hash out the details later. Tyler Pager, a White House correspondent for The New York Times, describes Mr. Kushner’s role in cease-fire negotiations between Israel and Hamas.By Tyler Pager, Christina Shaman, Laura Salaberry, Melanie Bencosme and Zach WoodOctober 20, 2025

Vanessa Friedman, the fashion director and chief fashion critic of The New York Times, recaps the Victoria’s Secret 2025 fashion show in Brooklyn. Did all of the rebranding work?By Vanessa Friedman, Coleman Lowndes, James Surdam, Sutton Raphael, Gabby Bulgarelli, Jillian Eugenios, Zach Caldwell and Edward VegaOctober 17, 2025

new video loaded: What to Know About Madagascar’s GovernmentAfter weeks of protests calling for him to resign, Madagascar’s president, Andry Rajoelina, seemed to have left the country, and the military said it had taken control. John Eligon, the Johannesburg bureau chief for The New York Times, explains what we know and don’t know.By John Eligon, Christina Thornell, Claire Hogan, Joey Sendaydiego and Nikolay NikolovOctober 17, 2025

new video loaded: ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ | Anatomy of a ScenetranscriptBacktranscript‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ | Anatomy of a SceneThe director Bill Condon narrates a musical dance sequence featuring Jennifer Lopez.Hi, I’m Bill Condon. I directed “Kiss of the Spider Woman.” I also wrote the screenplay adaptation. So this is a scene from the movie within the movie. Jennifer Lopez plays a great fashion editor who has come to this small village with Diego Luna, who is a great photographer, and her sidekick and best friend, played by Tonatiuh. Then the gangster who owns this club and controls…

new video loaded: What’s Next for the Gaza Cease-Fire PlanIsrael and Hamas have reached a cease-fire deal in Gaza, but the hard part starts now. David Sanger of The New York Times describes the major obstacles to further agreement about Gaza’s immediate future.By David E. Sanger, Melanie Bencosme and Nikolay NikolovOctober 16, 2025

So we’re here outside the U.S. embassy compound in Tehran. Here we have an apple with the CNN logo. The Twin Towers interspersed with the dollar sign. The Statue of Liberty. This is one of the most photographed walls, probably in all of Tehran. Americans know this as the former U.S. compound. But to Iranians, this is known as the “U.S. Den of Espionage Museum.” And of course, what happened here is at the root of the hostility between the U.S. and Iran for over four decades, a hostility that escalated recently. In June, Israel and the U.S. launched strikes…

new video loaded: The N.B.A. Returns to China After Six YearstranscriptBacktranscriptThe N.B.A. Returns to China After Six YearsThe N.B.A, returns to China this week, after a hiatus sparked by a controversial 2019 tweet. In Macau, New York Times business reporter Tania Ganguli reveals the behind-the-scenes stakeholders who orchestrated the league’s return.I’m in Macau, the gambling capital of the world. I’m here for the NBA’s return to China for the last six years, there haven’t been any NBA games here. looking at these big banners that are draped over buildings. Reminds me of being back here in 2019. the players were…

new video loaded: What to Know About ‘Gen Z Protests’ Around the WorldGen Z protests are raging against political establishments across the world, from Madagascar to Nepal. Katrin Bennhold and Hannah Beech, reporters for The New York Times, discuss what is causing these protests and why an anime-inspired symbol keeps appearing at demonstrations.By Hannah Beech, Katrin Bennhold, Christina Thornell, Nikolay Nikolov and Stephanie SwartOctober 10, 2025

Hi, I’m Joachim Ronning. I’m the director of “Tron: Ares.” So this is the scene where Julian Dillinger has discovered that Eve is in possession of the permanence code. So he’s sending his two top programs after her, Ares and Athena. And we get to see them on the light cycles. And Ares obviously being played by Jared Leto, Athena being played by Jodie Turner-Smith and Eve being played by Greta Lee. I put so much pressure on myself and everybody to get this right, this sequence, because it’s such an iconic part of the Tron universe, the light cycle…

In the two years since Hamas militants attacked Israel, we’ve interviewed more than 700 people in Gaza. Their stories stayed with us. So we tried to find them again.By Vivian Yee, Saher Alghorra, Laura Boushnak, Nader Ibrahim, Rebecca Suner, June Kim, Christina Shaman, James Surdam, Jon Hazell and Nikita PavlovOctober 7, 2025