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While Danny remains in talks with Russia, Alex Jordan again helps Derek bring you the headlines. This week: Israel targets Hamas negotiators in a Doha strike (3:30 ), effectively ending ceasefire talks (8:43 ); the IDF orders the evacuation of Gaza City (13:11 ) while reports emerge that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation hired an anti-Islam biker gang for “security” (15:42 ); in Russia-Ukraine, Russian drones entered Polish airspace, prompting an Article 4 NATO meeting (18:36 ); Iran and the IAEA announce a tentative deal to resume inspections (22:41 ); Nepal sees mass protests over a social media ban, leading to the resignation and disappearance of its prime minister and the army being deployed in Kathmandu (25:42 ); Donald Trump suggests he will repair ties with India amid tariff disputes and fallout over a Russian oil deal (30:15 ); Japan’s prime minister Ishiba resigns after electoral losses (33:23 ); ICE raids a Hyunda-LG plant in Georgia, detaining hundreds of South Korean workers (36:41 ); In Mali, JNIM militants blockade fuel routes to Bamako (42:22 ); France ousts yet another prime minister over austerity, with Macron appointing Sébastien Lecornu and facing mass protests (44:38 ); Brazil awaits a Supreme Court verdict on former president Jair Bolsonaro’s coup case, and Trump threatens retaliation if he’s convicted (49:26 ); and in these United States, the Department of Defense changes its name to the Deaprtment of War (53:34 ), a New York Times report reveals covert attacks on fishermen in a failed North Korea operation in 2019 (56:16 ), and new details emerge about last week’s strike on a Venezuelan boat (62:12 ). 

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