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The Rest of the World Report | October 6, 2026 — Evening Edition · The Rest of the World Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Good evening from Paris.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Rudy Martinez with The Rest of the World Report for Tuesday evening, October 6th.
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  SPEAKER_00: India's finance minister said trade talks with Washington may have reached a plateau.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nirmala Sitharaman said in remarks reported Monday that negotiations are still ongoing.
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  SPEAKER_00: She said India would like to believe both sides have reached a plateau beyond
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  SPEAKER_00: which giving or taking might be very, very difficult.
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  SPEAKER_00: The trade balance is very much in India's favor, she said.
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  SPEAKER_00: Washington is trying to address its imbalance through other means,
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  SPEAKER_00: and tariffs have become a weapon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Indian officials have asked Washington for two assurances.
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  SPEAKER_00: They want a tariff rate that compares favorably with India's peers,
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  SPEAKER_00: and they want no additional penalties after a deal is signed.
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  SPEAKER_00: On Friday, U.S. Trade Representative Jameson Greer said he does not see a deal as imminent.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said both sides truly have identified the universe of items that are sticking points.
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  SPEAKER_00: He called this meeting with India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal
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  SPEAKER_00: in Milwaukee very constructive.
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  SPEAKER_00: A second clock sits behind the talks.
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  SPEAKER_00: President Donald Trump signed the Lindsey O.
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  SPEAKER_00: Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026 on September 18th,
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  SPEAKER_00: the White House said.
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  SPEAKER_00: Section 113 of the bill text says the president shall raise duties on all goods from
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  SPEAKER_00: a covered country.
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  SPEAKER_00: The rate is up to 100%.
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  SPEAKER_00: The deadline is 30 days after enactment.
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  SPEAKER_00: 30 days from September 18th is October 18th.
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  SPEAKER_00: The country is covered if it knowingly makes new purchases after the 30-day mark.
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  SPEAKER_00: It must also be among the five largest importers of Russian crude oil or gas over
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  SPEAKER_00: the prior 12 months.
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  SPEAKER_00: The top five facilitators of sanctions evasion are covered too.
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  SPEAKER_00: The text names no countries.
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  SPEAKER_00: Section 115 lets the president waive the duties by certifying that doing so serves
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  SPEAKER_00: the national interest.
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  SPEAKER_00: India is among the biggest buyers of Russian oil.
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  SPEAKER_00: Secretary of State Marco Rubio and India's Foreign Ministers S.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jay Shankar discussed the law in talks reported September 24th.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jay Shankar said he reiterated India's interests and concerns.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trump put tariffs of as much as 50% on Indian goods in August 2025.
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  SPEAKER_00: He rolled them back in February.
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  SPEAKER_00: Translator's note.
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  SPEAKER_00: American coverage of the Graham Act treated India as a name on a list.
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  SPEAKER_00: Reuters' signing story led with the pressure on Russia never mentioned India.
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  SPEAKER_00: It carried the tariffs as the part critics said could herald trouble for other countries.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sinclair's National News Desk led with Lindsey Graham's work for Ukraine
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  SPEAKER_00: and named India once, in the phrase, namely China and India.
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  SPEAKER_00: Neither report mentions a deadline or what the tariffs mean for
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  SPEAKER_00: a trade deal India has not signed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Business Today starts from the India side.
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  SPEAKER_00: It treats the law as a complication in the talks
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  SPEAKER_00: and says New Delhi has warned it could hurt ties with Washington
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  SPEAKER_00: and disrupt global energy markets.
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  SPEAKER_00: The key of independence starts from the text.
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  SPEAKER_00: It reports that the law requires the president to impose duties of up to 100%
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  SPEAKER_00: within 30 days of enactment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Reuters used the same word on September 24th at its report on talks between Rubio
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  SPEAKER_00: and Jay Shankar.
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  SPEAKER_00: 30 days from the September 18th signing is October 18th.
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  SPEAKER_00: Each account follows what its readers have at stake.
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  SPEAKER_00: For Sinclair's audience, it is a sanctions law with a waiver for the president.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Delhi, it's a deal.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Kiev, it is enforcement.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: A law Trump signed on September 18th directs tariffs of up to 100% on the top buyers
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  SPEAKER_00: of Russian oil and gas.
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  SPEAKER_00: India is among them.
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  SPEAKER_00: The 30-day mark is October the 18th,
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  SPEAKER_00: and the president can waive the duties by certifying the national interest,
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  SPEAKER_00: and India's trade deal with the United States remains unsigned.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ukrainian drones hit an oil depot about 40 kilometers from central Moscow overnight,
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  SPEAKER_00: according to a monitoring channel.
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  SPEAKER_00: The channel,
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  SPEAKER_00: Exile Nova Plus,
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  SPEAKER_00: said the target was Volodarsk Linear Production
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  SPEAKER_00: and Dispatch Center near Konstantinovo.
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  SPEAKER_00: The claim could not be immediately verified.
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  SPEAKER_00: The outlet Astra described it as the largest oil depot in the Moscow region,
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  SPEAKER_00: handling 3 million tons of petroleum products a year.
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  SPEAKER_00: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said at least 650 drones flew toward the capital.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said 105 were destroyed on approach.
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  SPEAKER_00: Russian state media called it the largest drone attack on the region in two years.
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  SPEAKER_00: On Sunday,
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  SPEAKER_00: Ukraine's defense ministry said deep strikes have disabled more than 51%
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  SPEAKER_00: of Russia's oil refining capacity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Russia has struck back across Ukraine.
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  SPEAKER_00: At least 13 people were killed and 104 injured over the past day, local authorities said.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alexander Vilkul,
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  SPEAKER_00: who chairs the Kriv-Yiri City Defense Council,
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  SPEAKER_00: said Russia hit a hospital in the city with missiles.
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  SPEAKER_00: The regional governor said four people were injured, including two medical workers.
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  SPEAKER_00: The talks track has stalled.
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  SPEAKER_00: U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: Envoy Steve Witkoff messaged President Volodymyr Zelensky on October 4th
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  SPEAKER_00: that Washington wants the three-way meeting held in late October.
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  SPEAKER_00: It was first expected in early October in the UAE.
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  SPEAKER_00: Moscow shows little urgency.
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  SPEAKER_00: A Ukrainian official said Russia has rejected India's proposal for a ceasefire
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  SPEAKER_00: on energy infrastructure with protection for the Black Sea shipping.
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  SPEAKER_00: Zelensky said he sees no pressure on Vladimir Putin from the United States.
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  SPEAKER_00: And he's not wrong.
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  SPEAKER_00: The New York Times reported October 3rd that the talks now include
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  SPEAKER_00: a possible multi-billion dollar deal What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ukraine says it has disabled more than half of Russia's refining capacity.
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  SPEAKER_00: The strikes have now reached the Moscow region.
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  SPEAKER_00: Washington wants a three-way meeting in late October, and Moscow has not agreed to a date.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hundreds of thousands of people took part in student protests across France on Tuesday.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Interior Ministry estimated about 250,000 people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Organizers said the figure was almost twice that.
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  SPEAKER_00: The High School Students' Union said nearly 2,000 high schools were blockaded
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  SPEAKER_00: or closed for the day.
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  SPEAKER_00: The movement began in mid-September.
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  SPEAKER_00: High schoolers have been blocking access to schools.
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  SPEAKER_00: They cite too few teachers,
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  SPEAKER_00: harsh timetables, and run-down buildings that cannot cope with worsening heatwaves.
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  SPEAKER_00: A 17-year-old in Paris said that only 14%
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  SPEAKER_00: of high school buildings have been renovated or rebuilt in 10 years.
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  SPEAKER_00: Léa, a student at Lycée Le Martin, said some classes have one teacher for 40 students.
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  SPEAKER_00: A teacher from the suburb of Saint-Denis said
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  SPEAKER_00: the shortage reaches education assistants, medical staff, and social services.
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  SPEAKER_00: France's Interior Ministry said it has arrested 6,100 people since
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  SPEAKER_00: the protests began, most of them children under 18.
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  SPEAKER_00: Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said burning down a high school does not improve
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  SPEAKER_00: the state of school buildings.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Paris,
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  SPEAKER_00: police cleared barricades from the Lycée Hélène Boucher and pushed protesters
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  SPEAKER_00: toward Place de la République.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lea said one protester lost a hand, another an eye, and another his teeth.
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  SPEAKER_00: No one has been held accountable, she said.
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  SPEAKER_00: President Donald Trump posted what is happening in France is out-of-control mass migration.
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  SPEAKER_00: He wrote that, It is not about schools, but about Islam wanting to take over the country.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's a fucking idiot.
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  SPEAKER_00: Translators note.
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  SPEAKER_00: France 24 opened with the failure of the government's policing,
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  SPEAKER_00: writing that tear gas had not driven the students back to class.
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  SPEAKER_00: Al Jazeera opened with the clashes and the closures.
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  SPEAKER_00: Of the two reports,
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  SPEAKER_00: only Al Jazeera carries Trump's post,
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  SPEAKER_00: which calls the protests out of control mass migration and says they are not
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  SPEAKER_00: about schools.
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  SPEAKER_00: France 24's piece does not mention it.
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  SPEAKER_00: France 24 filed from the barricades,
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  SPEAKER_00: Its piece,
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  SPEAKER_00: labeled On the Ground,
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  SPEAKER_00: and its account is built from what students and teachers said there.
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  SPEAKER_00: One teacher for 40 students.
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  SPEAKER_00: Buildings not renovated.
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  SPEAKER_00: In that reporting, the protest is about classroom.
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  SPEAKER_00: The president's version is about some racist bullshit.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Students, teachers, and the student union say the protests are about school conditions.
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  SPEAKER_00: More than 6,000 people have been arrested, and most of them are minors.
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  SPEAKER_00: The U.S. president has described the protest as being about migration.
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  SPEAKER_00: Israel has ordered the British consulate in East Jerusalem close by Thursday.
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  SPEAKER_00: Israel's order sets October 8th as the date.
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  SPEAKER_00: The consulate is separate from the British embassy.
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  SPEAKER_00: It handles East Jerusalem, the West Bank, and Gaza.
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  SPEAKER_00: Britain has threatened to expel 27 Israeli diplomats in response, according to Israel's Ynet.
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  SPEAKER_00: The claim has not been verified,
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  SPEAKER_00: and Ynet reported that UK Ambassador Simon Walters conveyed the threat.
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  SPEAKER_00: It said Britain would expel one Israeli diplomat for each of
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  SPEAKER_00: the 27 British diplomats who lose their status.
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  SPEAKER_00: The British Embassy declined to comment.
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  SPEAKER_00: Britain's National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell traveled to Israel last week,
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  SPEAKER_00: and no agreement was reached, and talks are continuing.
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  SPEAKER_00: The United Kingdom and other allies could impose further sanctions if Israel closes
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  SPEAKER_00: the consulate on October 8, a Jewish community outlet reported September 29.
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  SPEAKER_00: It cited sources that it did not name.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Israel has ordered a British diplomatic mission closed in Jerusalem.
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  SPEAKER_00: Israel's Ynet says Britain has threatened to expel 27 Israeli diplomats in return.
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  SPEAKER_00: The deadline is Thursday, and talks have not produced a deal.
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  SPEAKER_00: A patient who traveled from the Democratic Republic of the Congo through Uganda died
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  SPEAKER_00: at the Nairobi Hospital on Monday evening after testing positive for Ebola.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hospital Chief Executive Dr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Felix Osano said the patient died two days after being admitted to
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  SPEAKER_00: the hospital's isolation facility.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said the facility has a dedicated entrance and dedicated staff.
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  SPEAKER_00: Identified contacts will be monitored for 21 days with the Ministry of Health, he said.
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  SPEAKER_00: The World Health Organization said the patient tested positive after traveling from
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  SPEAKER_00: the DRC through Uganda.
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  SPEAKER_00: The agency advises against travel or trade restrictions.
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  SPEAKER_00: WHO's Dr.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mohamed Janabi praised Kenya's transparency under
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  SPEAKER_00: the international health regulations.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Kenya Red Cross said, with this confirmation, our response is now fully underway.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: A traveler from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has died of Ebola in Nairobi.
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  SPEAKER_00: The World Health Organization advises against travel or trade restrictions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Israeli officials say the fly Dubai co-pilot planned the attack before the airline hired him.
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  SPEAKER_00: The co-pilot is an Omani national.
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  SPEAKER_00: He applied to the Dubai state-owned airline after searching for airlines that fly
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  SPEAKER_00: to Tel Aviv, Israeli officials said.
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  SPEAKER_00: A third source,
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  SPEAKER_00: briefed on the UAE investigation,
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  SPEAKER_00: said he planned to crash the aircraft into Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv.
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  SPEAKER_00: The source said he flew to Tel Aviv earlier this year intending to hijack and crash
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  SPEAKER_00: that plane, but did not.
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  SPEAKER_00: The UAE prosecutor general called it a terrorist attack.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said the co-pilot attacked the pilot with an emergency crash axe.
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  SPEAKER_00: U.S. Vice President J.D.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vance said Monday he has not seen anything conclusive yet on an Iranian role.
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  SPEAKER_00: The UAE and Fly Dubai have not disclosed his identity.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know, the UAE calls the Fly Dubai incident a terrorist attack.
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  SPEAKER_00: Investigators have not tied it to Iran,
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  SPEAKER_00: and the U.S. Vice President says nothing conclusive has been seen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pakistan says its army is in a supporting role.
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  SPEAKER_00: Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said the Turkish and Pakistani armies are playing
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  SPEAKER_00: a supportive role in Saudi Arabia and that Pakistan is engaged in reconnaissance.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Mecca Defense Alliance also named Lieutenant General Nauman Mahmoud its first
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  SPEAKER_00: Secretary General for a three-year term.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's it for tonight's edition of The Rest of the World Report.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Rudy Martinez.
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  SPEAKER_00: Thank you so much for listening.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll see you all again in the morning.
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