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The Rest of the World Report | October 14, 2026 — Morning Edition · The Rest of the World Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: Good morning from Paris.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm Rudy Martinez with The Rest of the World Report for Wednesday morning, October 14th.
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  SPEAKER_00: No charges have been reported against Representative Ilhan Omar two days
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  SPEAKER_00: after federal agents searched her home.
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  SPEAKER_00: A source said the investigation concerns alleged immigration fraud,
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  SPEAKER_00: including paperwork her late father filled out when she was a child.
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  SPEAKER_00: Homeland Security Secretary Mark Wayne Mullen said last month that
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  SPEAKER_00: an investigation was ongoing related in part to whether she lied
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  SPEAKER_00: on her immigration forms.
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  SPEAKER_00: Agents were seen removing boxes labeled seized property evidence.
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  SPEAKER_00: A source said the Justice Department consulted its public integrity section before the search.
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  SPEAKER_00: The public integrity section has shrunk from about 35 to 40 lawyers to about two.
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  SPEAKER_00: Randall Eliason,
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  SPEAKER_00: a former federal prosecutor,
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  SPEAKER_00: said the department's practice exists to avoid even the appearance of any kind
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  SPEAKER_00: of interference in politics.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said the search appeared to break with that, though the practice cannot actually be enforced.
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  SPEAKER_00: Democratic leaders Hakeem Jeffries,
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  SPEAKER_00: Catherine Clark, and Pete Aguilar called the raid deeply disturbing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Minnesota Governor Tim Walls said Trump was abusing his power to go
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  SPEAKER_00: after political opponents weeks before an election.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trump told reporters he had nothing to do with it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Republican Representative Nancy Mace wrote that if fraud is proven,
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  SPEAKER_00: Omar should be denaturalized and removed from this country.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nobody cares what you say, Nancy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Omar faces Republican Dalia Al-Aqidi on November 3rd.
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  SPEAKER_00: The seat is very safe, Democratic.
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  SPEAKER_00: Omar won it in 2024 by about 50 points.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: No charges have been reported after Monday's search of Representative Ilhan Omar's home.
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  SPEAKER_00: A source says the inquiry concerns immigration paperwork.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Justice Department has not said what it concerns.
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  SPEAKER_00: Election Day is November 3rd.
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  SPEAKER_00: Democrats need a net gain of at least four seats to win the Senate.
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  SPEAKER_00: Cook Political Report Senate Ratings,
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  SPEAKER_00: updated October 6th,
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  SPEAKER_00: lists seven toss-ups, Alaska, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, and Texas.
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  SPEAKER_00: Six of the seven are held by Republicans.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kyle Kondik of Sabato's Crystal Ball said there is much more drama in the Senate
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  SPEAKER_00: than the House races.
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  SPEAKER_00: Two toss-ups.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maine and Iowa have polls within four points.
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  SPEAKER_00: A Marist poll taken October 1st to the 4th has Democrat Troy Jackson at 51%
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  SPEAKER_00: and Republican Senator Susan Collins at 47, among 1,505 registered voters.
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  SPEAKER_00: The margin of error is 3.8%.
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  SPEAKER_00: The same poll has Maine Democrats nine points ahead on the generic congressional ballot.
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  SPEAKER_00: Real clear politics averages cited on October 3rd had Iowa and Maine each separated
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  SPEAKER_00: by less than one point.
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  SPEAKER_00: Iowa polls disagree.
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  SPEAKER_00: Suffolk,
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  SPEAKER_00: October 1st through 4th,
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  SPEAKER_00: has Democrat Josh Turek at 48 and Republican Representative Ashley Hinson at 44.
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  SPEAKER_00: New York Times Siena poll, September 22nd through October 1st, has Hinson at 48 and Turek at 47.
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  SPEAKER_00: Fox News, September 24th through 28th, has Turek at 49 and Hinson at 47.
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  SPEAKER_00: Cook rates Iowa at TASA.
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  SPEAKER_00: Inside election rates at Tilt Republican.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rest of the World Report will remind you that polls don't vote.
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  SPEAKER_00: Surveys have consistently shown Democrats leading in Texas, Ohio, and Alaska.
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  SPEAKER_00: Democrats have led in polling in Georgia, New Hampshire, and Michigan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ray Cooper is expected to beat Michael Watley easily in North Carolina.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the House,
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  SPEAKER_00: Cook's ratings were updated October 9th,
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  SPEAKER_00: and they put 213 seats at least lean Democratic and 201 at least lean Republican.
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  SPEAKER_00: 21 are toss-ups.
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  SPEAKER_00: 15 of those are Republican-held and 6 are Democratic-held.
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  SPEAKER_00: Democrats would need five of the 21 to reach 218.
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  SPEAKER_00: Cook says they're on track to win five to 15 House seats.
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  SPEAKER_00: Polls have missed before, as we've said.
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  SPEAKER_00: A task force of the American Association for Public Opinion Research found that
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  SPEAKER_00: the 2024 pre-election polls underestimated Republican votes shares relative
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  SPEAKER_00: to Democrats for the third straight presidential cycle.
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  SPEAKER_00: It found that they overstated Democratic margins by 2.7 points across all offices.
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  SPEAKER_00: Polls measure what votes say.
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  SPEAKER_00: Seats change hands only if voters turn out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Henry Olson of the Conservative Ethics and Public Policy Center said,
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  SPEAKER_00: Republicans have the time and the resources to change the outcome in
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  SPEAKER_00: a few closed Senate races.
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  SPEAKER_00: An AP Nork poll has Trump's approval rating at 31%, the lowest of either of his terms.
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  SPEAKER_00: Only 26% approve of his handling of the economy.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know, Democrats need a net four seats to win the Senate.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the House, they would need five of 21 toss-ups to reach 218.
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  SPEAKER_00: Polls have missed before.
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  SPEAKER_00: Turnout decides the results.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vote like your country depends on it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ukraine says SpaceX restricted Starlink terminals overnight, disrupting military missions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sergei Beskresnov,
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  SPEAKER_00: a technology advisor to President Volodymyr Zelensky,
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  SPEAKER_00: said SpaceX put a speed limit on Starlink terminals in motion.
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  SPEAKER_00: The defense forces got no warning.
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  SPEAKER_00: A number of missions were disrupted,
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  SPEAKER_00: And the action cannot be a coincidence,
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  SPEAKER_00: he said, and it's linked to the current political situation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ukraine uses Starlink terminals to control drones as an alternative to radio.
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  SPEAKER_00: The 7th Rapid Reaction Corps said that during flights,
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  SPEAKER_00: the connections could drop for 10 to 20 seconds at speeds of just 110
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  SPEAKER_00: to 120 kilometers per hour.
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  SPEAKER_00: The drones kept moving, it said, but they were harder to control.
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  SPEAKER_00: Units canceled some missions.
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  SPEAKER_00: A senior Ukrainian official said the disruption severely restricts logistics and
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  SPEAKER_00: And some restrictions were reported Tuesday evening,
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  SPEAKER_00: the officials said,
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  SPEAKER_00: and the disruption came in step with Wednesday morning's Russian ballistic attacks.
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  SPEAKER_00: Russia was striking the country's energy infrastructure.
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  SPEAKER_00: Serhai Stronenko, a Defense Ministry advisor, put the threshold higher.
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  SPEAKER_00: He wrote on X that connectivity began dropping at speeds above 160 kilometers per hour.
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  SPEAKER_00: SpaceX has not responded when reports were published.
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  SPEAKER_00: Musk has shifted his stance on Ukraine several times since Russia's invasion in 2022.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ukraine says SpaceX limited the speed of Starlink terminals overnight.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says there was no warning and SpaceX has not responded.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Saudi-led coalition struck Houthi energy terminals and fuel reserves in Yemen.
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  SPEAKER_00: Coalition spokesman Turkey Al-Maliki said the Houthis used the facility
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  SPEAKER_00: and its underground fuel depots for their missiles and drones.
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  SPEAKER_00: Al-Maliki said coalition forces took precautions against collateral damage on civilians.
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  SPEAKER_00: Houthi-affiliated media said the strikes hit an oil facility in the Al-Sabah area of
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  SPEAKER_00: the capital.
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  SPEAKER_00: The oil company said its storage facilities were empty.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saudi Arabia's energy ministry said a strike caused a small fire at
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  SPEAKER_00: an Aramco building in Dahran on Tuesday.
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  SPEAKER_00: No injuries were reported and civilians had been told to evacuate the Aramco headquarters there.
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  SPEAKER_00: Houthi spokesman Yahya Sari had warned that any strike on Sana'a would be met
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  SPEAKER_00: with harsh and painful reprisal on Riyadh.
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  SPEAKER_00: A cruise missile was intercepted and destroyed over Al-Karj governorate in Riyadh province.
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  SPEAKER_00: Civil defense said debris from two intercepted missiles injured four people
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  SPEAKER_00: and damaged 15 homes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trump posted on Truth Social that the Houthis are purposefully trying
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  SPEAKER_00: to drive up oil prices, probably prior to the U.S. elections.
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  SPEAKER_00: God, he is so stupid.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said they probably acted at Iran's behest.
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  SPEAKER_00: The U.N.
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  SPEAKER_00: says that at least 46 civilians have been killed in Yemen since August and more
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  SPEAKER_00: than 130 injured.
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  SPEAKER_00: The World Health Organization reports 8,034 suspected cholera cases
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  SPEAKER_00: in Yemen this year and 27 deaths.
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  SPEAKER_00: Weekly suspected cases rose from 217 in the week of September 6th to 647 in the week
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  SPEAKER_00: of September 27th.
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  SPEAKER_00: 92% are in five southwestern governorates, Abiyan, Lahij, Aldalia, Taiz, and Aden.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saudi-led forces struck Houthi energy sites.
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  SPEAKER_00: The strikes started a small fire at an Aramco building in Dahran,
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  SPEAKER_00: and Trump says the Houthis are trying to raise oil prices before the U.S. elections.
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  SPEAKER_00: Israel holds elections on October 27th.
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  SPEAKER_00: The vast majority of the nearly 3 million Palestinians in
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  SPEAKER_00: the occupied West Bank will have no say in choosing the government
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  SPEAKER_00: that rules their lives under occupation.
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  SPEAKER_00: About 700,000 Jewish settlers live in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
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  SPEAKER_00: You don't have the right to vote,
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  SPEAKER_00: said Atala al-Jahalin, a community representative in Jabal al-Baba.
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  SPEAKER_00: Karim Jibran of the rights group Batsalam says there may be a democracy,
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  SPEAKER_00: but only for the Jewish people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Whoever forms the next government will hold decisive power over Palestinian lives.
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  SPEAKER_00: That control is most erect in Area C,
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  SPEAKER_00: one of three zones created by the Oslo Accords in the 1990s.
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  SPEAKER_00: BIMCOM found that authorities rejected more than 99% E-1 is one decision
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  SPEAKER_00: the election has touched.
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  SPEAKER_00: The project would link a settlement to Jerusalem, cutting the West Bank in two.
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  SPEAKER_00: In August 2025, Israel gave final approval to 3,401 settler homes there.
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  SPEAKER_00: The government put land up for sale in two tenders, time to advance before the election.
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  SPEAKER_00: In September,
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  SPEAKER_00: Attorney General Gali Baharov-Miara's office moved a bid deadline back a month
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  SPEAKER_00: to fall after Election Day over concerns about election propaganda.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Israel Land Authority says bids on the 1,234-unit tender will not be considered
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  SPEAKER_00: before November 19.
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  SPEAKER_00: One report says Finance Minister Bezalel Smutrich is challenging the delay in court.
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  SPEAKER_00: Another says Mayil Admin Mayor Guy Yifrach said the municipality will petition against it.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have no vote in Israel's October 27th election.
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  SPEAKER_00: The E1 settlement tender has been pushed past Election Day.
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  SPEAKER_00: An Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Gaza City killed one person on Tuesday.
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  SPEAKER_00: Several others were wounded.
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  SPEAKER_00: In the West Bank, Israeli attacks in Ramallah and Elbera wounded a child with live ammunition.
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  SPEAKER_00: Two journalists were also wounded.
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  SPEAKER_00: Palestine TV correspondent Khaled Matawa hit in the hand by a sound bomb
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  SPEAKER_00: and Sky News Arabia correspondent Firas Lutfi hit in the leg by shrapnel.
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  SPEAKER_00: Israeli forces raided the offices of several Palestinian NGOs.
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  SPEAKER_00: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is preparing for a scenario in
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  SPEAKER_00: which Palestinian Authority forces turn their guns on Israel.
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  SPEAKER_00: There will be no Arab army west of the Jordan River, he said.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Gaza,
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  SPEAKER_00: Israeli forces moved yellow concrete blocks several meters westward The U.N.
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  SPEAKER_00: says Israel now controls about 65% of Gaza, up from the 53% agreed a year ago.
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  SPEAKER_00: Displaced families keep moving back.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every time they move forward a little,
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  SPEAKER_00: we move back a little, said Mahmoud Harzin, who supports a family of 10.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: An Israeli strike killed one person in Gaza City on Tuesday,
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  SPEAKER_00: and two journalists were wounded in the West Bank.
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  SPEAKER_00: Says Israel controls about 65% of Gaza, up from the 53% agreed
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  SPEAKER_00: to.
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  SPEAKER_00: 22 deportees from the United States arrived in Jamaica on Tuesday under
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  SPEAKER_00: a third country arrangement.
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  SPEAKER_00: They landed at Norman Manley International Airport in Kingston.
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  SPEAKER_00: Media reports say they were put on a bus and taken to an undisclosed location.
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  SPEAKER_00: Jamaica signed a memorandum of understanding with the United States in June,
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  SPEAKER_00: and under that,
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  SPEAKER_00: Jamaica will transfer deportees to their home countries or other destinations
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  SPEAKER_00: after they arrive.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Jamaican government calls it a transit arrangement meant to facilitate
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  SPEAKER_00: the return of third-country nationals.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says Jamaica will not fund it.
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  SPEAKER_00: The text of the memorandum has not been published,
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  SPEAKER_00: and Foreign Minister Kamina Johnson-Smith says the partner in
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  SPEAKER_00: the deal has not agreed to publish it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Opposition spokesperson Fitz Jackson said Jamaicans are being asked to trust
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  SPEAKER_00: a secret document that touches their security.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rights groups have condemned such deportations.
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  SPEAKER_00: Legal challenges are ongoing in the United States.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know is that the U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: sent 22 third-country deportees to Jamaica on Tuesday.
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  SPEAKER_00: The June agreement behind it has not been published.
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  SPEAKER_00: According to the Interior Ministry, some 165,500 people marched across France on Tuesday.
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  SPEAKER_00: Unions counted 480,000.
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  SPEAKER_00: The ministry also counted 71,500 at the previous nationwide protests last Thursday.
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  SPEAKER_00: It said one of two Paris marches drew 41,500 people.
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  SPEAKER_00: Police fired tear gas at the Invalides in Paris as masked youths tried
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  SPEAKER_00: to erect barricades across roads.
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  SPEAKER_00: Tear gas was also fired in Lyon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Officials said most demonstrations were peaceful,
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  SPEAKER_00: but many people joined the protesters after what they saw
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  SPEAKER_00: as heavy-handed police response.
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  SPEAKER_00: In earlier protests, one teenager lost a hand when he picked up a police stun grenade.
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  SPEAKER_00: A 16-year-old was blinded in one eye on September 30th.
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  SPEAKER_00: The prosecutor said the injury was consistent with a shot from a rubber bullet launcher.
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  SPEAKER_00: A 14-year-old in northwest Paris was hit in the face at close range by
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  SPEAKER_00: a tear gas grenade and lost several teeth.
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  SPEAKER_00: A police officer has been charged in that case.
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  SPEAKER_00: Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said nearly 900 police officers have been injured in
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  SPEAKER_00: the protests.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Education Ministry said 147 teaching staff have been injured.
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  SPEAKER_00: Police have opened internal investigations into 36 allegations of violence
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  SPEAKER_00: against demonstrators.
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  SPEAKER_00: Earlier reports had put the figure at 34.
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  SPEAKER_00: National demonstrations against the cost of living are planned for Saturday,
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  SPEAKER_00: October 17th,
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  SPEAKER_00: and unions and student groups see the two protest currents fusing together.
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  SPEAKER_00: French 24 and Al Jazeera Television are both reporting
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  SPEAKER_00: that Saturday's protests are expected to be much larger.
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  SPEAKER_00: Communist Party leader Fabien Roussel and members of La France Insoumise back calls
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  SPEAKER_00: for a general mobilization on October 17th.
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  SPEAKER_00: Unions are unlikely to call a strike.
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  SPEAKER_00: A separate bill would presume that police and gendarmes acted in self-defense
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  SPEAKER_00: when they used their weapons.
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  SPEAKER_00: The National Assembly passed it 313 to 199 on July 7th with the government's backing.
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  SPEAKER_00: It now goes to the Senate.
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  SPEAKER_00: Left-wing groups opposed it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Critics call it a license to kill.
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  SPEAKER_00: Stop state violence, the Human Rights League, and Amnesty International organized protests.
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  SPEAKER_00: Police or gendarmerie officers killed at least 69 people in 2024.
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  SPEAKER_00: The figure was 49 in 2023 and 50 in 2022.
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  SPEAKER_00: Researchers say a 2017 law permitting firearm use
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  SPEAKER_00: during non-compliant traffic stops led to five times as many fatal shootings.
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  SPEAKER_00: Issam al-Khalfawi's son, Sohail, was killed during a police traffic stop in 2021.
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  SPEAKER_00: It will be impossible to refute this presumption of self-defense, he said.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: France saw large protests Tuesday, 161,500 by the government's count, 480,000 by the union's.
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  SPEAKER_00: Police tactics have drawn scrutiny and a bill to presume police acted
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  SPEAKER_00: in self-defense is headed to the Senate.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's it for this morning'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: We'll be back tonight with part five of Before October 7th's special report.
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