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The Rest of the World Report | October 13, 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 Tuesday morning, October 13th.
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  SPEAKER_00: Federal agents searched Representative Ilhan Omar's home in the Washington area on Monday.
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  SPEAKER_00: Homeland Security carried out the search, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Justice Department said they executed
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  SPEAKER_00: a judicially authorized search warrant secured by the department.
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  SPEAKER_00: It said the search was part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation
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  SPEAKER_00: and gave no other details.
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  SPEAKER_00: A Department of Homeland Security spokesperson referred questions to the Justice Department.
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  SPEAKER_00: No charges have been announced,
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  SPEAKER_00: and federal officials have not said what the investigation concerns.
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  SPEAKER_00: Omar called the search, quote,
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  SPEAKER_00: an attempt to target political enemies and weaponize federal law, close quote.
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  SPEAKER_00: She said she will not be silenced.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vice President J.D.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vance has said, without offering evidence, that Omar committed immigration fraud.
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  SPEAKER_00: Omar has denied the allegations.
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  SPEAKER_00: The search came three weeks before Election Day, November 3rd.
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  SPEAKER_00: Omar won the Democratic primary for her Minnesota seat in August.
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  SPEAKER_00: A 2024 Justice Department memo
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  SPEAKER_00: on election year sensitivities say law enforcement officers
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  SPEAKER_00: and prosecutors may never select the timing of investigative steps for the purpose
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  SPEAKER_00: of effecting any election.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Federal agents searched Representative Ilhan Omar's home in the Washington area
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  SPEAKER_00: on Monday under a warrant the Justice Department says it secured.
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  SPEAKER_00: No charges have been announced and officials have not said what the investigation concerns.
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  SPEAKER_00: It comes three weeks before Election Day.
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  SPEAKER_00: Drones hit two ships in the Black Sea off Bulgaria early Tuesday.
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  SPEAKER_00: One sank, Prime Minister Roman Radev said.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Chelsea 3,
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  SPEAKER_00: a Maltese-flagged cargo ship,
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  SPEAKER_00: was hit by three drones about 18 nautical miles off the Bulgarian coast.
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  SPEAKER_00: It happened at about 1.30 a.m. local time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Radov said its 15-man crew, 7 Ukrainians and 8 Azerbaijanis, were rescued.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said one crew member from the ship that sank was also rescued.
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  SPEAKER_00: He gave no details on the others aboard.
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  SPEAKER_00: Radov called the attack absolutely unacceptable.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said Bulgaria has no clear evidence of who carried them out,
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  SPEAKER_00: but said the outcome benefits Russia.
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  SPEAKER_00: Russia's ambassador will be summoned and he asked NATO and the European Union for help.
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  SPEAKER_00: No one has been named as responsible.
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  SPEAKER_00: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said
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  SPEAKER_00: the Black Sea is now another front in Russia's war on Ukraine.
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  SPEAKER_00: A week earlier, two other merchant ships were attacked in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone.
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  SPEAKER_00: A Turkish grain ship carrying cargo from a Ukrainian port sank in the Black Sea last week.
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  SPEAKER_00: Two sailors were killed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Zelensky blamed Russia.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Drones hit two ships off Bulgaria's coast on Tuesday and one sank.
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  SPEAKER_00: Bulgaria says it has no clear evidence of who launched them.
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  SPEAKER_00: But the result benefits Russia.
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  SPEAKER_00: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected any pause in the fighting
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  SPEAKER_00: after President Donald Trump announced an energy ceasefire.
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  SPEAKER_00: Lavrov said Moscow will press ahead with its military campaign.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said he does not think Zelensky deserves a respite.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said contacts on an emergency truce are ongoing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Zelensky has asked for 60 days to prepare elections.
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  SPEAKER_00: Peskov said Putin could order a ceasefire.
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  SPEAKER_00: Only on the day of voting.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trump says Zelensky and Putin agreed to stop attacks on energy sites.
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  SPEAKER_00: But asked about Russian strikes, he said there have been violations on both sides.
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  SPEAKER_00: He claimed without evidence that at least 32,000 people have been killed in the war this month.
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  SPEAKER_00: Zelensky says Russia has attacked at least six Ukrainian energy facilities since
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  SPEAKER_00: the truce was announced.
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  SPEAKER_00: He says Kiev did not strike Russian refineries overnight.
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  SPEAKER_00: He reported 33 people wounded across Ukraine on Monday.
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  SPEAKER_00: French President Emmanuel Macron said France has not noted any energy ceasefire from
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  SPEAKER_00: the Russian side.
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  SPEAKER_00: Poland's Donald Tusk said Russia is not interested in a ceasefire or de-escalation or peace.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said he will go to Brussels to urge European partners to consider more sanctions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Translators note,
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  SPEAKER_00: Outside the United States,
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  SPEAKER_00: the energy ceasefire is read with doubt and several analysts see Moscow gaining more
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  SPEAKER_00: than Kiev.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Kremlin has not formally confirmed it,
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  SPEAKER_00: Reporting on Russia says Peskov said Putin does not want a temporary ceasefire
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  SPEAKER_00: and is ready to work toward long-term peace.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sources close to the Russian government say Moscow doubts Washington can deliver
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  SPEAKER_00: a binding deal on terms it likes.
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  SPEAKER_00: A former British ambassador and Russia specialist writes that Trump always returns
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  SPEAKER_00: to his default setting of rewarding Russia and pressuring Ukraine.
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  SPEAKER_00: AP reports that Trump's remarks questioning Zelensky got heavy coverage
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  SPEAKER_00: on Russian state television.
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  SPEAKER_00: Carnegie analyst Tatiana Stanovaia called the diesel deal a modest economic gain
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  SPEAKER_00: that could look like a triumph for Putin.
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  SPEAKER_00: German political scientist Hannah Notte sees a new wedge between Trump and Zelensky.
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  SPEAKER_00: An Austrian report offers one dissent.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trump's interference is more likely to strengthen Zelensky than weaken him.
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  SPEAKER_00: EU foreign policy chief Kaya Kalas says Russia has not been seen to abide by the ceasefire.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trump says Russia and Ukraine agreed to stop hitting energy sites.
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  SPEAKER_00: Russia's foreign minister rejects any pause,
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  SPEAKER_00: and Ukraine says six energy facilities were hit after the announcement.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saudi authorities say Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport will stay closed
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  SPEAKER_00: until Saturday.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Houthis fired at the Saudi capital again on Monday.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted another ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Houthis said their target was the airport.
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  SPEAKER_00: On Tuesday,
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  SPEAKER_00: the coalition said it destroyed two Houthi ballistic missiles aimed at
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  SPEAKER_00: the Qamis Mushait airbase.
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  SPEAKER_00: The UN envoy for Yemen,
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  SPEAKER_00: Hans Graunberg, warned Friday that Yemen has returned to full-scale war.
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  SPEAKER_00: Iran's foreign minister,
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  SPEAKER_00: Abbas Araqchi,
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  SPEAKER_00: offered Sunday to help facilitate talks between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis.
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  SPEAKER_00: He made the offer in a call with Saudi foreign minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan.
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  SPEAKER_00: Saudi state media said the two discussed efforts to reduce tensions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said Monday that Tehran does not want the war
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  SPEAKER_00: to continue between the two Islamic countries.
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  SPEAKER_00: Trump said the Houthis are misbehaving very badly.
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  SPEAKER_00: A Houthi official warned of a swift,
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  SPEAKER_00: painful response against American interest if Washington gets involved.
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  SPEAKER_00: Delta has delayed the launch of its Atlanta-Riyadh route, which was set for October 23rd.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Riyadh's airport is closed until Saturday after days of Houthi missile attacks.
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  SPEAKER_00: A Houthi official has warned of response against U.S. interest if Washington joins the war.
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  SPEAKER_00: And Delta has delayed its October 23rd Atlanta-Riyadh launch.
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  SPEAKER_00: Gaza's health ministry says 1,493 Palestinians have been killed since
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  SPEAKER_00: the ceasefire began and 5,299 wounded.
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  SPEAKER_00: The figures are as of Monday.
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  SPEAKER_00: A week earlier, the ministry counted 1,460 killed.
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  SPEAKER_00: Islamic Relief says Israeli forces have killed or wounded a Palestinian in Gaza
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  SPEAKER_00: on average every 90 minutes.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Israeli military said two men killed this week near
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  SPEAKER_00: the Jordanian field hospital were Islamic Jihad operatives.
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  SPEAKER_00: It said a civil defense worker killed near Kamal Adwan Hospital was a Hamas sniper.
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  SPEAKER_00: Hamas rejects that, and it has not been independently verified.
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  SPEAKER_00: Palestinians held funerals Monday for three people killed Sunday when
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  SPEAKER_00: an Israeli airstrike hit a tent in Khan Yunus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Aid trucks are entering Gaza at roughly a third of the agreed rate.
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  SPEAKER_00: 44% of essential medicines are out of stock.
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  SPEAKER_00: No patient was permitted to leave through the Rafah crossing in the past week.
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  SPEAKER_00: Israel controls nearly two-thirds of the Strip
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  SPEAKER_00: and no international stabilization force has deployed.
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  SPEAKER_00: The UN Humanitarian Office,
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  SPEAKER_00: in a snapshot dated September 30th,
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  SPEAKER_00: says all functioning health facilities are only partially functional.
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  SPEAKER_00: The exceptions are four field hospitals, 22 primary care centers, and 15 medical points.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says 3,385 patients have been evacuated for treatment since the ceasefire.
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  SPEAKER_00: More than 1.4 million people,
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  SPEAKER_00: 67% of the population,
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  SPEAKER_00: are expected to face crisis levels of acute food insecurity or worse between July
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  SPEAKER_00: and December.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Rest of the World Report's special report series before October 7th continues.
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  SPEAKER_00: Part 3, 1967 and the Occupation is now published.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Gaza's health ministry counts at 1,493 Palestinians killed since the ceasefire.
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  SPEAKER_00: The aid trucks are arriving at about a third of the agreed rate.
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  SPEAKER_00: Britain says Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps almost certainly directed
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  SPEAKER_00: a suspected plot against RAF Fairford.
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  SPEAKER_00: No one has been charged.
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  SPEAKER_00: Prime Minister Andy Burnham made the claim Monday.
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  SPEAKER_00: RAF Fairford has served as a staging point for U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: aircraft in the Iran War,
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  SPEAKER_00: Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband sanctioned two Iranians the same day
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  SPEAKER_00: and summoned Iran's ambassador.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rahola Bazgahandi is described as the head of the Guard's counterespionage operations.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sharam Ali Reza Tamarzadeh Jaki,
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  SPEAKER_00: that's all one name,
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  SPEAKER_00: is described as a facilitator for the Zindashti criminal network,
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  SPEAKER_00: which is already under UK sanctions.
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  SPEAKER_00: Five British men in their 20s were arrested early on September 27th
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  SPEAKER_00: on suspected terrorism and explosives offensives.
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  SPEAKER_00: Police found petrol in three vans linked to the suspects and no explosives.
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  SPEAKER_00: All five were released on bail without charge.
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  SPEAKER_00: Two others, including a British Iranian national, were later arrested and released.
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  SPEAKER_00: None has been charged.
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  SPEAKER_00: Iran's ambassador, Ali Mousavi, rejected any Iranian role.
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  SPEAKER_00: He urged Britain to avoid unsubstantiated statements.
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  SPEAKER_00: Earlier this month, the United States moved its B-52 and B-1 bombers out of Fairford.
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  SPEAKER_00: They cite a suspected Iranian plan for a drone attack on the base.
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  SPEAKER_00: On May, 29 countries,
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  SPEAKER_00: including the UK and US,
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  SPEAKER_00: issued a joint statement condemning Iran's attacks and hybrid activities.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Britain says Iran's Revolutionary Guard likely directed
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  SPEAKER_00: a suspected plot near RAF Fairford, a base US bombers used in the Iran War.
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  SPEAKER_00: No one has been charged and Iran denies involvement.
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  SPEAKER_00: And finally, a few quick briefs.
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  SPEAKER_00: French students.
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  SPEAKER_00: Students,
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  SPEAKER_00: teachers,
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  SPEAKER_00: and unions are marching across France today in the fifth round of protests
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  SPEAKER_00: over teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings.
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  SPEAKER_00: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined students blockading the Lycée Paul-Eluard in Saint-Denis.
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  SPEAKER_00: Education minister Edouard Geoffrey says about 200 schools are closed, fewer than last week.
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  SPEAKER_00: Authorities warn that violence is intensifying.
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  SPEAKER_00: The main Paris march leaves Place d'Italie at 2 p.m.
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  SPEAKER_00: Which is where I'm headed as soon as we're done here.
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  SPEAKER_00: Pakistan.
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  SPEAKER_00: President Asif Ali Zardari imposed emergency rule and governor's rule
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  SPEAKER_00: in Kabir Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday,
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  SPEAKER_00: suspending the provincial government of Imran Khan's party.
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  SPEAKER_00: The proclamation said the government failed to deal with terrorism.
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  SPEAKER_00: Chief Minister Sohail Afridi and some cabinet members were taken
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  SPEAKER_00: into preventative custody on Monday.
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  SPEAKER_00: The party plans to challenge the move in court on Tuesday.
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  SPEAKER_00: India.
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  SPEAKER_00: Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi led a march to the Supreme Court on Monday to demand
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  SPEAKER_00: the resignation of the country's election chief, Gayanesh Kumar.
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  SPEAKER_00: More than 30,000 police were deployed in New Delhi.
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  SPEAKER_00: Gandhi said the government has put the capital in jail,
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  SPEAKER_00: and the ruling BJP denies the opposition's allegations.
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  SPEAKER_00: And finally, Tigray.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ethiopian government forces entered the Tigray town of Adwa without a fight on Sunday.
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  SPEAKER_00: A day after TPLF fighters withdrew, residents said.
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  SPEAKER_00: The residents said government institutions, including the hospital, were looted overnight.
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  SPEAKER_00: Ethiopia accuses Eritrea, Sudan, and Egypt of backing the rebel alliance.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sudan and Egypt deny it.
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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: Now I'm going to grab a quick bite,
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  SPEAKER_00: and then I'm running off to the protest, which is in about an hour.
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  SPEAKER_00: Enjoy your Tuesday.
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