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The Rest of the World Report | October 7, 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 Wednesday evening, October 7.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Houthis say they attacked airports in Riyadh and Aba overnight into Wednesday.
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  SPEAKER_00: The group named King Khalid Airport in Riyadh and Aba Airport.
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  SPEAKER_00: It also named military facilities in the southwest.
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  SPEAKER_00: The airport claims have not been independently verified.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Saudi-led coalition said it intercepted and destroyed
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  SPEAKER_00: a Houthi ballistic missile north of Riyadh.
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  SPEAKER_00: A coalition spokesman said it was tracking the launch platform over Sana'a
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  SPEAKER_00: and would destroy it.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Yemen,
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  SPEAKER_00: the government says the Houthis fired ballistic missiles and drones
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  SPEAKER_00: at Aden International Airport.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Transport Ministry said at least two ballistic missiles
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  SPEAKER_00: and several drones targeted the runway and the terminal.
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  SPEAKER_00: With one missile landing near the runway minutes before a flight from Cairo was due to land.
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  SPEAKER_00: The flight was diverted to Jeddah.
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  SPEAKER_00: The terminal was evacuated and two planes were moved off the tarmac.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Houthis said They struck Saudi military supplies arriving at the Badir camp near
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  SPEAKER_00: the airport.
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  SPEAKER_00: On the ground, Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces have launched a counteroffensive.
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  SPEAKER_00: They are trying to retake the Red Sea port of Mocha and areas around the Bab al-Mendeb Strait.
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  SPEAKER_00: The fighting is concentrated in Taiz province.
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  SPEAKER_00: The U.S. mission in Saudi Arabia issued a security alert Wednesday.
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  SPEAKER_00: It cites the Houthis public threats against airports and airspace across the kingdom.
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  SPEAKER_00: It says the military conflict has the potential to escalate.
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  SPEAKER_00: The mission told U.S. citizens to exercise heightened vigilance.
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  SPEAKER_00: It said to expect possible flight cancellations, airspace closure, and travel disruptions.
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  SPEAKER_00: It told them to check flight status with their airline and the airport.
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  SPEAKER_00: It advised against travel near the Yemen border.
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  SPEAKER_00: It told them to follow Saudi civil defense alerts.
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  SPEAKER_00: U.S. government employees may not travel within 20 miles of the Yemen border.
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  SPEAKER_00: They need special authorization to travel to Juzon, Asir, and Najran provinces.
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  SPEAKER_00: They need it for Qatif, Yambu, and Taif as well.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: The U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: mission in Saudi Arabia has warned Americans in the kingdom that
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  SPEAKER_00: the conflict could escalate.
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  SPEAKER_00: Flights could be disrupted, and the Houthis say they've hit Riyadh and Abhai airports.
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  SPEAKER_00: Claims have not been independently verified.
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  SPEAKER_00: U.S. government employees are barred from travel near the Yemen border.
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  SPEAKER_00: Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that Iran has lost complete control of
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  SPEAKER_00: the Strait of Hormuz.
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  SPEAKER_00: He spoke at a press conference in Athens.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said the strait is open and that oil flows are nearly back to pre-war levels.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said Iran's economy is in free fall under sanctions.
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  SPEAKER_00: He also said Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.
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  SPEAKER_00: Kepler, a maritime intelligence firm,
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  SPEAKER_00: says Gulf oil flows, excluding Iran, passed 81% of pre-war levels in September.
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  SPEAKER_00: Three maritime security sources counted at least 12 attacks on tankers around
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  SPEAKER_00: the strait from September 28th to October 5th.
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  SPEAKER_00: That was the highest weekly level since the war began, they said.
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  SPEAKER_00: The International Maritime Organization recorded nine incidents that week.
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  SPEAKER_00: On Tuesday, 12 crew members were injured on a Panama-flagged tanker crossing the straits.
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  SPEAKER_00: India's Ministry of External Affairs said an unknown projectile hit it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Late Wednesday, a UK maritime trade operations agency reported a strike on a tanker.
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  SPEAKER_00: The tanker was 51 nautical miles, that's 94 kilometers, off Qatar's north coast.
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  SPEAKER_00: It reported being hit by multiple projectiles.
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  SPEAKER_00: The agency did not give a casualty figure and authorities are investigating.
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  SPEAKER_00: The origin of the projectiles has not been determined.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vice President J.D.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vance said in an interview that Iran should make a meaningful reduction
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  SPEAKER_00: in its enrichment capacity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Experts read that as a possible softening of the earlier U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: demand that Iran give up enrichment entirely.
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  SPEAKER_00: The International Atomic Energy Agency reports Iran has enriched uranium to 60%.
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  SPEAKER_00: Weapons grade is roughly 90%.
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  SPEAKER_00: Iranian President Massoud Pazeshkin has called negotiations futile.
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  SPEAKER_00: He cited attacks that followed earlier talks.
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  SPEAKER_00: The war began February 28th, two days after a third round of U.S.-Iran talks ended in Geneva.
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  SPEAKER_00: Foreign Ministry Abbas Aragji said on October 4th that only talks based on justice
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  SPEAKER_00: and fairness can end the war.
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  SPEAKER_00: President Donald Trump has rejected Iran's late September proposal to reopen
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  SPEAKER_00: the strait after seven days.
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  SPEAKER_00: The war is now in its eighth month.
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  SPEAKER_00: Translator's Notes Al Jazeera's explainer on the new U.S.
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  SPEAKER_00: demands reads Vance's remarks as a possible opening.
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  SPEAKER_00: It cites experts who see a softer line on enrichment.
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  SPEAKER_00: It quotes Simon Maben, a professor of international relations at Lancaster University.
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  SPEAKER_00: He says, The prospect of Iran seeking a nuclear weapon has remained remote.
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  SPEAKER_00: He says Tehran's priorities are sanctions,
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  SPEAKER_00: the blockade, frozen assets, and regional conflicts, not enrichment.
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  SPEAKER_00: The explainer sets Iran's September proposal beside the U.S. position.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rubio says Iran has lost control of the strait.
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  SPEAKER_00: Shipping sources counted at least 12 tanker attacks around it in the week to October 5th.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is the most since the war began.
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  SPEAKER_00: The tanker off Qatar reported being hit Wednesday,
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  SPEAKER_00: and Vance has called for a cut in enrichment capacity.
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  SPEAKER_00: Not an end to it.
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  SPEAKER_00: French Prime Minister Sébastien Le Corneau said Wednesday that first decisions on
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  SPEAKER_00: the school protests come at the end of October.
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  SPEAKER_00: He spoke from Matignon,
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  SPEAKER_00: the Prime Minister's office, on the student movement, fuel prices, and the budget.
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  SPEAKER_00: This story covers the school portion.
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  SPEAKER_00: Le Cornu said, the government has launched five work streams.
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  SPEAKER_00: The first is classes when a teacher is absent.
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  SPEAKER_00: The second is building conditions, especially in the heat.
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  SPEAKER_00: The third is the organization of the school year.
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  SPEAKER_00: And the fourth is transparency and parkour soup, the university admissions platform.
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  SPEAKER_00: The fifth is Is a clear, renewed framework for lycée students to express themselves.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said that last item may be the students' main demand.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said the government's consultation platform for students has collected more
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  SPEAKER_00: than 40,000 contributions.
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  SPEAKER_00: They concern mainly the organization of school time and the material conditions in the school.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said all of them will be published.
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  SPEAKER_00: Answers will be worked out with the regional councils.
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  SPEAKER_00: Dialogue sessions in each lycée continue from Thursday.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said,
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  SPEAKER_00: He condemned the violence of recent days,
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  SPEAKER_00: enlisted pupils and staff assaulted,
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  SPEAKER_00: policed and gendarmes injured, and schools burned or damaged.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said,
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  SPEAKER_00: On money, LeCourneau said the 2027 budget raises education credits to 64 billion euros.
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  SPEAKER_00: That is 1.2 billion euros more than this year.
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  SPEAKER_00: He called education one of the few ministries whose credits rise.
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  SPEAKER_00: The National Assembly debates the education budget on November 12th.
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  SPEAKER_00: That leaves a month, he said, to turn the students' proposals into amendments.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said he wants answers that are concrete, fast, and funded.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said the government has eight months before the presidential election
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  SPEAKER_00: and will act pragmatically.
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  SPEAKER_00: Students and unions are not waiting.
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  SPEAKER_00: A new day of student blockades and demonstrations is called for Thursday.
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  SPEAKER_00: Secondary teachers unions in the FSU Federation have called teachers to strike
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  SPEAKER_00: and march alongside students.
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  SPEAKER_00: The CGT, UNSA, FO, and SUD have joined the strike hall.
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  SPEAKER_00: The education ministry counted 459 schools disrupted Wednesday, down from 891 the day before.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'm going to be there tomorrow.
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  SPEAKER_00: Based on the last three days, I expect tens of thousands of people to be there in Paris.
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  SPEAKER_00: And from what I saw on television tonight locally, this is not going away anytime soon.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: France's prime minister said first decisions on the school's protests come at
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  SPEAKER_00: the end of October.
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  SPEAKER_00: He set out five areas of work, including teacher absences and heat in school buildings.
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  SPEAKER_00: He said the education budget rises 1.2 billion euros next year.
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  SPEAKER_00: A Palestinian man was killed Wednesday in Burqa north of Nablus during a settler raid.
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  SPEAKER_00: Israeli troops accompanied the settlers.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because of course they did.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Palestinian Authority's health ministry named him Ali al-Bazari, 44.
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  SPEAKER_00: It said nine others were injured as a result of an assault by occupation forces and settlers.
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  SPEAKER_00: An obituary identified al-Bazari as a member of the Palestinian security forces.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Israeli military gave a different account.
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  SPEAKER_00: It said troops and border police went to Burqa after reports of stones thrown at
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  SPEAKER_00: an Israeli civilian.
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  SPEAKER_00: The civilian was injured.
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  SPEAKER_00: It said a security officer and another civilian opened fire during the confrontation.
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  SPEAKER_00: Said the commander neutralized a man running toward him with a suspicious object.
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  SPEAKER_00: Several Palestinians were detained on suspicion of stone throwing.
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  SPEAKER_00: An Israeli newspaper reported that Palestinians attacked settlers from a nearby farm.
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  SPEAKER_00: One settler was hospitalized with a head injury.
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  SPEAKER_00: It said settlers then attacked Palestinians, harvesting olives.
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  SPEAKER_00: Birka's mayor,
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  SPEAKER_00: Amar Salah,
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  SPEAKER_00: told reporters that young men clashed with settlers before forces opened live fire.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Palestinian Red Crescent said it treated three people wounded by live fire,
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  SPEAKER_00: one seriously, and five injured by beatings.
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  SPEAKER_00: It said Israeli forces beat ambulance crews and detained staff.
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  SPEAKER_00: Other incidents were reported across the West Bank.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Dair Nidham,
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  SPEAKER_00: near Ramallah,
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  SPEAKER_00: settlers burned a car belonging to Andrei Kurzenovsky,
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  SPEAKER_00: a Russian-Israeli pro-Palestinian activist.
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  SPEAKER_00: No one was hurt.
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  SPEAKER_00: Settlers also spray-painted threats against the army's central command chief and
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  SPEAKER_00: the head of the Shin Bet.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Israeli military destroyed memorials to Palestinians it calls martyrs in Janin,
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  SPEAKER_00: Yabad, and Nablus.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nablus' deputy mayor said five were destroyed.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Badu, it demolished the home of a man who killed Nathaniel Chakrun near Nevisuf last month.
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  SPEAKER_00: In Beit Duku,
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  SPEAKER_00: it demolished the home of Kadri Samara,
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  SPEAKER_00: a detainee accused of killing an Israeli settler last month.
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  SPEAKER_00: Troops also evacuated an outpost near Susia.
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  SPEAKER_00: Honino, a legal aid group for settlers,
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  SPEAKER_00: said six people were arrested and police fired rubber bullets.
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  SPEAKER_00: Schools and universities across the West Bank suspended classes,
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  SPEAKER_00: rescheduled them, or moved online.
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  SPEAKER_00: The reason given was fear of settler attacks and military tension on the anniversary
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  SPEAKER_00: of October 7th.
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  SPEAKER_00: Education directorates in most areas moved Wednesday's classes to Tuesday,
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  SPEAKER_00: according to the Palestinian news agency, WAFA.
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  SPEAKER_00: The United Nations Humanitarian Office, OCHA, Translators note,
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  SPEAKER_00: The Times of Israel reports Burqa through the Israeli military's account and
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  SPEAKER_00: an Israel Hayom report that Palestinians attacked first.
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  SPEAKER_00: It also carries the Palestinian health ministry's account.
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  SPEAKER_00: The New Arab tells the same day through the classrooms.
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  SPEAKER_00: It reports schools and universities closing and it leads with OCHA's count of settler attacks.
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  SPEAKER_00: What American readers need to know.
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  SPEAKER_00: A Palestinian man was killed in a West Bank village during a settler raid.
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  SPEAKER_00: Israeli troops were present.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Israeli military says there was a confrontation.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Palestinian Authority says he died in an assault by troops and settlers.
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  SPEAKER_00: The UN counts 6.7 settler attacks a day this year.
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  SPEAKER_00: Krista Pike woke Tuesday as plans were being made to remove her from life support,
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  SPEAKER_00: her lawyer said.
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  SPEAKER_00: Randy Spivey said Pike is angry and confused.
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  SPEAKER_00: She cannot move her arms or swallow.
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  SPEAKER_00: She has pneumonia and a blood clot, and she is cognitively confused.
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  SPEAKER_00: Chancery Judge Aisha Miles in Nashville told the state to preserve evidence.
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  SPEAKER_00: Her lawyers want Governor Bill Lee to commute her sentence.
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  SPEAKER_00: He has not said how he will respond.
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  SPEAKER_00: Maria del Carmen Abascal, 87, the woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died.
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  SPEAKER_00: She died Wednesday in a Madrid hospital.
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  SPEAKER_00: Her lawyer, Beatriz Duro, confirmed it to a Spanish radio network and gave no cause.
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  SPEAKER_00: Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and the Housing Minister Isabel Rodriguez offered condolences.
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  SPEAKER_00: Protesters held a minute of silence at Puerto del Sol.
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  SPEAKER_00: The investment fund had agreed to let her return.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Madrid Tenants Union said the solution came too late.
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  SPEAKER_00: Unions have announced a general strike next month.
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  SPEAKER_00: Sanchez has called an early election for November 29th.
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  SPEAKER_00: That's it for the evening 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: One more reminder that I will not be having a morning edition tomorrow
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  SPEAKER_00: because I'm going out to the protest with the time difference and everything.
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  SPEAKER_00: It just was not feasible over the last couple of days with doing a morning edition,
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  SPEAKER_00: which is really afternoon for me.
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  SPEAKER_00: So I'm skipping it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Going to get out there.
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  SPEAKER_00: I may go live while I'm out there.
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  SPEAKER_00: So keep an eye out for that.
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  SPEAKER_00: All right.
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  SPEAKER_00: I'll see you guys later.
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