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Israeli forces are pushing deeper into Gaza City as the full-fledged military ground invasion continues despite mounting international condemnation. Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee Gaza City, where nearly 1 million Palestinians have been living among rubble and ruins ahead of Israel's ground offensive. "Just open your eyes and look at what's unfolding there," says Muhammad Shehada, a writer and analyst from Gaza. "It's impossible to see what's happening and conclude that there's anything else but genocide unfolding."
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The rocky rollout of the president's official presence on the social platform showcases the challenges he faces among younger people online.
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As Israel continues its full-fledged military ground invasion of Gaza City, Democracy Now! speaks with Kathleen Gallagher, a U.S. military veteran and general surgeon currently volunteering in Gaza, who describes the scene on the ground from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. Gallagher says she sees up to 400 patients a day, about 40% of whom are under the age of 20. This week she reports seeing six children killed with gunshot wounds to the head. After volunteering in Honduras and Ukraine, "This is worse than anything I've ever seen," Gallagher says.
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President Trump signed an order authorizing the deployment of National Guard troops to Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday. The order also creates a so-called safe task force, which Trump claims will address violent crime in the city. Law enforcement officers from several federal agencies will also be dispatched to Memphis, including the FBI, DEA, ICE and Homeland Security.
"This is nothing more than a power play for more authoritarianism from this administration," says Justin J. Pearson, Democratic Tennessee state representative. "We are dealing with the consequences of people who are in positions of power who do not care about our lives, who do not care about our communities, who don't care about eliminating poverty. They don't even care about crime," he adds.
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Beijing has allowed Mao Chenyue, a bank managing director in Atlanta, to return to the United States, people familiar with the matter said.
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