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Ethnic Cleansing in Northern Gaza, Collapse of the German Government, a Potential End to the Ukraine War

On this week’s edition of American Prestige’s world news roundup, headlines from around the globe.

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Ethnic Cleansing in Northern Gaza, German Government Collapse, Potential End to Ukraine War | American Prestige
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On this week's edition of the American Prestige world news roundup: in Palestine-Israel, Netanyahu fires defense minister Gallant (0:57), a leak scandal involving Netanyahu's office (6:36), an update on the humanitarian situation in northern Gaza (8:52), and the IDF appears to admit to committing ethnic cleansing (13:05); in Lebanon, the ceasefire push collapses (15:39), the IDF looks to create a "buffer zone" (17:46), and the Washington Post reports that Israeli evacuation warnings are misleading civilians (19:31); in Iran, Supreme Leader Khamenei threatens an attack on Israel (27:19); a new report details the mistreatment of migrant workers in Arabian Gulf states (30:35); the DPRK/North Korea conducts a new ICBM test (33:09); new RSF massacres in Sudan (36:41); in Russia-Ukraine, North Korean soldiers join combat operations (38:35), future concerns in the US about how the war will be conducted under Trump (41:38), and Russia floats the possibility of ending the war (44:36); the German government collapses (46:59); and in Bolivia, protesters supporting former president Evo Morales pause roadblocks amid clashes with the police (49:54).

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A man carries an injured child, fleeing down a road in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

A man carries an injured child, fleeing down a road in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

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On this week’s edition of the American Prestige world news roundup: in Palestine-Israel, Netanyahu fires Defense Minister Gallant (0:57), Netanyahu’s office is implicated in a leak scandal (6:36), we have an update on the humanitarian situation in northern Gaza (8:52), and IDF’s apparently admits committing ethnic cleansing (13:05); in Lebanon, the ceasefire push collapses (15:39), the IDF looks to create a “buffer zone” (17:46), and The Washington Post reports that Israeli evacuation warnings are misleading civilians (19:31); in Iran, Supreme Leader Khamenei threatens an attack on Israel (27:19); a new report details the mistreatment of migrant workers in Arabian Gulf states (30:35); the DPRK/North Korea conducts a new ICBM test (33:09); the RSF again commits massacres in Sudan (36:41); in Russia-Ukraine, North Korean soldiers join combat operations (38:35), concern rises in the US about how the war will be conducted under Trump (41:38), and Russia floats the possibility of ending it (44:36); the German government collapses (46:59); and in Bolivia, protesters supporting former president Evo Morales pause roadblocks amid clashes with the police (49:54).

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