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National Guard soldiers and even the United States Marines are on the streets of Los Angeles.

They were deployed by President Donald Trump after mass protests against his immigration raids.

California’s governor is suing him – while the protests spread to other cities.

Could this crisis worsen?

Presenter:

Folly Bah Thibault

Guests: 

Peter Eliasberg – chief counsel at the American Civil Liberties…

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola says the images of children being killed during Israel’s war on Gaza are “painful” and have left him “deeply troubled”.

The Spanish manager of the English Premier League club urged the world to speak up instead of choosing to stay silent “in the face of injustice” as he addressed an audience after receiving an honorary degree at the University of Manchester on Monday.

“It’s so painful what we see in Gaza. It hurts all my body,”…

On June 4, the United States Department of Education notified the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) accrediting agency that its member institution Columbia University deserves to have its accreditation pulled. It accused the university of ostensibly being “in violation of federal antidiscrimination laws” for supposedly failing “to meaningfully protect Jewish students against severe and pervasive harassment”.

This claim is, of course, wrong. It is a blatant…

The World Bank has slashed its 2025 global growth forecast, citing trade tensions and policy uncertainty as the United States imposed wide-ranging tariffs that weigh on global economic forecasts.

On Tuesday, the bank lowered its projection for global gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 2.3 percent in its latest economic prospects report, down from the 2.7 percent that it expected in January. This is the most recent in a series of downgrades by international organisations.

In its…

Tehran, Iran – Iran has warned against Western-led escalation by the global nuclear watchdog and any attack by Israel amid preparations for a sixth round of talks with the United States.

Behrouz Kamalvandi, the deputy head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said the country will have a “proportionate” response to any action against it by Western countries, as well as the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

“If we wanted to reduce our cooperation, the agency would not…

By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

89-year-old Mahmoud Abbas, whose presidential mandate expired in 2009, has been the PA President since the death of Yasser Arafat in 2004.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has said that Hamas “will no longer rule Gaza and must hand over its weapons” to the “Palestinian Security Forces,” French media reported on Tuesday.

Abbas’ statements came in a…