Top U.S. & World Headlines — July 5, 2023

[Music] welcome to democracy Now democracynow.org The War and Peace report I'm Amy Goodman Israel says it's withdrawn from the occupied West Bank City of Janine following a brutal two-day raid that killed at least 12 Palestinians in Janine and one in Ramallah scores more were injured it was the worst Israeli attack on the West Bank in 20 years thousands are taking part in a funeral procession today for the victims Janine's mayor lamented the UN has quote failed us and accused Israel of war crimes The Raid came after over a year of deadly Israeli military attacks this is an injured elderly resident of Janine speaking while the assault was still ongoing they are attacking unarmed people they use planes and Rockets this is not supposed to happen in the campus nothing is safe in the camp they dug up the camp with bulldozers why what did the camp do meanwhile Israel launched airstrikes on Gaza earlier today in response to Rocket fire from the The sieged Enclave on Tuesday Israel's far-right national security minister bengavir called on civilians to carry guns after a car ramming and stabbing attack in Tel Aviv claimed by Hamas at least eight people were wounded on Sunday Israel announced it's buying an additional 25 F-35 Lockheed Martin stealth fighter jets from the United States bringing its Arsenal to 75 Jets the deal is financed through U.S military aid to Israel France Remains roiled by Nationwide protests following the police killing last week of nahel merzouk a 17 year old teenager of North African descent some 3 400 people have been arrested in recent days as tens of thousands of police descended on French streets thousands of vehicles have been burned and homes and businesses damaged prosecutors are investigating the death of a 27 year old who was hit by a projectile likely fired by Riot police during Street clashes the killing of mersukas thrust long-simmering tensions around racism and the French police into the spotlight imagine if that had been my brother my little or my big brother in the street because you refused to comply I mean we are not safe here we should be safe with the police but we are scared of them that is not normal we'll go to France for the latest later in the broadcast in Ukraine at least 43 people including 12 children were injured in a Russian attack in the northeastern hakive region today Russia's accused Ukraine aided by the U.S and NATO of launching a drone attack on Moscow leading to the temporary closure of an International Airport Tuesday Keith has not claimed responsibility for the attack meanwhile Ukraine has been holding emergency drills after warning Russia May blow up this upper Asian nuclear plant the largest nuclear plant in Europe on Saturday the Ukrainian writer Victoria amelina died as a result of injuries from a Russian strike on a restaurant in Crema tourist last week which killed 13 people amelina was part of a human rights group truth hounds investigating Russian war crimes she was at a restaurant meeting with a Colombian delegation she was remembered by her peers during a funeral service in Kiev Tuesday it was important to her to travel to the deoccupied areas and gather testimonies about Russia's crimes and tell the world about it as much as she can we did not only lose a writer and poet in her prime but also a human rights Defender an honest and Shining voice on the international stage this comes as prominent Russian journalist Elena militena was violently attacked along with attorney Alexander niemoff while on their way to the court sentencing of a human rights activist in grajni chechnya's capital unknown as silence beat them shaved off menashina's hair and doused her in blue paint she reports for the Nevada gazetta described the harrowing attack from the hospital where she was being treated it was like a classic kidnap like the ones they used to do it just hasn't happened in a long time they came through the taxi driver out of the car they got in put my head down and tied my hands they put me on my knees and a pistol to my head Elena militino was reporting in chechnya on the lgbtq community back in the United States the Supreme Court on Friday blocked President Biden's student debt relief plan which sought to cancel up to twenty thousand dollars in individual loans adding up to over 400 billion dollars of federal student debt the six to three decision by the ultra conservative-led Court came as a major blow to some 40 million qualified borrowers President Biden announced his administration would pursue A New Path for debt relief so-called Higher Education Act that that will allow secretary Cardona who's with me today to compromise waive or release loans under certain circumstances this new path is legally sound it's going to take longer and in my view it's the best path that we managed to provide in for as many bars possible with debt relief meanwhile three civil rights groups filed a complaint against Harvard with the Department of Education arguing Harvard's legacy admissions policy discriminates against applicants of color after the Supreme Court ruled last week colleges cannot use affirmative action in their admissions 70 percent of Legacy students at Harvard are white and candidates with family ties are more than five times as likely to be admitted than non-legacy applicants in another setback for equal rights the Supreme Court also ruled Friday in favor of a Christian Colorado web designer who refused to create websites for same-sex couples even though the state banned such discrimination the justices were again divided six to three along ideological lines liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote in the dissent the decision was heartbreaking and a quote reactionary exclusion unquote following Friday's rulings California congressmember O'Connor and other Democrats reintroduced a bill imposing an 18-year term limit on Supreme Court Justices and giving presidents two appointments during a White House term President Biden last week said the current Supreme Court is quote not a normal court but rejected calls to expand it we'll have more on the latest Supreme Court rulings later in the broadcast it was another deadly Independence Day weekend as at least 15 people were killed in a Spate of shootings across the U.S and Philadelphia and AR-15 toting gunmen in a bulletproof vest shot and killed five people and injured two boys and apparently random mass shooting Monday in Fort Worth Texas an armed attack following Independence Day festivities claimed another three lives these came after two people were killed in at least 28 injured including many children by gunfire at a Baltimore block party at least five people were shot dead across Chicago over the holiday weekend during a speech at the National Education Association Tuesday President Biden again called on Congress to pass stricter gun control legislation farming teachers is not the answer Army Jesus is not the answer Ben and soul weapons and high-capacity magazines extensive background checks they're part of the answer a federal judge has blocked parts of Florida's new election law including a provision barring non-us citizens and people convicted of certain felonies from collecting or handling voter registration materials U.S District Judge Mark Walker slammed the law as quote Florida's latest assault on the right to vote Tuesday July 4th was the hottest day ever recorded around the world with the average global temperature reaching 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit according to data from the U.S national centers for environmental prediction the previous record of 62.62 degrees was reached one day earlier Monday as heat waves scorched multiple regions across the globe here in the U.S millions of people have been under excessive heat warnings in the south and west of the country meanwhile Wildfire smoke from Canada continues to play large sections of the United States wildfires are also burning in Colorado and Washington State the international atomic energy agency has approved Japan's plan to dump over 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean the water has been in storage following the 2011 tsunami and nuclear disaster there this is iaea Chief Rafael Grossi it's not the iaea decision it's a decision by the government of Japan the government decides to proceed with if the iaea will be permanently here reviewing monitoring assessing this activity for decades to come the plan has drawn ire from China and South Korea as well as smaller Pacific island nations environmentalists and a large section of people in Japan the treated water still contains tritium a byproduct of nuclear fission which has been linked to cancer the U.N security Council voted to end its decades-long peacekeeping presence in Mali after mali's military Hunter told the 13 000 troop International Force to leave Mali suffered deadly attacks from armed Rebel groups across its North and Central regions following an uprising in 2012. the security crisis has led to back-to-back coups in 2020 and 2021. in addition to the U.N forces an estimated 1 000 fighters from Russia's Wagner mercenary group remain in Mali earlier this year a U.N report found Wagner soldiers took part in attack on the village of Mora last year which killed 500 people mostly civilian Guatemala has begun a review of its ballots from its presidential election after the party of front-runner former first lady Sandra Torres and her allies challenge the results of June's first round protests erupted in Guatemala City over the weekend after the Constitutional Court suspended the certification of the results which put the progressive candidate Bernardo Arevalo of the Samia party in second place sending him to the runoff in August against Sandra Torres rights groups have urged the court to respect the will of millions of Guatemalans who took to the polls last month this is a Samia attorney is what is clear is that the slogan of the official party supported by parties close to the ruling party is to manage to open as many boxes as possible that will allow them to declare the electoral process null and void so that the election can be repeated Bernardo Arevalo is the son of the first democratically elected president of Guatemala Juan Jose Arevalo who pushed for revolutionary social reforms when he was in office from 1945 to 51 and in Brazil former far-right president chair bolsonaro has been banned from running for public office until 2030. Brazil's electoral Court found bolsonaro guilty of abuse of power and fueling disinformation in last year's presidential election which he lost to Luis inaciolula De Silva and those are some of the headlines this is democracy Now democracynow.org The War and Peace report I'm Amy Goodman in New York joined by democracy Now co-host Juan Gonzalez in Chicago Taiwan hi Amy and welcome to all of our listeners and viewers across the country and around the world

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Published: Wed Jul 05 2023