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aljazeera.com (2025-12-05). LIVE: Israel attacks Gaza with artillery and air strikes despite ceasefire Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis comes under Israeli army attack by a helicopter gunship and artillery fire despite the October 10 US-brokered truce as violations persist.

independent.co.uk (2025-12-05). Noem's rush to bolster ICE's members means applicants who can 'barely read or write' are being accepted, report says "We have people failing open-book tests and we have folks that can barely read or write English," one DHS official told the outlet.

english.palinfo.com (2025-12-05). Gaza: Israel committed a massacre inside a designated safe shelter area Gaza's civil defense service said that the civilians killed last night in al‑Mawasi massacre in Khan Yunis were not inside a combat zone, but in a shelter camp designated as a safe area for displaced families.

thenationalnews.com (2025-12-05). Eurovision hit by boycotts over allowing Israel to compete Four countries withdrew from the Eurovision Song Contest after organisers opted against voting on Israel's future participation, allowing the country to take part in next year's event.
Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands all announced they would boycott Eurovision, the world's largest live music competition, over the decision. Iceland said it was considering its position.

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newarab.com (2025-12-04). Gaza: Egypt rejects Israeli decision to open Rafah for exit only Cairo reaffirmed its adherence to the plan and UN Security Council Resolution 2803, including the right of return for Palestinians and maintaining two-way operations at the crossing.
Earlier in the day, Israel's Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced that the Rafah crossing would reopen "within the next few days," marking the first such move since February 2025.

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2025-12-06: Epstein Files Roundup

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ecns.cn (2025-12-06). Images of Epstein's private Caribbean island released. ecns.cn U.S. House Democrats on the Oversight Committee on Wednesday released photos and videos of Jeffrey Epstein's home on the private Caribbean island, where the billionaire was accused of trafficking underage girls for sex.

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thestar.com.my (2025-12-06). China says it is working 'with all parties' to prevent escalation in Venezuela was in contact with multiple governments "to safeguard the status of Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace and to avoid a further escalation of the situation", stressing that foreign interference in Venezuela's internal affairs was unacceptable "under any pretext".

pressenza.com (2025-12-06). US State Department Travel Warning on Venezuela: What Washington Fears Most The "Do not travel" in bold font is less a warning about physical danger and more a plea not to witness reality: that Venezuela still refuses to kneel despite sanctions, sabotage, frozen assets, assassination plots, coup attempts, and drone attacks.

thecanary.co (2025-12-06). Trump calls for an end to ëAmerican footballí The other big happening at the World Cup draw was that FIFA ó an organisation with a history of corruption scandals ó gave a Peace Award to Donald Trump ó a man with a history of corruption scandals and war crimes.

trtworld.com (2025-12-06). Women leaders condemn Israel's genocidal war, call for solidarity in 'Istanbul Gaza Declaration' Women leaders attending the International Women in Local Governments Summit in Istanbul signed the "Istanbul Gaza Declaration," condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza and voicing solidarity with the people of Palestine.

theatlantic.com (2025-12-06). Why Doesn't Trump Pay a Political Price for His Racism? During a White House meeting on Tuesday, surrounded by his Cabinet, President Donald Trump referred to Somali immigrants as "garbage" and said, "We don't want them in our country." No one in Trump's Cabinet stood up to this expression of gutter racism, although Vice President J. D. Vance enthusiastically banged on the table.

theguardian.com (2025-12-06). US federal judge orders release of Epstein grand jury materials A federal judge in Florida ordered the release of grand jury transcripts from the Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell sex-trafficking cases on Friday, citing the recently enacted federal law that overrides traditional secrecy protections.
US district judge Rodney Smith ruled that the Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law last month by Donald Trump, overrode federal rules prohibiting the disclosure of grand jury materials.

theguardian.com (2025-12-06). Pressure grows on 'reckless' Hegseth as twin scandals engulf Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth is facing the most serious crisis of his tenure as defense secretary, engulfed by allegations of war crimes in the Caribbean and a blistering inspector general report accusing him of mishandling classified military intelligence.

orinocotribune.com (2025-12-05). Interfaith Leaders in New York Call for Peace and Condemn US Aggression Against Venezuela – Orinoco Tribune – News and opinion pieces about Venezuela and beyond Interfaith leaders, community members, and elected officials in New York held a peace vigil in Brooklyn, New York to demand that the United States pursue a diplomatic solution in Venezuela, and repudiated the growing threat by the Trump administration to carry out a military intervention in the country.

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thecanary.co (2025-12-06). Trump calls for an end to 'American football' The other big happening at the World Cup draw was that FIFA — an organisation with a history of corruption scandals — gave a Peace Award to Donald Trump — a man with a history of corruption scandals and war crimes.

newrepublic.com (2025-12-04). Judge Rips Stephen Miller as "Ignorant or Incompetent, or Both" U.S. Judge Beryl Howell wrote that the Trump administration had illegally lowered the standard for making immigration arrests when it instituted a policy of "arrest now, ask questions later" as part of the federal takeover of Washington, D.C.

counterpunch.org (2025-12-04). Democrats in Congress Are Out of Touch With Constituents on Israeli Genocide a national Quinnipiac Poll found that 77 percent of Democrats "think Israel is committing genocide." That means there is a 67 percent gap between what the elected Democrats are willing to say and what the people who elected them believe. The huge gap has big implications for the party's primaries in the midterm elections next year, and then in the race for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination.

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