Global Headlines: Air India Crash, Israel-Iran Tensions, US Immigration Raids, and More

Aviation Disaster and Geopolitical Tensions

• ✈️ An Air India Boeing 787 crashed in Ahmedabad, India, shortly after takeoff, with no apparent survivors, marking a significant incident for the aircraft model.
• 🌍 Fears are escalating in the Middle East over a potential Israeli attack on Iran, despite ongoing US-Iran nuclear talks and an IAEA declaration of Iran breaching non-proliferation obligations.
• 🇮🇱 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government narrowly survived a vote to dissolve the Knesset amidst these tensions.
• ⚖️ Former CIA analyst Af Raman was sentenced to three years for seeking classified details on Israeli plans to strike Iran.

Gaza Conflict and Humanitarian Crisis

• 💔 Israeli forces have killed over 120 Palestinians in Gaza in the past day, including at aid sites, with the total death toll believed to be a vast undercount.
• 🆘 Gaza's media office accused Israel of a policy of starvation and deliberately targeting starving people seeking food.
• 🏥 A Palestinian doctor and her son arrived in Italy for treatment after an Israeli strike killed her husband and nine other children.

US Immigration and Protests

• 🚨 A federal judge will hear California's request to limit National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles to guarding federal buildings, as troops have been involved in detaining civilians and accompanying ICE raids.
• 🏙️ Protests continued for a sixth day in Los Angeles, with a curfew imposed as reports emerged of detainees held in poor conditions and transferred out of state.
• ⚖️ The US attorney in Los Angeles announced federal charges against demonstrators, threatening further action against protesters.
• 🌍 ICE has reportedly arrested over 300 immigrants in Los Angeles, with anti-immigrant protests spreading to at least 35 US cities.
• 🏛️ Republican lawmakers are investigating the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles (CHIRLA) and other nonprofits, accusing them of abetting the "border crisis."
• 🛂 US troops at the southern border have begun detaining immigrants, raising concerns about the Posse Comitatus Act.

International and Domestic News

• 🤝 President Trump claims a trade agreement has been reached with China, reportedly involving tariff reductions and access to rare earth elements.
• 🇧🇷 Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro denied involvement in a plot to overthrow his successor but admitted to discussing strategies to stay in power.
• 🇸🇩 The World Food Program warns of famine risk in areas near Khartoum, Sudan, due to ongoing fighting.
• 🇬🇧 Anti-immigrant riots have occurred in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, following a sexual assault accusation against two teenagers.
• ⚖️ A federal judge ruled the Trump administration cannot keep Palestinian activist Mahmud Khalil detained over his political advocacy.
• ✊ Hunger strikers at City University of New York ended their fast after raising $30,000 for families in Gaza, calling for continued activism.
• 🚢 Activists occupied a shipping company's office in Manhattan, demanding a halt to the transportation of F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel.
• 🏭 The EPA proposed repealing Biden-era federal limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, a move scientists warn will increase pollution.
• 🗳️ The Democratic National Committee forced out David Hogg as vice chair after he threatened primary challengers to Democratic incumbents.
• 💰 The House is expected to vote on allowing the White House to claw back $9.4 billion in appropriated funds, including cuts to public broadcasting.
• 🎬 A Manhattan jury convicted disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault in a retrial.