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Crushed by Israeli missile strikes, Gaza's hospitals are barely functioning

Israeli military assaults on the Gaza Strip’s hospitals have ramped up in recent weeks to the highest level so far this year, bringing a health system already weakened by 19 months of war to a breaking point. NBC News has analyzed 27 videos and images from the last two months taken by civilians and our own journalists on the ground to piece together a picture of the full extent of the destruction of a health system engulfed in war. In footage from a surveillance camera, men, women and children c...
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Just how much damage did Ukraine do in its 'Spiderweb' drone attack on Russia?

As the jet-fuel smoke and aircraft debris clear following Ukraine’s audacious drone attack on Russian airfields, Kyiv and Moscow have launched into a propaganda war about the extent of the damage.While Russian claims that none of its planes were destroyed are demonstrably false, there are also questions around Ukraine’s own triumphant account of the success of its “Spiderweb” operation.That tracks with a wider propaganda war being fought in parallel to the actual battlefield, with Russia making...
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Canadian stores pull U.S. liquor from shelves as Trump's tariffs take effect

As the Trump administration’s tariffs on Canada and Mexico went into effect Tuesday, Canadians discovered empty shelves where U.S. liquor products were once stocked. Canadian social media users posted photos and videos of stores across the country seemingly pulling U.S.-made liquor from their inventories.Joshua Gariepy, a college student in Quebec, posted a photo Wednesday showing empty shelves in a store in Quebec, where U.S. liquor products were once displayed.“To me, this photo perfectly capt...
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Trump administration weighs closing office overseeing resettlement of Afghans to the U.S.

The Trump administration has told the office overseeing the resettlement of Afghans to the United States to draw up plans to shut down by April. The move could strand more than 250,000 Afghans and their families who face persecution from the Taliban for their ties to America, according to a refugee advocate and two sources with knowledge of the matter.“This is a national disgrace, a betrayal of our Afghan allies, of the veterans who fought for them and of America’s word,” Shawn VanDiver, preside...
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Jan. 6 conspiracy theory promoter named to a top State Department job

A conservative author who has spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and written on social media that "competent white men must be in charge" has been named to a top post at the State Department.Secretary of State Marco Rubio tapped Darren Beattie to be acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy. The position, in a permanent capacity, requires Senate confirmation.Beattie confirmed his appointment, first reported by Semafor, in a letter on his website, Revolver...
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Trump’s suspension of refugee program puts Afghans and others in potential danger, advocates say

The State Department suspended its refugee program Tuesday night, halting all refugee flights into the United States, under direction of one of President Donald Trump's Day 1 executive orders.The order initially was set to go into effect on Monday, and its swift implementation surprised and alarmed advocates and nonprofits, leaving some refugees who were already in transit to the U.S. stranded in intermediate countries.“Travel has been canceled for people who had plans," said Kathie O’Callaghan,...
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From Baptist churches to Buddhist temples, religious groups volunteer for fire victims

Moninder Singh has spent the past week serving food and beverages at a Gurdwara — a Sikh temple — in Covina, California, to hungry victims displaced by Los Angeles County’s devastating wildfires. “When we serve chai, there is a glow on people’s faces like we are giving them gold. The pleasure in their eyes is soothing to me,” Singh said. “We are planning to make samosas tomorrow.”Asians Americans are the third-largest racial group in L.A. and the most religiously diverse group in the U.S. This d...
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Electrical tower a focus as Eaton Fire's potential origin after video clues emerge

When the first flashes of fire and billows of smoke grabbed the attention of people living in the foothills of Eaton Canyon in Los Angeles County, residents recorded videos of the same cluster of transmission towers high on the chaparral-covered hillside, illuminated by flames.California fire officials pinpointed the start of the Eaton Fire on the evening of Jan. 7 to that area, but more than a week later, the exact source remains under investigation, fueling speculation over whether a high-volt...
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On Reddit account linked to Luigi Mangione, posts describe back pain and spinal surgery

The man charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson posted online in recent years about undergoing spinal surgery and struggling with chronic back pain, numbness and restless sleep, according to what appears to be an archived version of his deleted Reddit account.Luigi Mangione, 26, was charged Monday in New York with one count of murder, three counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of possession of a forged instrument. Thompson’s murder, which occurred last week ou...
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Zone of destruction

The Israeli military claims to have limited goals for its southern Lebanon invasion. But an NBC News investigation found widespread destruction in areas occupied by the IDF.By Jiachuan Wu and Frank Matt
Nov. 26, 2024
When Israel launched its invasion of southern Lebanon in September, it publicly set narrow goals for the operation: “limited, localized,” with “targeted ground raids” aimed at stopping cross-border fire and degrading Hezbollah’s command structure.

But an NBC News...
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Israel is ethnically cleansing in Gaza, Jordan charges

LONDON — Jordan, one of the United States' closest allies in the Middle East, confronted Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday with a stark and unwelcome assessment: Israel is ethnically cleansing Palestinians from Gaza. Blinken was in London after holding meetings in Israel, Saudi Arabia and Qatar, during which he pressed the need for a cease-fire and the return of hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza. "We do see ethnic cleansing taking place" in Gaza, Blinken's Jordanian counterpart, For...
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Teen recounts horror after his mom and brother were burned alive by Israeli strike on Gaza hospital

When an Israeli airstrike on Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah sparked a fire that swept through a cluster of tents Monday night, 19-year-old Shaban al-Dalu was sleeping near his mother, Alaa, 38. In a video that circulated widely on social media, Shaban's arms could be seen reaching from the enveloping flames, horrifying a world that watched him being burned alive.In an interview with NBC News a day after the strike, Shaban's 17-year-old brother, Mohammed al-Dalu, described the Israeli...
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Ka, a New York rapper celebrated as a legendary wordsmith, is dead at 52

Celebrated New York City rapper and former firefighter Ka, whose real name was Kaseem Ryan, has died, according to his social media accounts. He was 52.He passed away “unexpectedly” on Saturday, a statement on his Instagram account, verified by NBC News, said Monday. It praised his contributions to firefighting, to his beloved neighborhood of Brownsville and to hip-hop as part of a “life of service—to his city, to his community, and to his music."A cause of death was not available, and a spokesp...
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Israeli strike on Gaza hospital ignites devastating fire

The Israeli military has launched a series of deadly strikes in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, including on a flour distribution center, a school and a hospital where displaced Palestinians were sheltering.Video of a fire at a tent camp that started after Israeli forces launched an airstrike on Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza's Deir al-Balah overnight showed harrowing scenes.In multiple videos shared on social media and verified by NBC News, at least one person could be seen rea...
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Grief and anger mix as Tennessee plastic plant survivors say permission to leave came too late

Bertha Mendoza made a final call to her husband of 38 years as raging Hurricane Helene floodwaters trapped her and others at a Tennessee plastics plant. Workers have said they were allowed to leave when water was already swamping its parking lot in Erwin on Friday.In a call to her husband, Elias Mendoza, Bertha, 56, said she loved him, her son Guillermo Mendoza told NBC News. She asked him to also tell her children she loved them. “Those were her last words,” said a tearful Mendoza, 33, a minist...
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Helene floodwaters trapped Tennessee plastics plant employees, and some are among the missing and dead

Floodwaters from Hurricane Helene trapped workers at an eastern Tennessee plastics factory, with several family members learning Monday that their loved ones didn't survive.Some of the workers' relatives got frantic video phone calls as the flood swelled around Impact Plastics in Erwin, where rushing waters swept some workers away from the parking lot next to the Nolichucky River. The families and friends had been posting desperate pleas on social media for help in finding their relatives. Some...
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Protests around the world commemorate 76th anniversary of the Nakba and call for a cease-fire in Gaza

Protests commemorating the upcoming 76th anniversary of the Nakba and calling for a cease-fire in Gaza were seen around the world this weekend.The “Nakba,” which means “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the forced removal of an estimated 750,000 Palestinians from their homes in preparation for the founding of Israel in 1948. During the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, some Jewish militias massacred Palestinian civilians, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported, and hundreds of thousands of them were forced...
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Crowdfunding and suitcases full of cash: How Gazans are paying to escape war

Anas Al Borno was lying on a flimsy mattress with his wife and children in a Rafah refugee camp in January when a relative texted with a rare piece of good news. For the first time since Oct. 7, Al Borno and his family were eligible to cross into Egypt.The main travel agency that arranges such crossings had changed its rules, allowing Palestinians without foreign passports through the land border. But there was a catch — the price to get out for Al Borno and his family was at least $18,000, far...
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Neo-Nazis march in Nashville, leave after being challenged

A small group of neo-Nazis marched in downtown Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday, drawing a few vocal opponents and ultimately leaving following a "challenge," police said.The demonstrators, all men, wore red, long-sleeve T-shirts and black pants, and some carried black Nazi flags, according to verified social media video from the scene."Neo-Nazi demonstrators ... carried flags with swastikas, walked around the Capitol and parts of downtown Saturday afternoon," Nashville police said in a stateme...
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U.S. citizen in the occupied West Bank detained over alleged incitement

A U.S. citizen is being held in detention by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank over alleged “incitement on social media.”Samaher Esmail, 46, a Palestinian American who lives in New Orleans, had been staying at a home she owns in Silwad, near Ramallah, when she was arrested early Monday, her son Ibrahim Hamed said.The Israel Defense Forces confirmed her arrest, saying in a statement that it conducted an operation Monday in the Silwad area to arrest “wanted suspects.” Esmail had returned to...
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Smashed toys and candy store fire raises questions over Israeli military's conduct

As Israel faces increasing international pressure over its intensive assault on Gaza, videos have emerged that raise questions over the conduct of its troops on the ground.One video, apparently taken by soldiers themselves over the past week, shows Israeli troops setting fire to items in what they say is a candy factory in the Gaza Strip. They joke that the fire represents “the second candle of Hanukkah,” which would date it Dec. 8.The soldiers in the video claim the factory’s candies were inten...
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Gaza struggles to bury and grieve the dead in accordance with Islamic traditions

It has been four weeks since rescuers pulled 2-year-old Hamza Malaka from the rubble of his family home in Gaza City. Four weeks since a stranger in the hospital rhythmically recited the Quran for this toddler who had just become the latest member of the fastest growing club in this Palestinian enclave: wounded children with no surviving family. And though it has been more than four weeks, some of his 26 family members killed that day still lie beneath their family home and not yet beneath the g...
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Video appears to show Kentucky cops standing over man struggling to breathe

A Kentucky man with a heart condition died in police custody Saturday, and his friend who recorded the arrest said officers never called for medical assistance despite her insistence that he was struggling to breathe.Clarence Wilkerson, 34, died after Ashland police officers tried to serve a warrant, Kentucky State Police said in a statement Monday. The state's medical examiner found Wilkerson's death was not the result of a "traumatic event" but possibly related to an existing medical condition...
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