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Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority (newrepublic.com)

New Zealand repeals world-first smoking ban passed by Jacinda Ardern (www.independent.co.uk)

Reversal of smoking ban criticised as ‘shameful’ for lacking evidence...

Nearly all major car companies are sabotaging EV transition, and Japan is worst, study finds (thedriven.io)

Allies fear the US is becoming less reliable, with growing concern over a possible Trump return (apnews.com)

Under Argentina’s New President, Fuel Is Up 60%, and Diaper Prices Have Doubled (www.nytimes.com)

Hospitals have special protection under the rules of war. Why are they in the crosshairs in Gaza? (apnews.com)

JERUSALEM (AP) — The head of surgery at Gaza’s largest and most advanced hospital held up his phone Saturday to the hammering of gunfire and artillery shelling. “Listen,” said Dr. Marwan Abu Sada as fighting raged around Shifa Hospital.

Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into Moon (www.bbc.com)

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Russian Anti-War Activist Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Internet Posts (www.rferl.org)

“A Breach of Yemeni Sovereignty”: Biden Becomes Fourth U.S. President to Bomb Yemen (www.democracynow.org)

MEGATHREAD: whatever the hell is going on in Russia right now

please post any subsequent updates here unless they're huge happenings. i just woke up and half our news front page is updates which is nice but also A Lot and most of these don't have to be their own thread

Israeli air strike hits Gaza hospital sheltering thousands of war-displaced (www.aljazeera.com)

Iceland allows whaling to resume in ‘massive step backwards’ (www.theguardian.com)

China tightens access to Tiananmen Square while 32 are detained in Hong Kong (www.npr.org)

The price of rice is skyrocketing, and it's pushing millions more people towards starvation (www.abc.net.au)

The Indian rice export ban, the war in Ukraine and El Niño are combining to create a "doom loop" for the world's poorest people, as staple food prices soar.

Elon Musk angers German government with post backing far-right party - UPI.com (www.upi.com)

Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Elon Musk is under fire after publicly backing a far-right political party in Germany, suggesting the current government should not be re-elected over its position on the current migrant crisis in Europe.

Elon Musk seen as working counter to U.S. interests in dealings with Russia, China (youtu.be)

Elon Musk's financial interests put him in a position of having his own personal foreign policy, but new reporting shows that whether it's manufacturing in China or the Starlink network being used in Ukraine, Musk’s decisions can run counter to stated US policy.

US says Israel has not violated international law during Gaza war (www.aljazeera.com)

After Israel killed seven aid workers in Gaza, the US says it has not found any incidents of Israel violating international humanitarian law in the past six months. An Al Jazeera probe concluded the World Central Kitchen vehicles were deliberately hit.

The world’s largest democracy is collapsing before our eyes (www.vox.com)

Ukraine running out of options to retake significant territory (www.washingtonpost.com)

New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)

Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives

'100-200,000, not two million': Israel's finance minister envisions depopulated Gaza (www.haaretz.com)

Israeli army executes an elderly Palestinian after using him in propaganda campaign about its ‘safe corridor’ in Gaza (euromedmonitor.org)

Geneva – The Israeli army’s execution of an elderly Palestinian after using him in a propaganda campaign promoting its “safe corridor” in Gaza was strongly condemned in a statement released by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor today....

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