Israel targets Hamas Qatar strike. And, JB Pritzker on Trump’s threats to Chicago

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The Israeli army says it carried out an airstrike concentrating on senior Hamas officers in Qatar’s capital of Doha yesterday. The strike marks the first assault of its form by Israel on Qatar, a U.S. ally and mediator between Hamas and Israel within the struggle in Gaza. On his website, Reality Social, President Trump mentioned the assault was a unilateral choice by Israel that didn’t “advance Israel or America’s goals.”

• 🎧 Doha is a serious worldwide journey hub, and the airstrike was a “stunning attack,” NPR’s Aya Batrawy tells Up First. Israel says it was concentrating on senior officers “directly responsible” for the Oct. 7, 2023, assault. However the strike missed its targets, Batraw says. Israel as an alternative killed six folks. Amongst them have been Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya’s son and the top of his workplace. Three others held no titles with Hamas, and one was a Qatari safety officer. Qatar’s prime minister described the assault as “state terrorism,” saying that it despatched a message to the area that Israel is a rogue participant and was proof that Israel has labored to sabotage each try at reaching peace.

In an interview with Morning Version’s Steve Inskeep, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker referred to as Trump’s threats to ship troops to his state a energy seize. Trump says it is an effort to combat crime. The president can not legally ship Nationwide Guard troops to Chicago with out Pritzker’s request, however he has despatched federal immigration brokers in an operation the administration calls “Operation Midway Blitz.”

• 🎧 Pritzker tells Inskeep he is “deeply concerned,” notably for people who find themselves within the nation legally however will not be U.S. residents. “I am notably fearful for them as a result of nothing that they are going to carry will likely be adequate for ICE,” he says. Trump retains saying he needs Pritzker to name him and ask for troops to assist with crime. Pritzker says he isn’t going to. “Asking for any kind of help or having that conversation with him will become evidence in the case that I was asking for help and, therefore, he’s going to send in military troops,” Pritzker says. “But look, he has been conversing with me by standing up in front of television cameras. I am conversing with him by standing up in front of television cameras.”
• ➡️ As Trump and Pritzker proceed to battle over federal actions in Chicago, the president’s takeover of Washington D.C., police is about to run out tonight. This is what’s subsequent for the nation’s capital.

The Trump administration yesterday launched a report outlining greater than 100 suggestions it says must be taken to enhance youngsters’s well being. The brand new Make Our Kids Wholesome Once more technique requires a big selection of govt actions and coverage reforms aimed toward tackling an increase in power ailments, which Well being Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. referred to as “an existential crisis for our country.” The suggestions observe a Might report that outlined what the administration recognized as drivers of power illness.

• 🎧 General, the report emphasizes bodily exercise and weight loss program in figuring out youngsters’s well being, NPR’s Maria Godoy says. Each public well being knowledgeable she spoke with agreed that it was the suitable place to focus. Dariush Mozaffarian, a heart specialist and the director of the Meals is Drugs Institute at Tufts College, applauded the report’s name to shut what’s often known as the Usually Acknowledged As Protected loophole, which permits firms to make use of elements that haven’t undergone a proper security assessment through the use of their very own analysis to declare them secure. Nonetheless, different public well being advocates inform Godoy the report is general gentle on particular particulars, and does not crack down on ultra-processed meals — one thing that Kennedy has referred to as for repeatedly. Joel Berg, CEO of Starvation Free America, notes that the report requires serving recent, native produce in colleges, however the administration canceled this system that did that.

Election officers have used a revamped software to examine the citizenship standing of greater than 33 million voters, in response to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Providers (USCIS). The system, often known as SAVE, was upgraded final month to permit election officers to make use of the final 4 digits of a voter’s Social Safety quantity, together with their identify and date of delivery, to examine if they seem to be a U.S. citizen or in the event that they’ve died. The Division of Homeland Safety (DHS), which homes USCIS, has not responded to questions concerning the system from members of Congress. Quite a few election officers NPR spoke with expressed concern about what else the Trump administration may do with the info it acquires from states.

Deep dive

An estimated 14 million youngsters worldwide don’t obtain any vaccines, in response to UNICEF estimates. Greater than half of those children reside in conflict-affected nations. Whereas a few of this is because of vaccine hesitancy, the primary purpose these youngsters miss vaccinations is a caregiver’s lack of information or issue accessing well being services. The toll of a missed vaccine can final a lifetime. This is what may occur: 💉 Pneumococcal illness and rotavirus are among the many commonest causes of significant sickness. Pneumococcal illness may cause pneumonia, which is the main reason for loss of life for all youngsters underneath 5. Rotavirus is the most typical offender for diarrhea in youngsters underneath 5 in lower-resource nations.

• 💉Unvaccinated youngsters in conflict-affected nations may additionally endure from malnutrition, which impacts their immune response. Malnutrition can result in even worse outcomes, together with loss of life, if an unvaccinated baby is contaminated.
• 💉 Even when a baby survives an infectious illness, they is probably not left unscathed. Measles, mumps and different vaccine-preventable ailments may cause everlasting injury, together with listening to loss, infertility and blindness.
• 💉 Kids of unvaccinated moms can get vaccine-preventable ailments even earlier than they’re born.

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Little Noticed Kiwi or Little Grey Kiwi (Apteryx owenii), Apterygidae, Fiordland, South Island, New Zealand.

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Over the past century, a lot of New Zealand’s distinctive birds have disappeared at an alarming tempo. Sixty-two hen species are actually extinct, and greater than 80% of the remaining birds that breed within the nation are in danger. The largest reason for New Zealand hen decline is invasive species — animals delivered to the nation by people. With out pure predators to maintain them in examine, their populations explode, they usually prey on birds. New Zealand has began probably the most formidable initiatives on the planet to preserve its threatened species by killing tens of tens of millions of non-native animals as a part of a mission often known as Predator Free 2050. See photographs of a number of the birds they’re attempting to save lots of, and find out about how conservation groups are enacting their work.

3 issues to know earlier than you go

The Gen Z group protests in opposition to corruption and the ban on many social media platforms by the federal government in Nepal on Monday.

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1. Nepal has been rocked over the previous two days by lethal protests led by younger people who find themselves pissed off with the nation’s unemployment fee and wealth hole. This is what you need to know about how the protests started and what’s subsequent for the nation.
2. An Arizona inmate tricked court docket officers into releasing him greater than twenty years early by submitting pretend orders allegedly dismissing his fees. (through KJZZ)
3. Emma Stone, Ava DuVernay and greater than 2,000 different Hollywood figures, together with well-known actors and filmmakers, have pledged to boycott the rising Israeli film trade in response to the humanitarian disaster in Gaza.

This text was edited by Obed Manuel.