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Today's Top News Compilation - Thursday, Jan 2nd, 2020

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Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 103 people, Civil Defence says

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Fifty-six were killed in the south when homes and tents sheltering displaced families were bombed overnight, a hospital says.
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Mexican judge arrested over 2014 disappearance of 43 students

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Lambertina Galeana Marín is suspected of having been behind the disappearance of key CCTV footage.
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Ben & Jerry's co-founder arrested after Senate Gaza protest

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Ben Cohen and six others were arrested during the protest in the US Senate, Capitol Police tells BBC News.
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Beginning of the end? Ukraine's front-line soldiers eye Russia talks with hope

  • News source: BBC News - World
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There is cautious optimism in eastern Ukraine as talks are set to take place in Istanbul.
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Construction sites appear in Gaza ahead of Israeli-US aid plan rejected by UN, images show

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Satellite images show building at sites in south Gaza after US says controversial Israeli aid plan to proceed.
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Watch: Moment Ben & Jerry's co-founder interrupts RFK Jr speech

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The co-founder of Ben & Jerry's, Ben Cohen, was part of a protest in the US Senate.
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Espionage, constitutional concerns abound from Trump detractors, allies over Qatari jet offer

  • News source: FOX News
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Both Democrats and Republicans have criticized President Donald Trump after he announced the Department of Defense plans to accept a jumbo jet from the government of Qatar, arguing the gift is riddled with both espionage concerns and constitutional questions. But as one expert tells Fox, the latter concern is likely overblown.

Trump ally Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, for example, said during an interview on Tuesday that the acquisition of the plane poses "significant espionage and surveillance problems," while Democrats such as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt...
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Son files criminal complaint over alleged blackmail plot

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Tottenham captain Son Heung-min files a criminal complaint with the South Korean police for being the victim of an alleged blackmail plot.
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Construction sites appear in Gaza ahead of Israeli-US aid plan rejected by UN, images show

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Satellite images show building at sites in south Gaza after US says controversial Israeli aid plan to proceed.
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Dem senator says 'no doubt' Biden declined cognitively during presidency

  • News source: FOX News
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Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., told Politico that there is no question that President Joe Biden declined cognitively during his White House tenure.

"There’s no doubt about it," Murphy said when the outlet asked whether Biden had undergone cognitive decline while serving as president. "The debate is whether it was enough that it compromised his ability to act as chief executive," the senator said, according to Politico.

Fox News Digital reached out to Murphy's office to request additional comment from the senator but did not receive a response by the...
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GOP reps, advocacy group to target competitive House districts in Trump tax-cut push

  • News source: FOX News
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EXCLUSIVE: Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is hosting a day of action on Saturday in competitive congressional districts as House Republicans iron out the details of President
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Trump highlights potential pay raise for troops, touts military reforms in Qatar speech

  • News source: FOX News
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President Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan and cited his wish to give troops a pay raise in an address to U.S. service members on Thursday.

Trump made the comments during an address to troops at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar during his extended trip to the Middle East.

"My 2026 budget includes across the board – maybe you don't want to look for the good of the country, you don't have to take it – pay raises for each and every one of you. Substantial pay raises," Trump said.

"You are without a doubt the greatest...
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US and Iran close to nuclear deal, Trump says

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Speaking in Qatar, the US President said that Iran has "sort of" agreed to the terms of a deal.
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Trump warns Iran faces 'violence like people haven't seen before' if nuclear deal fails

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President Donald Trump attended a breakfast with business leaders at the St. Regis Doha hotel in Qatar on Thursday morning where he remained firm that Tehran must choose between never having a nuclear weapon or dealing with "violence like people haven't seen before."

Just days before, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian had made comments that calls to dismantle Tehran's nuclear facilities were "unacceptable," and that "Iran will not give up its peaceful nuclear rights under any circumstances and will not back down from its rights in the face of...
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Supreme Court hears challenge to Trump's birthright citizenship order in major case

  • News source: FOX News
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The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Thursday on a challenge to President Donald Trump's effort to end birthright citizenship, and crucially, whether lower courts that have blocked Trump's policies from taking force nationwide have acted beyond their authority.

Any decision from the 6–3 conservative majority could have sweeping implications for Trump's presidency as his lawyers spar against an onslaught of lawsuits in federal courts nationwide.

The Supreme Court arguments are expected to focus on lower court judges in Maryland, Massachusetts...
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