this news is funded by viewers like you please support our work at democracynow. org welcome to democracy Now democracynow. org the Warren peace report I'm Amy Goodman in Lebanon at least 25 people were killed more than 600 others wounded on Wednesday when more handheld electronic devices exploded without warning most of the explosions were of walkie-talkies but there are also reports of mobile phones laptops even solar panels suddenly exploding the blast seed further Panic across Beirut and Southern Lebanon one day after some 4,000 pagers exploded simultaneously killing 12 people and leaving thousands more with gruesome injuries Wednesday's explosions triggered fires that engulfed hom stores cars and motorcycles some of the blasts occurred during the funeral of 9-year-old Fatima Abdullah who was killed in Tuesday's pager attack Lebanon has banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all flights while Lebanese citizens say they now live in fear everyday household Electronics could suddenly explode it's widely believed Israel is behind the attacks this is Lebanese politician Amad Hariri the Lebanese people must be aware of what the Israeli enemy aims to achieve they want to sew Discord Among Us or strike Lebanon at a time when International attention is focused on the up coming American elections this suggests that the Israeli Army might be preparing to execute a malicious plan to strike Lebanon like they struck Gaza the New York Times reports the electronic pagers had been manufactured by a a company in Hungary BAC Consulting that was actually a front company run by Israeli Intelligence Officers many of the pages were obtained earlier this year after Hezbollah leader shean nasala warned against using cell phones to avoid his surveillance on Wednesday un Secretary General Antonio gutes warned nations against weaponizing civilian objects the logic of making all these devices explode is to do it as a preemptive strike before a major military operation so as important as the event in itself is the indication that this event confirms that there is a serious risk of a dramatic escalation in Lebanon and everything must be done to avoid that escalation this all comes as Israel's declared it's launching a new phase of War redirecting forces from Gaza to Israel's northern border with Lebanon but Israel's Carnage in Gaza continues with deadly attacks reported today in Rafa and jabalia while many children were injured in Israeli quadcopter attack on nadat Rescue workers are rushing to uncover possible survivors buried under Rubble in the B camp and Kan yunas a father mourned the loss of nearly his entire family to an Israeli strike including his three children his youngest was just a year and a half come and see what did he do one year and 9 months old what did he do did he fire a rocket he was sitting safe amongst us look people look oh world 1 year and 9 months old look at how my son is the Palestinian Health Ministry said Wednesday Drzad Muhammad alalu who was abducted by Israeli forces during its March raid on gaza's alifa hospital has died in an Israeli jail he's the Third Doctor to die in Israeli custody since October 7th and one of at least 60 Palestinians who have since perished in Israeli prisons which are ripe with abuse and torture the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution Wednesday demanding Israel and its illegal occupation of Palestinian territories within a year 124 countries vote in favor of the non-binding resolution Israel and the United States were among the 12 member states to vote no it was the first resolution forly introduced by the state of Palestine since it took a permanent seat in the general assembly last week in Washington DC independent senator Bernie Sanders is preparing a joint resolution of disapproval against a plan $20 billion in US arm sales to Israel he spoke from the senate floor Wednesday netanyahu's policies have trampled on international law made life unlivable in Gaza and created one of the worst humanitarian disasters in modern history the simple fact is that we must end our complicity in Israel's illegal and indiscriminate military campaign which has caused Mass civilian death and suffering meanwhile Reuters is reporting that Germany appears to have put a hold on new exports of weapons to Israel amidst ongoing legal challenges in campaign news here in the United States the Teamsters Union says it is not endorsing a presidential candidate for the first time since 1996 the union which endorsed Biden in 2020 says neither candidate had enough support from their 1.
3 million strong membership Teamsters president Sean O'Brien in July addressed the Republican National Convention in a first for the union but kamla Harris on Wednesday did gain support of more than 100 former Republican officials including ex Congress members defense secretaries CIA directors and others who declared in an open letter that Trump is quote unfit to serve again as president over a dozen House Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday in rejecting Republican speaker Mike Johnson's six-month government spending Bill the stop Gap bill would have tied $1. 6 trillion in Government funding to a measure requiring states to ask residents for proof of citizenship when registering to vote hours before Wednesday's house vote Donald Trump called on Republicans to reject any spending package that does not include the voter suppression measure if no bill is passed before the end of the month the federal government will shut down October 1st when early voting will be underway for November's election vice president kamla Harris spoke Wednesday at a congressional Hispanic caucus event warning of mass deportations and massive detention camps if Trump is reelected Donald Trump and his extremist allies will keep trying to pull us backward we all remember what they did to tear families apart and now they have pledged to carry out the largest deportation a mass deportation in American history imagine what that would look like and what that would be how's that going to happen massive raids massive detention camps immigrant rights Advocates have blasted Harris for adopting the same Hardline stance on immigration as her Republican Rivals and her focus on criminalizing immigrants and militarizing the Border the Federal Reserve has lowered its Benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point the fed's First Rate cut since March 2020 Progressive economists and labor leaders praised the fed's move but said it came far too late for many households the AFL CIO said in a statement quote interest rates are still too high there's still more to be done for families struggling to pay their bills unquote last week the US Census Bureau reported the child poverty rate is more than doubled since Congress allowed expanded pandemic benefits to to expire including the child tax credit leaving millions of families with less money for Essentials like rent and food in Tunisia authorities led by kisad have accelerated a Crackdown on opposition candidates and peaceful protests ahead of presidential election scheduled for October 6 s International reports at least 97 members of an opposition party were arrested in recent days as authorities continue to restrict the work of journalists human rights Defenders and NOS while further undermining the independence of tunisia's Judiciary the latest raids began last Friday when thousands of protesters rallied in Tunis to demand the release of political prisoners and an end to kais saad's authoritarian rule in Mali the government has regained control over the capital city bamako after repelling several attacks by Al-Qaeda Affiliated insurgents on Tuesday gunman attacked a military police Center and battled Russian mercenaries with the Vagner group at an Airbase near bamako's airp airport Mali and officials have not confirmed a death toll it's the first attack by armed groups on bamako since 2016 and the first since mali's military rulers expelled troops from mali's former Colonial ruler France bomo residents fear more attacks could be imminent there's no sense of security the way the camp was attacked if we didn't have seasoned Soldiers the terrorists would have taken it and then what about us civilians and here in New York protesters are demanding an end to police presence in the city's subway system as anger mounts over Sunday shooting of four people by a New York police officer who was pursuing a suspected Fair evader one of two bystanders shot remains hospitalized in critical condition on Tuesday police arrested 18 people as they protested at the setter Avenue L station in Brooklyn where the shooting took place and those are some of the headlines this is democracy Now democracynow. org the warrant peace report I'm Amy Goodman and I'm n schik Welcome to our listeners and viewers across the country and around the world democracy Now is funded by viewers like you please give today at democracynow.
