Notices by Voice of America (voanews@mastodon.social)

US Homeland Security chief replaces ICE leadership over lagging deportations

https://www.voanews.com/a/us-homeland-security-chief-replaces-ice-leadership-over-lagging-deportations/8004545.html

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Rubio heads to Saudi Arabia for US-Ukraine talks, then Canada for G7

https://www.voanews.com/a/8004187.html

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📷: Demonstrators rally during International Women's Day on March 8, 2025.

https://www.voanews.com/a/international-women-s-day-to-accent-push-for-gender-parity/8002060.html

📷: Palestinians pray during the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Imam Shafi'i Mosque, damaged by Israeli army strikes, in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, March 7, 2025.

https://www.voanews.com/a/palestinians-attend-first-friday-prayers-of-ramadan-in-jerusalem/8002584.html

📷: Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, March 2, 2025, after Israel suspended the entry of supplies into the Palestinian enclave.

https://www.voanews.com/a/israel-to-stop-entry-of-all-aid-and-supplies-into-gaza-strip/7994072.html

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Possible Kurdish-Turkish peace could be bad news for Islamic State

https://www.voanews.com/a/possible-kurdish-turkish-peace-could-be-bad-news-for-islamic-state-/7991152.html

A White House meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy aiming to secure a deal that would allow the U.S. access to Ukrainian rare mineral rights turned into a shouting match between the two leaders with Trump threatening Zelenskyy with “You’re either going to make a deal or we’re out.”

https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-zelenskyy-set-to-meet-at-white-house/7991244.html

📷 : Relatives and supporters of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza mark 500 days of captivity and demand their release, at the Israel's parliament in Jerusalem, Israel Feb. 17, 2025.

https://www.voanews.com/a/rubio-visits-saudi-arabia-as-israel-hamas-move-closer-to-end-of-first-phase-of-ceasefire-/7977580.html

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President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he and Russia’s leader agreed in a phone call to “immediately” begin negotiations with Ukraine’s leader to bring an end to the nearly three-year-conflict.

https://www.voanews.com/a/trump-vows-to-immediately-negotiate-for-end-to-ukraine-war/7972444.html

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Musk-led group makes $97.4 billion bid for control of OpenAI

https://www.voanews.com/a/musk-led-group-makes-97-4-billion-bid-for-control-of-openai/7970292.html

Two planes, each carrying 95 Venezuelan men deported from the United States, landed at the Maiquetia airport north of Caracas Monday.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BmdDdUA_VSk

📷: Two hundred Kenyan police officers arrived Thursday at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, to join the United Nations-backed mission to fight gangs in the crisis-plagued Caribbean country.

https://www.voanews.com/a/kenyan-police-officers-arrive-at-un-mission-in-haiti/7966157.html

📷: World leaders attend a commemoration event marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination camp in Brzezinka, Poland, Jan. 27, 2025.

https://www.voanews.com/a/auschwitz-liberation-at-80-survivors-world-leaders-mark-milestone/7952314.html
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Hamas militants on Saturday released four female Israeli soldiers they held captive for 15 months to the Red Cross, in a planned exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners or detainees in Israel.

https://youtu.be/Q2VSnXpLwRg?si=wY5A3kCFCZjf04mA

U.S. immigration agents rounded up undocumented migrants as well as American citizens in a raid of a Newark, New Jersey, worksite on Thursday that the city's mayor said involved detaining a military veteran and violations of the people's rights.

https://www.voanews.com/a/us-agents-raid-new-jersey-worksite-as-trump-escalates-immigration-crackdown/7948613.html

📷 : U.S. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden welcome Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Douglas Emhoff as they arrive at the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025, before the arrival of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

https://www.voanews.com/a/washington-braces-for-trump-inauguration/7942899.html

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📷: Displaced Palestinians walk past the rubble as they attempt to return to their homes, on the day the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas takes effect, in the northern Gaza Strip, Jan. 19, 2025.

https://www.voanews.com/a/netanyahu-says-ceasefire-will-not-begin-unless-hamas-provides-list-of-hostages-/7942164.html
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SpaceX launched its Starship, the world’s largest rocket, on a test flight Thursday, but it broke apart after a thrilling booster catch at the pad. Communication was lost 8 1/2 minutes into the flight as the engines shut down one by one. Visitors in Turks and Caicos captured footage of debris streaking across the sky, leaving a colorful smoke trail.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVpoeLznFMQ
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Once controlled by a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia, the strategic Syrian city of Manbij is now in the hands of a Turkish-supported military group. Nearby battles continue to rage and a vast network of tunnels built by Kurdish forces has been uncovered beneath the city. VOA’s Heather Murdoch takes us inside one of these tunnels.

https://youtube.com/shorts/tFaFJiM3dso
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Magnitude 6.9 earthquake rattles southwestern Japan, followed by tsunami warning

https://www.voanews.com/a/earthquake-rattles-southwestern-japan-followed-by-tsunami-warning/7934799.html
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