News - Gaza War, US Freezes Iran Funds, Aircraft Carrier Group in South China Sea

Danny and Derek wouldn’t miss a Friday news roundup, folks! This week: the war in Gaza escalates with full U.S. support (0:30); Qatar is pressured by America to re-freeze $6 billion promised to Iran as part of the prisoner swap deal (5:29); the U.S. sends an aircraft carrier battle group to the South China Sea (8:54); Sudan normalizes its ties with Iran and an update on its domestic conflict (10:16); months after the fact, the United States recognizes the coup in Niger (12:36); a Russia/Ukraine update featuring a Russian attack on Avdiivka in Donetsk Oblast (15:08), Zelensky’s “surprise” visit to NATO (17:00), and Russia losing an election to the UN Human Rights Council (19:37); the Finnish and Estonian Balticconnector pipeline/telecom cable is severed (21:34); Palestinian solidarity protests being banned in Europe (24:01); the ceasefire in Colombia with the former FARC group EMC begins, but is already under threat (24:55); a sanctions relief deal with Venezuela is reportedly in the works (26:30); pro-Arévalo protests continue in Guatemala (28:35); and Sweet Senator Bob Menendez is being charged with conspiracy to act as a foreign agent of Egypt (30:33).