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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. The official death toll in Gaza has topped 45,000. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fighting a different battle inside Israeli courts. The first sitting Israeli prime […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: We turn now to look more at Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as he walked to […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman, with Juan González. JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Well, we end today’s show with a look more closely at UnitedHealth’s policies. ProPublica has just published an exposé looking at how UnitedHealth is aggressively trying to […]

Israel Bombs Syria's Ports; Turkish-Backed Rebels Seize Territory Held by Kurdish Militias Families of Syria's Disappeared Search for Loved Ones in Sednaya Prison Israel Kills Dozens of Palestinians in Strikes Across Gaza Strip, Incl. Humanitarian Workers Israeli Sniper Kills Kamal Adwan Surgeon Dr. Saeed Jouda UNGA Overwhelmingly Votes for Gaza Ceasefire; WSJ: Hamas Agrees to […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We begin today’s show looking at the toppling of the Assad regime in Syria and how it could reshape the Middle East. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Jordan for emergency talks on Syria. He heads to […]

Mass Crowds Gather for First Friday Prayers Since Assad Ouster U.N. Calls on Israel to Stop Bombing Syria and Occupying Demilitarized Zone 96% of Gaza Children Think Death Is Imminent: Study Highlights Devastating Emotional Toll of Genocide Reporters Without Borders: Palestine Remains Most Dangerous Place for Journalists Russia Rains Missiles Down on Kyiv, Targeting Ukrainian […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: We begin today’s show in Syria, where tens of thousands of people have gathered at the Great Mosque of Damascus for the first Friday prayers since longtime authoritarian President Bashar al-Assad was toppled by opposition fighters. DAMASCUS RESIDENT: [translated] Hopefully […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. Seventy-five days ago, Laila Soueif, the British Egyptian mother of the prominent British Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El-Fattah, stopped eating. Laila Soueif is a mathematics professor at Cairo University. She began […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. I’m Amy Goodman. We end today’s show looking at another potential political prisoner, this time here in the United States: Omali Yeshitela, the longtime chair of the African People’s Socialist Party, leader of the Uhuru […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We turn now to Ukraine, where residents are bracing for another winter of war as the U.N. estimates 60% of its electricity-generating […]