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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, as we continue to look at the fall of the Assad regime with activist and award-winning filmmaker Waad Al-Kateab. She was forcibly displaced from her hometown of […]

Amnesty International Concludes Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza SCOTUS Appears to Side with Tennessee's Ban on Healthcare for Transgender Youth France in Deepening Political Turmoil After No-Confidence Vote Collapses Gov't South Korean Lawmakers Unveil Impeachment Motion as Pres. Yoon Suk Yeol Faces Insurrection Probe Syrian Gov't Withdraws from Key City of Hama as Opposition […]

Leader of Syrian Opposition Says HTS in Control of Hama as Groups Seeks to Overthrow Assad Israeli Forces Continue Deadly Attacks on Kamal Adwan Hospital, Killing 4 Staff "The Ghost of Famine Is Here": Al-Mawasi Soup Kitchen Strives to Feed Thousands in Southern Gaza France's Macron Dismisses Calls to Step Down as No-Confidence Vote Topples […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: In a landmark report released Thursday, Amnesty International has accused Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. It’s the first time a major human rights organization has labeled Israel’s actions in Gaza following the October 7th attacks of 2023 […]

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. We turn now to a grim statistic from Gaza. On Monday, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees per capita […]

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, as we turn now to France, where it is in political turmoil after leftist and far-right lawmakers united to oust Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a no-confidence […]

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. The U.S. Supreme Court appears poised to uphold Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth after hearing arguments in a case that could have major repercussions for transgender people across the […]

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 how surveillance spyware, including programs like Pegasus, is being used to target journalists, human rights advocates, dissident voices across Western democracies and around the world. Pulitzer […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: Members of South Korea’s opposition have moved to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after he plunged South Korea into crisis by declaring martial law in a surprise late-night broadcast on Tuesday. PRESIDENT YOON SUK YEOL: [translated] I declare martial law […]

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. We turn now to a film that looks at the increasing use of spyware targeting journalists, human rights advocates, dissidents across Western democracies and around the world. The HBO […]