1.12.26 Scrutiny of immigration courts, affordability myths, and the U.S. operation to capture General Manuel Noriega

The World and Everything In It

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🗓️ 12 January 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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0:00.0	Good morning.
0:06.8	U.S. immigration judges decide what amounts to persecution to trigger asylum.
0:12.0	But should appeals courts review those?
0:14.1	We're going to have to look at all this evidence, all these facts, and decide whether these
0:18.8	threats were that level of menacing.
0:21.7	That's a head on legal docket. Also today, the Monday money beat taking aim at institutional
0:27.0	investors who snap up family homes, David Bonson, standing by, and the World History Book.
0:33.5	Last Friday, Noriega declared his military dictatorship to be in a state of war with the United States.
0:40.9	The 1990 case that echoes today.
0:51.3	It's Monday, January 12th.
0:53.3	This is The World and Everything in it from listeners-supported World Radio.
0:57.6	I'm Mary Reichard.
0:58.5	And I'm Nick Eicher. Good morning.
1:02.4	Now news. Here's Kent Covington.
1:05.3	Activists say Iran's crackdown on nationwide protests has now killed well over 500 people, with thousands more detained as demonstrations stretch into a third week.
1:16.4	A U.S.-based human rights group reports more than 10,000 arrests and says most of those killed were protesters.
1:23.3	Iranian-born British actress and activist Nazanin Boniadi says the protests started over Iran's struggling economy and plummeting currency, but...
1:31.9	This time, there is no demand other than, we want you gone. This time, it's unequivocal that what they're saying is, we want this regime gone.
1:42.2	Demonstrations continued Sunday in Tehran and other major cities.
1:46.1	Iranian officials warned that U.S. or Israeli forces could become targets if outside powers intervene.
1:53.7	President Trump is warning Cuba to strike a deal with the United States after the ouster of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
2:01.2	Cuba has long relied on Venezuelan oil, but shipments have stopped as U.S. forces seize
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