Gaza Cease-Fire Shattered, Google’s $32B Deal & Climate Cuts
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🗓️ 19 March 2025
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| 0:00.0 | This is an L.A. Times Studios podcast. |
| 0:10.1 | Hi, I'm Angelica Cornado at L.A. Times Studios. |
| 0:13.9 | Here are the top headlines from the Los Angeles Times. |
| 0:18.0 | Israel launched massive airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, which killed more than |
| 0:23.6 | 400 Palestinians, many of whom were women and children. |
| 0:27.6 | Wafas Sharafah, Joseph Federman, and Sammy Mahdi report, this deadly move shatters the ceasefire |
| 0:34.6 | that's been in place since January. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the attack after Hamas refused to change the ceasefire deal. |
| 0:44.3 | Now Israel says its military operation is open-ended and could expand further. |
| 0:50.3 | The White House confirmed it was consulted and supports Israel's actions. |
| 0:55.0 | Meanwhile, Hamas is calling this a death sentence for the 59 Israeli hostages still in captivity. |
| 1:02.0 | The strikes come as Netanyahu faces mass protests and political turmoil in Israel. |
| 1:08.0 | And in Gaza, the devastation continues. 48,000 Palestinians have already been killed, and 90% of the population is displaced. |
| 1:17.6 | The Trump administration is shutting down nearly two dozen environmental offices in California, |
| 1:25.6 | a move that could have major consequences for climate research |
| 1:28.9 | and conservation. Haley Smith reports that Doge is terminating lease contracts for NOAA, |
| 1:35.3 | the EPA, the Forest Service, and a few other agencies. Doge officials say this will save |
| 1:41.5 | $500 million nationwide and cut what they call bloated federal bureaucracy. |
| 1:47.8 | But critics warn it weakens protections for California's environment, closing offices that track wildfires, droughts, and extreme weather. |
| 1:57.3 | Google is making its biggest acquisition in history, a $32 billion deal to buy cybersecurity startup, WIS. |
| 2:04.6 | This move bolsters Google Cloud Security as AI-driven computing expands. |
| 2:10.6 | Wiz specializes in protecting cloud data from cyber threats, and Google CEO Sundar Pachai says this deal will turbo charge security |
| 2:19.3 | and multi-cloud capabilities. The buyout faces scrutiny from antitrust regulators, even under |
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