Israel-Gaza Latest, Poland Border Blockade, Georgia Map Ruling
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🗓️ 29 December 2023
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| 0:00.0 | New airstrikes and more evacuation orders in Gaza. |
| 0:05.0 | One of those strikes yesterday killed at least 21 people. |
| 0:08.0 | Almost 2 million people have already been displaced. |
| 0:11.0 | Israel says it seeks to destroy Hamas wherever it is. |
| 0:14.2 | I'm E. Martinez, that's Michelle Martin, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:18.1 | There's a line of trucks 20 miles long at the border between Poland and Ukraine a blockade by Polish truckers has drivers waiting weeks to deliver goods into Ukraine had relations between the two countries get so bad. |
| 0:33.6 | And a judge in Georgia has ruled that new congressional maps are legal under the Voting Rights Act. |
| 0:38.6 | This is a win for Republicans at a time when control of Congress is on the line in 2024. |
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| 1:45.0 | Israel's offensive in Gaza continues with new airstrikes and more evacuation orders. |
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