Israel's Takeover Plan, New Census? & GPT-5 Arrives - Friday, August 8, 2025
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Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 8 August 2025
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The news to know for Friday, August 8, 2025!
We'll tell you about how Israel is now getting ready for a full military takeover of Gaza.
Also, how trading partners are responding to America's new tariffs.
And President Trump's new plan for the U.S. census in the middle of a redistricting fight.
Plus, the CDC's first report on ultra-processed foods, ChatGPT's new improvements, and the trend that's pitting crypto creators against WNBA players.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Friday, August 8. We'll tell you about how Israel is now getting ready for a full military |
| 0:04.9 | takeover of Gaza, also how trading partners are responding to America's new tariffs, and President |
| 0:10.3 | Trump's new plan for the U.S. Census in the middle of a redistricting fight. Plus, the CDC's first |
| 0:15.7 | report on ultra-processed foods, chat GBT's new improvements, and the trend that's putting crypto creators |
| 0:21.8 | against WNBA players. Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:28.6 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, |
| 0:34.5 | and on the go. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:38.3 | You ready? |
| 0:39.1 | Let's do this. |
| 0:43.5 | Israel is getting ready to take over the entire Gaza Strip. |
| 0:47.4 | Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet voted overnight to approve the new |
| 0:51.6 | takeover plan and said the military would occupy Gaza City right away. |
| 0:56.1 | More than a million Palestinians are living in Gaza City and its immediate surroundings now. |
| 1:00.9 | So the Israeli military is expected to issue eviction orders before a ground offensive begins. |
| 1:06.2 | Supporters of the plan say Israel has no other option since the terror group Hamas refuses to put down its arms and will attack again in the future. |
| 1:13.5 | Critics, though, say a takeover risks more death and suffering for Gaza's civilians, as well as more Israeli soldier casualties. |
| 1:20.6 | And those critics include Israel's military chief and families of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza now. |
| 1:26.9 | Some have been protesting overnight. |
| 1:29.0 | Exact specifics of this takeover plan have not been released, but some report side officials who |
| 1:33.6 | say it will take several months. It's not clear if the terror group Hamas will try to return to the |
| 1:38.3 | negotiating table in that time, or if doing so it would be enough to put these plans on hold. Either |
| 1:43.4 | way, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu says he doesn't want to control Gaza forever, |
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