Kilmar Abrego Garcia Denied Asylum, Israel Intercepts Flotilla, Manchester Synagogue Attack, Trump Cuts Climate Funds, Sephora Waste Settlement, UCLA Stagflation Forecast

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Title: Kilmar Abrego Garcia Denied Asylum, Israel Intercepts Flotilla, Manchester Synagogue Attack, Trump Cuts Climate Funds, Sephora Waste Settlement, UCLA Stagflation Forecast Description: A Baltimore judge denied asylum to Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an El Salvador native at the center of immigration debates, leaving him at risk of deportation. Israeli naval forces intercepted a flotilla bound for Gaza, detaining activists and drawing international condemnation. In the U.K., two people were killed in a terror attack outside a synagogue in Manchester during Yom Kippur. The Trump administration cut nearly $8 billion from clean energy projects in Democratic states, while expanding coal production. In business, Sephora will pay $775,000 in a hazardous waste settlement, and a UCLA forecast warns of “stagflation-lite” due to the Trump administration’s tariff policy and fed rate cuts.

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0:00.0	This is an L.A. Times Studios podcast. Hi, I'm Faith Pino, and you're listening to Headlines from
0:12.5	LA Times Studios. Here are some of today's top stories from the Los Angeles Times.
0:18.4	A Baltimore judge denied Kilmar Abrago Garcia's request for asylum Wednesday,
0:23.6	refusing to reopen his case from 2019. According to reporters, Abrago Garcia has lived in Maryland for years,
0:31.6	but originally came to the U.S. illegally as a teenager. In 2019, he was arrested by immigration agents and requested asylum.
0:40.9	But a judge said Abrago Garcia was ineligible because he had been in the country for more than a
0:46.2	year. Abrago Garcia, who has an American wife and children, became the face of the administration's
0:52.5	hardline immigration policies back in March
0:55.5	of this year when he was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
1:01.3	He was returned to the U.S. in June, but now faces criminal charges linked to a 2020 traffic
1:07.3	stop in Tennessee.
1:09.3	And now immigration officials are seeking to deport him to a third
1:12.7	country, first Uganda, then Eswatini, pending his January trial. A move his lawyers call vindictive
1:20.2	and say puts his life at serious risk. Meanwhile, Abrago Garcia has 30 days to appeal this
1:27.0	latest ruling.
1:28.7	And in other news, Israeli naval forces boarded most of the boats attempting to break
1:33.3	through their blockade of Gaza Thursday.
1:36.2	According to reporters, officers detained dozens on board, including European lawmakers
1:41.6	and activists.
1:43.4	The global Samud Flotia is so far the largest group of vessels to try and reach the
1:48.5	Gaza Strip.
1:49.9	The 40 boats carried nearly 450 activists, in addition to a symbolic amount of humanitarian
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