News Wrap: Rebel group backed by Rwanda claims critical Congo city
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🗓️ 28 January 2025
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| 0:00.0 | We start the day's other headlines with a growing crisis in Congo. |
| 0:03.9 | A rebel group known as M23, which is backed by Rwanda, has claimed the critical city of Goma in the country's east. |
| 0:11.2 | It's a major trade center home to about 2 million people. |
| 0:14.7 | Hundreds of thousands have been displaced during a decades-long conflict, |
| 0:18.8 | which the U.N. calls one of the most serious humanitarian crises on Earth. |
| 0:23.3 | The taking of GOMA was met with protests in the capital, |
| 0:26.3 | with demonstrators targeting foreign embassies, including France, the U.S., Uganda, and others. |
| 0:31.7 | They accuse the countries of supporting Rwanda, which they say has fueled the conflict. |
| 0:45.3 | What Rwanda is doing is in collusion with France, Belgium and the United States of America and others. Congolese people are tired. How many times do we have to die and in how many days? |
| 0:50.3 | Rwanda has denied supporting the M23 rebel group but admitted to keeping troops and missile systems inside Congo to protect its own borders. |
| 0:59.7 | The U.S. State Department advised American citizens today to shelter in place and to leave the country while they still can. |
| 1:06.5 | Oklahoma's Board of Education voted unanimously today to require parents to provide proof of their child's immigration status when enrolling them in public schools. |
| 1:15.9 | Under the proposed rule, parents would have to show a U.S. birth certificate, passport, permanent resident card, or other legal document. |
| 1:23.5 | Those without legal status can still enroll, but school districts would be required to report |
| 1:28.8 | the number of those without documentation to state education officials. |
| 1:33.3 | At a press conference today, Oklahoma State School Superintendent Ryan Walters explained why he |
| 1:38.3 | thinks the data is necessary. |
| 1:40.3 | We want to make sure that all that information is gathered so that we can make decisions on where resources go, where personnel goes, and we can continue to make sure that Oklahoma is leading the country in education reform. |
| 1:55.0 | Today, students and parents protested the board's decision. The rule still needs approval from Oklahoma's legislature and |
| 2:01.8 | governor. In Hawaii, one of the world's most active volcanoes is erupting once again. Nearby |
| 2:07.9 | webcams captured the Kilauea volcano spewing lava as high as 120 feet in the air today. |
| 2:14.5 | The Hawaiian volcano observatory says it's the seventh eruption since December. |
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