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It's Friday the 8-N-A-old. It's Friday the 8th of August. Welcome to the PDB afternoon bulletin. I'm Mike Baker,

your eyes and ears on the world stage. All right, let's get briefed. First up, President Trump

secretly signs off on using U.S. military forces against Latin American drug cartels. It's a dramatic escalation

in the war on drugs, and it could put American troops on foreign soil. Later in the show, Israel

approves a controversial new plan to seize control of Gaza's city, aiming to evacuate nearly

half the territory's population and dismantle Hamas's last stronghold.

But critics are warning the Jewish state against the new operation. We'll have the details.

But first, today's afternoon spotlight. President Trump has authorized a dramatic escalation in

America's fight against the drug cartels.

According to reporting from the New York Times, the president quietly signed a directive

instructing the Pentagon to begin using military force against cartel organizations that are now

designated as foreign terrorist groups. The directive gives the U.S. military a formal basis

for launching operations at sea

and potentially on foreign soil. According to the reporting, military planners are already

developing options for how these missions might look, including potential direct action raids,

naval interdictions, and intelligence-driven operations targeting cartel leaders and infrastructure.

Now, this is a big change from business as usual when it comes to the war on the cartels.

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