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It's Wednesday of the U.S.

It's Wednesday, the 1st of October.

Welcome to the first day of the U.S. government shutdown in Washington, D.C.

I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed.

First up, a mea culpa from Israeli minister Netanyahu over his nation's strike in Doha, while Shimbett digs into how the mission unraveled. We'll have those details. Later in the show, we return to the Caribbean,

where the United Nations has just green-led expanded powers for international forces to crack down on

gang violence in Haiti. But first, today's afternoon spotlight.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu issued a rare apology this week

to the leaders of Qatar over last month's airstrike in Doha.

According to Axios, Netanyahu phoned Qatari Prime Minister Altani on Monday

while he was at the White House meeting with President Trump.

In that call, Netanyahu expressed regret for violating Qatar's sovereignty on Monday while he was at the White House meeting with President Trump.

In that call, Netanyahu expressed regret for violating Qatari's sovereignty and for the death of a Qatari security officer during that September 9th operation.

The apology wasn't just symbolic.

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