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The Trump administration is reportedly deploying about 700 US Marines to Los Angeles

to protect federal buildings and personnel.

The active duty soldiers are not meant to interact with demonstrators who have been protesting against immigration raids since Friday.

Earlier, California sued the Trump administration

for sending National Guard troops to the city without the consent of

Gavin Newsom. It's Democratic governor. Mr. Newsom accused the president of outrageous overreach

and facilitating a manufactured crisis. Police have declared it unlawful to assemble anywhere in

downtown Los Angeles.

Ukraine's Air Force said that Russia launched its largest drone attack since the beginning of the war, hitting an airfield outside the city of Dubno, 60 kilometres from the Polish border.

The Ukrainians reported shooting down 460 of 479 drones. Meanwhile, the two sides

swapped the first group of prisoners as part of a deal that could be the largest yet. Warner Brothers

discovery announced that it would split off its fast-growing streaming and studios' business

from its ailing cable television unit. The latter will be spun off into the new global

network's company under Gunner-Viedenfell's, WBD's current chief financial officer.

WBD has recently undergone a restructuring to boost its falling share price

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