Global News 04/17/2024

AP/Vahid Salemi

Israel says it will retaliate against Iran, despite the risks; US says China is funding America’s fentanyl crisis; EU fiddles on Middle East as Ukraine burns; Inside the disinformation industry

• Israel says it will retaliate against Iran, despite the risks (AP)

• US says China is funding America’s fentanyl crisis (Radio Free Asia)

• EU fiddles on Middle East as Ukraine burns (POLITICO)

• Inside the disinformation industry (UnHerd)

• Kharkiv at risk of becoming ‘second Aleppo’ without US aid, mayor says (The Guardian)

• More than 50,000 Russians killed in Ukrainian ‘meat grinder’: Report (Al Jazeera)

• Syria: Mass death, torture and other violations against people detained in aftermath of Islamic State defeat – new report (Amnesty International)

• China abducted and forcibly returned its own citizens from EU territory, report finds (Euronews)

• The Supreme Court case that could turn homelessness into a crime: Grants Pass v. Johnson (Vox)

• New EU migrant pact ushering in 'deadly new era of digital surveillance,' privacy experts warn (Euronews)

• West Bank: Israel Responsible for Rising Settler Violence (Human Rights Watch)

• Dubai flooding: Chaos as UAE records heaviest rainfall in 75 years (CNN)

• Thousands homeless after demolition in Ivory Coast's main city (Voice of America)

• Drought causes power cuts in Ecuador (BBC)

• DHS Chief Alejandro Mayorkas targets online child sex exploitation (USA Today)