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News topics covered in today’s update:

Intro (no news yet)

US News: LA Protests + Executive office, immigration, travel ban

International News: Haiti, then Gaza, then South Korea

Nature news: Parrots, humans, and rebuilding

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SOURCES USED FOR THIS SUMMARY:

Immigration, LA and mass protests

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/first-thing-los-angeles-protests-arrests-newsom-trump

https://apnews.com/article/los-angeles-protests-ice-national-guard-f39ba39287f628ce8c8be47c92ea6147

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-protests-arrests-austin-aa726c826047f8d7eb4091acc8929b8e

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/11/la-los-angeles-police-mass-arrests-overnight-curfew

NO KINGS MASS DAY OF PROTEST

https://www.mobilize.us/nokings/map/

Travel ban

https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=nx-s1-5425489:nx-s1-5485998-1

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/trump-travel-ban-myanmar-civil-war-visa-rcna211500

International News:

Haiti

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/record-number-people-displaced-by-violence-haiti-un-agency-says-2025-06-11/

Gaza

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/israel-set-deport-greta-thunberg-other-activists-ministry-says-2025-06-10/

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/08/middleeast/freedom-flotilla-gaza-aid-ship-thunberg-intl-hnk

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-strikes-kill-35-gaza-many-near-an-aid-site-medics-say-2025-06-11/

South Korea

https://apnews.com/article/south-korea-election-da088cf36a61641e23795688df01ee01

Nature news: Parrots

https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/back-to-the-skies-the-unlikely-comeback-of-one-of-brazils-rarest-parrots/

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