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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: We end today’s show looking at Burma, where up to 200 Rohingya Muslims were recently killed in drone strikes as they attempted to flee to Bangladesh. This comes amid intensifying conflict between the military junta and the Arakan […]

A news network has been forced to abandon its broadcast after a mob of masked Muslim men heckled the network's crew. According to the National Pulse, conservative-leaning Sky News was forced to abruptly end its live broadcast amid riots in the United Kingdom. At the time of the incident, the news crew was at the English city of Birmingham in the West Midlands. Sky News reporter Becky Johnson had been […]

The United Auto Workers has filed federal labor charges against former President Trump and billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk after the pair advocated for the illegal firing of striking workers. On Monday, Musk was heard laughing in agreement as Trump made these remarks during an audio live stream on Musk’s social media site X, formerly known as Twitter. Donald Trump: “Well, you, you’re the greatest cutter. I mean, I look […]

Infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci has tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) a third time, despite being injected with the COVID-19 vaccine six times. The former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) made this admission during a July 30 interview with Dr. Jeremy Faust, editor-in-chief of MedPage Today. "I got infected about two weeks ago. It was my third COVID-19 infection, and I […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. The United Auto Workers has filed federal labor charges against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The union accuses the men of illegally attempting to threaten and intimidate workers who go on strike. The UAW’s complaint with the […]

British doctors must now comply with a new absurd rule – asking men if they are pregnant – following a mandate by the U.K. National Health Service (NHS). Under the new NHS rule, physicians are required to ask men the question before they undergo X-ray procedures, computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. Guidance titled "Inclusive Pregnancy Status Guidelines for Ionizing Radiation" was released by the British Society […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: Teamsters President Sean O’Brien asked both conventions if he could address them. The Republican National Convention said yes. This is what Sean O’Brien had to say. SEAN O’BRIEN: And here’s another fact: Against gigantic multinational corporations, an individual worker has zero power. It’s only when Americans band together in democratic unions that we win real improvements […]

Alleged mastermind of Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Yahya Sinwar, named as new Hamas leader The Islamic Resistance Movement, more commonly known as Hamas, has named Yahya Sinwar as its new leader following the recent assassination of former leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran. Sinwar's appointment was announced in a brief statement by the Palestinian militant group. He has served as the group's leader in Gaza since 2017. Israel claims that Sinwar was […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman. The Israeli bombardment of Gaza continues, with 36 Palestinians killed in the last 24 hours, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Among those killed on Tuesday were two newborn twins, a boy and a girl. They were 4 days old. When their father […]