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New York Police surround the protest of the Columbia University campus

The New York Police deployed a large number of agents on Tuesday night around Columbia University, the epicenter of the protests against the Israeli war in Gaza.

This deployment occurs after the educational authorities claimed that they were “exploring options” after the students occupied one of the buildings of that teaching center last midnight.

According to local media, many of the students who were camped in the West Lawn area to protest Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza spontaneously went to Hamilton Hall to occupy it.

The University had already limited access to the campus to the necessary staff and the students who live there today due to the seizure of the building, of great symbolism because it was also occupied in 1968 in protest against the Vietnam War.

In parallel to the deployment around the camp in Columbia, the Police also started on Tuesday night an eviction device with multiple arrests of students camped at the University of the City of New York (CUNY), which is public.

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The president of the House of Representatives, Republican Michael Johnson, said on Tuesday at a press conference that, if the police are not able to suppress the violent protests at Columbia University, “we need the National Guard.”

Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, said at a press conference that the protests in U.S. universities around the war in Gaza have taken an anti-Semitic face that includes the clamor for the destruction of the state of Israel.

The legislator said that if the president of Columbia University, Nemat Shafik, is not able to control the situation in that institution, “it is time for her to resign.”

“The first responsibility of the administration of a university property is the protection and safety of students,” he added. “If someone fails in that obligation, he has totally failed.”

“Columbia is out of control,” Johnson said. “That’s why we demand that the police come and take care of the matter. And if the police are not able (to control the situation) then we need the National Guard.”

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Johnson’s proposal brings to mind the incident in May 1970 at Kent State University, Ohio, when soldiers of the National Guard of that state shot protesters protesting the war in Vietnam, killing four and injuring nine students.

The Columbia protests are in addition to those that hundreds of students in dozens of other universities in the United States have been holding for days because of the war in Gaza.

The demonstrations have in common the rejection of US policy towards Israel and the request that educational centers break relations with the Government and the Israeli private sector.

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Zelenski urges global action after russian ballistic missile strike

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski called on the international community Thursday to “respond” to Russia’s ballistic missile strike on Ukraine, which he said has heightened the “escalation and brutality” of the conflict.

“The world must react. So far, there has been no strong response,” Zelenski lamented in a social media statement.

“We must act. We must pressure. We must push Russia towards real peace, which is only achievable through strength,” he added.

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed Thursday that Russia had launched a new type of hypersonic ballistic missile against Ukraine in its “non-nuclear configuration.”

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Elon Musk plans sweeping cuts to U.S. bureaucracy and spending

Elon Musk has pledged massive cuts to government programs, subsidies, and bureaucracy in his anticipated role as a “State Efficiency” leader, according to an article published Wednesday in The Wall Street Journal.

The billionaire entrepreneur plans to target hundreds of billions of dollars in federal spending, including funds for public broadcasting and Planned Parenthood. Musk called government bureaucracy an “existential threat” to American democracy.

Teaming up with fellow businessman and Trump ally Vivek Ramaswamy, Musk aims to streamline federal regulations and implement significant administrative and cost reductions.

“We are entrepreneurs, not politicians. We will serve as external volunteers, not federal officials or employees,” Musk and Ramaswamy stated in the article.

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Putin warns of escalation, suggests strikes on western weapon suppliers

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the conflict in Ukraine is taking on the characteristics of a “global war,” warning that Russia might target Western nations supplying Ukraine with weapons used in attacks on Russian territory.

These remarks come after a day of heightened tensions, during which Russia launched a state-of-the-art medium-range missile designed to carry a nuclear warhead. However, this particular missile was loaded with conventional explosives.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the missile strike, calling it the action of a “deranged neighbor” using Ukraine as a “military testing ground.”

Earlier, Ukraine accused Russia of attacking the central-eastern city of Dnipro with a missile exhibiting “all the characteristics” of an intercontinental missile, an unprecedented development in the ongoing conflict.