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Israel launches retaliatory attacks against Iran

The attack is an escalation of the tensions in the Middle East, which have been heightened since Hamas attacked Israel last year. Iran is expected to respond militarily, but Israeli and United States officials reportedly hope it will be a limited response.

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Bush-era diplomat rips 'unconscionable' Biden acquiescence to Chinese 'intimidation center' in NY

Centers have "taken 230,000 Chinese citizens, and essentially by holding their family hostage back in China and then showing them on video and audio that they've got them, they're extracting them and pulling them home," explained Robert Charles. A former Bush administraton assistant secretary of state says it is "unconscionable" that the Biden administration has allowed China to set up what he calls an "intimidation center" in New York to pressure Westernized Chinese nationals residing in the U.S. to return home by "holding their family hostage."