Top U.S. & World Headlines — December 5, 2024

welcome to democracy Now democracynow.org The War and Peace report I'm Amy Goodman Amnesty International has concluded Israel's committing genocide against Palestinians and Gaza this is amnesty researcher budor Hassan we have documented Israel's perpetration of three out of the five prohibited acts under the genocide convention since the 7 of October these include killing members of the group causing them serious mental or bodily harm and inflicting conditions of Life calculated to bring about their physical Destruction for example this would include the destruction of essential infrastructure including homes agricultural land water and sanitation infrastructure and infrastructure indispensable to

the civilian population they also include the mass repeated displacement under inhumane and unsanitary conditions and they also include the deliberate obstruction of Entry of life-saving supplies and Aid Israel is intensifying its attacks on Kan Yunis in southern Gaza an attack on an encampment in almasi a so-called safe Zone killed at least 21 people survivors described a fireball that incinerated people including mothers and their children Palestinians who gathered to grieve the dead responded to the amnesty report the time is Has Come For The International Community to move on all fronts to question and hold Israel to

account for the crimes war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide crimes that it is carrying out the massacre in El maasi was just one of multiple deadly attacks launched by Israel over the past day killing at least 48 people overall attacks on the Indonesian Hospital in Northern Bahia which is also acting as shelter set the facility's water tanks Ablaze meanwhile Israeli forces are continuing to attack Southern Lebanon by air in violation of a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah the far right dominated US Supreme Court appears poised to uphold Tennessee's ban on gender affirming care for transgender

youth after hearing arguments in a case that could have major repercussions for transgender people across the country plaintiffs argue the ban is a form of sex discrimination transgender community members and their allies rallied in front of the Supreme Court Wednesday this is Ethan an attorney with lamb delal one of the groups representing the plaintiffs in the case to support trans Youth and nonbinary youth specifically but you know really today is such an important uh case for our community and uh really it's about uh the right of transgender youth to be themselves the rights of parents

and youth to be able to make medical decisions with their doctors after headlines we'll speak with ACLU attorney Chase strange you who yesterday argued the case before the Supreme Court becoming the first openly trans lawyer to speak before the court the French government has collapsed after leftist and far-right lawmakers United to OU prime minister Michelle barer in a no confidence vote Wednesday the vote came amidst intense opposition to Bar's budget proposal and it's roughly $60 billion doll in spending cuts and tax increases it's the first time France's government has fallen to a no confidence vote

since 1962 French president Emanuel mcon is addressing the nation later today he would ask baret to stay on his caretaker prime minister until he names a successor it's the latest defeat for the embattled macron who faced Fierce backlash after selecting the conservative barer as prime minister in September instead of a progressive politician despite a leftist coalition winning the most votes in July's snap parliamentary elections ma Pano of the progressive France unbowed party called on maon to step down following the vote we ready to govern in a program of change Emmanuel mron must go and we

want to show any moment and we will demonstrate that another world is always possible and that the only Sovereign in this country Remains the people and them alone South Korean police are investigating president Yun sakol for Insurrection after his Declaration of Martial law Tuesday under South Korean law anyone found guilty of leading an Insurrection may receive a death sentence Yun was forced to revoke his martial law order 6 hours after announcing it amids widespread opposition and mass protest opposition lawmakers Thursday introduced a motion to impeach J which is set to be voted on Saturday this

is lawmaker Kim Sunan addressing the National Assembly it was a moment of military treason that we considered disappeared in the history he has committed an unforgivable sin Syria's government says it's withdrawn its forces from Hama as armed opposition Fighters began and during the key Syrian City it's another major blow to Syrian president Bashar alassad after opposition Fighters last week seized Aleppo Syria's second largest city armed groups now control much of Syria's Northern IDI Province where civil defense workers report Russian air strikes and five Health Care Facilities have killed at least 18 people and injured nearly

three dozen others doctors and paramedics at Aleppo University Hospital say they're suffering severe shortages of personel and medical supplies hospitals are often put out of service there's a lack of staff and Equipment all hospitals are out of service due to the bombing of the hospitals in the Republic of Georgia authorities arrested a main opposition leader as mass anti-government protests stretched into their second week naika gavara head of the Coalition for change was one of multiple opposition figures to be detained Wednesday mid government raids on homes and offices the protests were set off after the ruling

Georgian Dream party suspended its bid to join the European Union meanwhile Georgia's pro-eu president has refused to recognize georgean dream's recent victory in parliamentary elections and is called for new elections in Belgium a court had found the Belgian government buil guilty of crimes against humanity for the forced removal of five mixed R children from their Cong mothers during Belgium's colonization of their native country the five women now in their 70s were abducted from their mothers between 1948 and 53 and placed in Catholic institutions thousands of mixed race children endured the same state sponsored seizure and

mistreatment one of the plaintiffs Simone galula said the historic legal Victory had restored her dignity other news from Belgium a new law has gone into effect granting sex workers unprecedented labor including sick days health insurance maternity pay pensions and the ability to set the terms of their services with clients employers of sex workers must ensure workplace protections and pass background checks the changes come after years of organizing by Belgium's sex worker Union back in the United States Donald Trump has named former UC Irvine Economist Peter Navaro as his top trade adviser Navara served as White

House adviser in the first Trump Administration before serving four months in a federal prison earlier this year after he was convicted of contempt of congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the house January 6 committee Navaro had boasted of working to delay congress's count of the 2020 election results to buy time for Trump to reverse Joe Biden's victory in more transition news Trump's nominated Paul Atkins as head of the Securities and Exchange Commission reping his role under the George W Bush Administration Atkins is co-chair of the cryptocurrency lobbying group The Token Alliance and

has advocated against heavily regulating the rapidly growing cryptocurrency Market Trump has nominated billionaire Tech entrepreneur and pilot Jared isaacman to head NASA isaacman is a close Ally of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and has spent much of his personal Fortune bankrolling private missions to space President elect Trump will appoint former Georgia Republican senator and top Trump campaign contributor Kelly leer to lead the small business administration Trump has asked ferve CEO Frank binano to head the Social Security Administration has tapped his longtime lawyer David Warrington to serve as the White House councel meanwhile Trump will seek to

nominate a new leader of the Internal Revenue Service to replace Biden appointee Daniel worle who spent just two years on the job Trump will instead seek Senate confirmation of former Missouri Congress member Billy long as IRS commissioner Long's nomination comes as Republicans are seeking to prevent the treasury Department from unlocking $20 billion in IRS enforcement money that's been effectively Frozen during budget negotiations a Us justice Department investigation has found Memphis Police guilty of using excessive force and discriminating against black people the probe was launched after the killing of Tyrie Nichols a 29-year-old black father who

was beaten to death by police during a 2023 traffic stop the Memphis Police Department says it will not agree to Federal oversight and reform until it can review and challenge the Justice Department's report a Manhunt is underway here in New York after a shooter killed the CEO of United healthc Care Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel Wednesday morning and what police said was a Brazen targeted attack the gunman shot Thompson as he was entering the New York Hilton Midtown for United healthcare's annual investor conference the motive for Thompson's killing has not been confirmed but his

widow told NBC News he received threats due to quote a lack of coverage police say they found shell casings with the words depose deny and defend inscribed on them the words delay deny defend are known as the 3DS of the health insurance industry and Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield in Connecticut New York and Missouri has announced it'll stop paying for patients anesthesia for the full length of surgeries if the procedure goes over an allotted time limit Donald Arnold president of American society of anesthesiologists said quote this is just the latest and a long line of

appalling Behavior by commercial Health insurers looking to drive their profits up at the expense of patients and Physicians he said and those are some of the headlines this is democracy Now democracynow.org the Warren peace report