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Jun 2024
13m 30s

Kenya tax protests turn deadly

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is freed by a U.S. court in Saipan following a guilty plea. Protests against tax increases in Kenya turn violent and deadly. Famine looms over Gaza as Israeli attacks and aid blockades leave more than one in five families hungry for days. 
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