{"id":33377,"date":"2024-05-22T14:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T14:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/p\/wednesday-headlines-the-pigeon-funnel#id33162"},"modified":"2024-05-22T14:36:00","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T14:36:00","slug":"wednesday-headlines-the-pigeon-funnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/wednesday-headlines-the-pigeon-funnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday headlines: The pigeon funnel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Spain, Ireland and Norway say they will recognize <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-hamas-war-palestinian-state-recognition-what-to-know-ed18d4cc50b20c8238e0de0068080eb0\">a Palestinian state.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Associated Press<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Members of Israeli security forces are giving settlers the location of aid convoys so they can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/article\/2024\/may\/21\/israeli-soldiers-and-police-tipping-off-groups-that-attack-gaza-aid-trucks\">intercept them.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Guardian<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The EU is financing operations to detain tens of thousands of migrants in North Africa and move them to remote areas, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/interactive\/2024\/eu-migrant-north-africa-mediterranean\/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzE2MjY0MDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE3NjQ2Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTYyNjQwMDAsImp0aSI6IjFlMDZlYWZjLTI3YWMtNDdmOC05OGVkLTZmMjIwZjlhMTY3MSIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS93b3JsZC9pbnRlcmFjdGl2ZS8yMDI0L2V1LW1pZ3JhbnQtbm9ydGgtYWZyaWNhLW1lZGl0ZXJyYW5lYW4vIn0.xNIfdkW5zO3eTS9FXVY0htrHu51sopRcm8zM2roQv2E&amp;itid=gfta&amp;utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\">&#8220;often barren deserts.&#8221;<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ The Washington Post [+]<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Due to assaults on paramedics, large swaths of Cape Town are off-limits to ambulances without <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goatsandsoda\/2024\/05\/19\/1251372792\/ambulances-attack-south-africa-cape-town\">an armed police escort.<\/a><span style=color:#A9A9A9> \/ Goats and Soda<\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also: &#8220;Rideshare work attracts older drivers. 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