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The Pentagon has upped the number of National Guard members it wants present at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration by 4,000. CNN reports the Pentagon on Friday authorized up to 25,000 National Guard members, marking an increase from the 21,000 troops authorized a day earlier. Law enforcement in Washington, DC, and around the country is bracing for more extremist violence after the deadly insurrection at the Capitol last week. The DOD announced Tuesday that Guardsmen and women will be armed. Law enforcement is monitoring phones and other communications in an all-out effort to track individuals to ensure they do not travel to Washington.
Washington, May 11 (EFE / EPA) .- Protesters gathered Tuesday in front of the US State Department in Washington in favor of Palestine.The recent clashes between Palestine and Israel have prompted international calls for peace and raised fears that the situation could trigger a broader conflict.The exchange of fire between Palestinian militias in Gaza and the Israeli Army intensified on Tuesday, with at least 30 Palestinians killed, including minors, and three dead in Israel. (Camera: WILL OLIVER)SHOT LIST: PROTEST IN FAVOR OF PALESTINE OUTSIDE THE US STATE DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON DC, US.
A state of emergency's been called in North Carolina as violent protests over the police shooting of a black man continue in Charlotte. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
"Bring them home. Alive! now!" chant protesters holding pictures of Hamas-held Israeli hostages outside Columbia University as pro-Palestinian protests have taken over the campus since Wednesday. IMAGES
Pro-Palestinian protests spread to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus as students set up encampments, hold banners and shout slogans. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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