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Israel’s Ben Gvir orders police to take down Palestinian flags, testing limits of his authority

By Elliott Gotkine, CNN Itamar Ben Gvir, Israel’s new hard-right national security minister, has ordered police to remove any Palestinian flag flown in public, arguing that displaying it shows “identification with terrorism.” “It cannot be that lawbreakers will wave terrorist flags, incite and encourage terrorism,” he said in a statement on Sunday. Ben Gvir issued

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The ozone layer is on track to recover within decades as harmful chemicals are phased out, scientists report

By Laura Paddison, CNN In rare good news for the planet, Earth’s ozone layer is on track to recover completely within decades, as ozone-depleting chemicals are phased out across the world, according to a new United Nations-backed assessment. The ozone layer protects the planet from harmful ultraviolet rays. But since the late 1980s, scientists have

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90% of Californians are under flood watches as another storm threatens mudslides, power outages and deadly inundation

By Nouran Salahieh, Holly Yan and Haley Brink, CNN Much of California can’t soak up another drop of rain. Yet the state is getting pummeled again with torrential downpours and ferocious winds, causing power outages and treacherous travel conditions. More than 34 million Californians were under a flood watch Monday — about 90% of the

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