Headlines for February 19, 2024

Rights Groups Call for Probe into Navalny’s Death; Russian Police Arrest Hundreds of Mourners, Nasser Hospital “No Longer Functional” After Israeli Raid; U.N. Aid Teams Barred from Entry, Israel Warns of Rafah Invasion Within Weeks as Egypt Builds Enclosed Area Amid Fears of “Mass Exodus”, World Court Kicks Off Hearings on Israeli Occupation of Palestine, Protest Actions Against Israel’s Genocide Continue Around the World, NYC Students Walk Out to Protest Assault on Gaza, Israelis Rally in Tel Aviv to Demand New Elections, Return of Hostages, Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Likens Israel’s Assault on Gaza to Holocaust, Houthis and U.S. Escalate Attacks on Red Sea Trade Route, NYT: Israel Responsible for Iranian Pipeline Attacks, Russian Forces Seize Avdiivka as Biden Blames “Congressional Inaction” for Ukrainian Losses, New York Court Orders Trump to Pay Over $355 Million for Lying About Value of Businesses, Greg Abbott to Build Massive Base in Texas Border City of Eagle Pass