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Landslide in Sicily Forces Evacuation of 1,500 as Homes Collapse
A major landslide in Niscemi, southern Sicily, triggered by heavy rain, caused significant damage and forced the evacuation of over 1,500 residents. The edge of the town collapsed, leaving dozens of houses teetering on the edge of a cliff and deemed "uninhabitable," according to Sky News.
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Niscemi on Wednesday to assess the damage. The landslide was triggered by heavy rain, which caused the ground beneath the town to collapse, Sky News reported. Some structures and cars fell off the cliff edge.
In other news, Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda, who has 1.4 million followers, reported that her TikTok account was permanently banned days after the social media platform was acquired by new investors in the United States, according to Al Jazeera. Owda, an Emmy Award-winning journalist and contributor to Al Jazeera's AJ from Gaza, shared a video on her Instagram and X accounts on Wednesday, informing her followers of the ban.
Meanwhile, in Gaza, Fatima Abdullah recounted the desecration of al-Batsh cemetery by the Israeli military in the Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza City, Al Jazeera reported. The cemetery, which contained the grave of her husband, who was killed during Israel's war on Gaza, was excavated as the army recovered the last captives body. "Even the dead were not spared," Al Jazeera reported.
Separately, The Guardian reported that a five-year-old U.S. citizen, Génesis Ester Gutiérrez Castellanos, was deported to Honduras alongside her mother on January 11. Génesis had been living in Austin, Texas, and was deported despite being a U.S. citizen. Her mother, Karen Guadalupe Gutiérrez Castellanos, whose visa application was pending, said she would send Génesis back to the U.S. soon accompanied by another relative. "The day I separate from my daughter will be the most painful of my life," she said, according to The Guardian.
Sky News also reported on disturbing accounts from doctors in Iran detailing the regime's crackdown on protesters. Sporadic internet access has made it difficult to get an accurate picture of the situation, but Sky News spoke to medical professionals who shared accounts of alleged brutality. According to Sky News, "the climate of fear has been restored after the clerics who run this country successfully crushed nationwide revolt."
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