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Lebanon Accuses Israel of Herbicide Spraying; Alabama Senator Warns Mayor on Immigration; Search Continues for Missing Australian Boy
Lebanon accused Israel of spraying southern villages with a concentrated herbicide, while in the United States, an Alabama senator issued a warning to a mayor over his stance on immigration. Separately, in Australia, the search continued for a missing four-year-old boy, and Italian authorities tightened protest laws ahead of the Winter Olympics.
Lebanon's agriculture and environment ministries stated that Israeli aircraft sprayed an agricultural herbicide over southern villages, raising concerns about food and environmental security, according to BBC World. Laboratory tests confirmed the substance was glyphosate, a chemical used to destroy vegetation, with concentrations in some samples "between 20 and 30 times the levels usually accepted," the ministries said. Lebanese President Joseph Aoun condemned the spraying as a violation of Lebanese sovereignty and an environmental and health hazard. The Israeli military declined to comment on the allegations, according to Reuters, as reported by BBC World.
In Alabama, Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville warned Irondale Mayor James Stewart, Jr. over his support for undocumented immigrants. Tuberville, who is also running for governor, said that if Stewart continues his activism, he "won't like me very much," according to Fox News. Stewart cited Martin Luther King Jr. as justification for protecting immigrants and pledged funds to train activists to track ICE agents. Tuberville warned Stewart that he will have "zero-tolerance policy" if he is elected governor.
Meanwhile, in South Australia, police identified a suspect in the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont, who went missing from his family's remote sheep station near Yunta on September 27, according to BBC World. Gus was last seen playing outside his home. His grandmother left him alone for about half an hour before checking on him, only to find the boy missing, prompting one of the largest land and air searches in the state's history. Police confirmed the boy's parents were not suspects.
In Italy, the government tightened restrictions on protests the day before planned rallies at the Winter Olympics, according to The New York Times. A decree allows police to detain people for up to 12 hours if there are reasonable grounds to believe they may jeopardize the peaceful conduct of a protest, Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi said. The decree could affect demonstrators protesting the disruption caused by the Olympics and the deployment of ICE agents to Italy as part of the security team.
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