LA protests: Mass arrests after curfew kicks in

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  This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  I'm Andrew Peach and at 13 hours GMT on Wednesday the 11th of June,

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  these are our main stories.

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  Mass arrests and a curfew in LA after days of protests sparked by immigration raids.

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  Dozens more Palestinians are killed trying to get to aid in Gaza.

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  And Austrian police find a non-functioning bomb at the home of the man held responsible for Tuesday's school shooting.

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  Also in this podcast...

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  You have two megalomaniac billionaires with narcissistic tendencies and they don't tend to get along well with other megalomaniac billionaires with narcissistic tendencies.

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  Elon Musk says some of his social media posts about President Trump went too far.

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  Let's start in LA,

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  a city facing lockdowns after several nights of unrest and protests against immigration rates.

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  An overnight curfew has been in force and police say they made mass arrests.

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  The governor of California, Gavin Newsom,

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  said democracy is under assault before our eyes after the White House deployed nearly 5,000 troops,

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  including National Guardsmen and U.S.

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  Marines, to his state against his wishes.

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  And the anger's been spreading too with demonstrations in support of immigrant communities in New York City,

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  Chicago and Dallas.

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  The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, who's a Republican,

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  has announced he's deploying the National Guard at several locations in his state.

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