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Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, June 9

Xinhua
| June 9, 2025
2025-06-09

LOS ANGELES -- More than 200 protesters clashed with National Guard troops in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday during the latest demonstrations against immigration raids that swept across California over the weekend.

Xinhua reporters at the scene observed National Guard soldiers, along with agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Homeland Security, repeatedly firing tear gas and smoke grenades to disperse the crowd. Some protesters and journalists were hit during the confrontation. (US-Los Angeles-Protest)

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BEIRUT -- A Hezbollah member was killed and three Lebanese civilians were injured on Sunday in an Israeli airstrike targeting a motorcycle on the Chehabiyeh-Kfar Dounin road in southern Lebanon, security and civil defense sources said.

A Lebanese security source, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to Xinhua that the victim was identified as Ali Shafiq Qanso, a Hezbollah member from the town of Chehabiyeh. He added that three civilians happened to be passing by at the time of the airstrike. (Lebanon-Israeli Airstrikes-Casualty)

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TEHRAN -- Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib announced on Sunday the country had obtained a "precious trove" of Israel's strategic, operational, and scientific data and documents, which he said would be published soon.

In an interview with Iran's state-run IRIB news agency, Khatib described the acquisition as a "great intelligence achievement" of his ministry.

Khatib said the documents cover Israel's nuclear program as well as its relations with the United States, Europe, and other countries, stressing that some of the intelligence files could bolster Iran's offensive capabilities. (Iran-Israeli Documents)

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THE HAGUE -- Train services across the Netherlands will come to a halt on Tuesday as a strike by railway unions expands to cover much of the country, Dutch Railways (NS) announced on Sunday.

"Due to a strike organized by the trade unions in large parts of North Holland, South Holland, Zeeland, and West Brabant, no NS trains will run nationwide on Tuesday, June 10," NS said in a statement posted on its website. (Netherlands-Train-Strike) Enditem

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