Google survives its first anti-trust lawsuit and Israel bombs Qatar

Google survives its first anti-trust lawsuit and Israel bombs Qatar

Author: Amanda Stephens, Hanna Bilinski,Rti September 15, 2025 Duration: 0:00

This week, Amanda is back in the driver's seat and covering a topic she and co-host Hanna have been looking forward to for a long time-- The results of the first anti-trust lawsuit against Google (even if they're disappointed by the results). Then they update on a topic they are both much less excited about, updates of Israel's attack in Qatar and the invasion of Palestine in-general.

Read along with us:

Google lawsuit: 1. A let-off or tougher than it looks? What the Google monopoly ruling means (Lily Jamali, BBC), 2. The landmark Google antitrust ruling ( Rachael Abrams and David McCabe, The NYT “The Daily” Podcast)

Updates on the Israel-Palestine conflict: 1. UN experts call for immediate dismantling of Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (UN press release), 2. Israel attacks Sanaa, al-Jawf in latest strikes on Houthis (Reuters),  3. Israel orders full evacuation of Gaza City, as Netanyahu warns 'this is only the beginning (CNN)

Israel bombs Qatar: 1. Israel Bombs Hamas leaders in Qatar (Tommy Vietor, Ben Rhodes, “Pod Save the World” podcast), 2. What do we know about the Israeli strike in Qatar ( Fiona Nimoni, BBC), 3.Trump says strike in Doha ‘does not advance Israel or America’s goals’ ( Nadine Yousif, BBC), 4. Maps: Israel has attacked 6 countries in the last 72 hours (Marium Ali and Alia Chughtai, Al Jazeera)

About the state of journalism in Palestine: 1. Anas Al-Sharif became the face of the war in Gaza for millions. Then Israel killed him (Mostafa Salem , CNN), 2. Anas al-Sharif among four Al Jazeera journalists killed by Israel in Gaza (Al Jazeera staff, Al Jazeera)


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