A significant development in the Middle East has unfolded as former US President Donald Trump sent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu back to Israel with a boost. Meanwhile, a body was found during the search for missing 19-year-old Camila Mendoza Olmos in Bexar County, Texas. In the US, the Department of Health and Human Services has frozen all child care payments to Minnesota following allegations of viral fraud. China has launched its largest military drills off Taiwan in eight months, with live-fire exercises caught on camera.
In sports news, Arsenal cruised to a win over Aston Villa in the Premier League, while the US is on the verge of losing its measles elimination status due to new cases in South Carolina. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported a surge in flu cases, with rates expected to worsen. Disney has agreed to pay $10 million over alleged children's privacy law violations. In the entertainment world, Yvette Nicole Brown has publicly criticized a CNN documentary about Chevy Chase, while George Clooney has spoken out about the importance of telling the truth in news networks.
In other news, an escalation in Yemen threatens to reignite civil war and widen tensions in the Gulf. Protests have spread across Iran for the third day following a record low in the country's currency. The Kennedy Center has faced a new round of cancellations from artists following a renaming controversy. The US has seen nearly 28,000 whooping cough cases this year, and a winter storm has snarled holiday travel across the country.
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