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Authorities are responding to a mass shooting in Florida.
"Three people have been transported to area hospitals following a shooting at Aventura Mall on Saturday afternoon, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. The shooting took place at around 4 p.m. at the mall located in the 19500 block of Biscayne Blvd," CBS Miami reported.
Scenes of chaos were posted to Twitter:
Shooting in Aventura Mall anyone have a club what is going on!!! https://t.co/aK7iLTBbpr— Jordi (@Jordi)1620504963.0
shooting at aventura mall.. https://t.co/Yhel1RVoXJ— Naty Denegri (@Naty Denegri)1620503472.0
Aventura Mall is a chaotic scene right now after a shooting inside the mall that sent shoppers running from all dir… https://t.co/K8BnPj4NI3— Chad Wilson (@Chad Wilson)1620506013.0
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The role right-wing media media played in convincing gullible Trump supporters that he did not lose the election was on full display in a CNN interview broadcast on Saturday.
CNN's Donie O'Sullivan interviewed two Trump supporters in The Villages, a Florida retirement community.
"You guys both genuinely believe the election was stolen," O'Sullivan said. "I mean, that's — if you believe that that's true..."
"Isn't that horrible," the man replies. "Is it horrible that we would even be in the situation to even think that?"
"But it's false," O'Sullivan noted.
"No it is not," the woman falsely claimed.
She then repeated debunked conspiracy theories. After the reporter noted her claims had been debunked, the woman said that couldn't possible be true.
"It has not, I watched it on TV," she argued.
"I watched it on TV" https://t.co/f6umkioJox— Donie O'Sullivan (@Donie O'Sullivan)1620485816.0
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More than 200 people have been injured in heavy clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in Jerusalem.
The Palestinian Red Crescent gave the number of injured as 205 early on Saturday morning, 88 of whom were taken to hospitals.
Many of them had been hit by rubber bullets.
According to the Israeli police, 17 officers were injured, about half of them needing treatment in hospital.
Clashes occurred between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in the Old City on the holy site know to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. There were also clashes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.
Thousands of believers had gathered there for prayers on the last Friday of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
According to the police, the clashes began when stones and firecrackers were thrown at officers near an access gate. Police officers then moved into the compound to deal with the rioters. The confrontations continued well into the night.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas blamed Israel for the escalation.
The Islamist Hamas movement, which governs the Gaza Strip, condemned Israel's actions. It will "pay the price for its aggression," Hamas said in a statement.
There was initially no reaction from the Israeli government.
The US State Department and UN special envoy Tor Wennesland expressed deep concern about the ongoing violence in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Both called for moderation.
The EU's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, also called for a de-escalation in tensions. "Violence and incitement are unacceptable and the perpetrators on all sides must be held accountable," he said.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, which normalized ties with Israel last year, also voiced sharp criticism and called for de-escalation.
"The UAE strongly condemns Israeli authorities’ storming of the holy al-Aqsa Mosque," the UAE state news agency WAM reported, referring to Islam’s third holiest site.
The agency quoted UAE Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Khalifa al-Marar, as calling on Israel to "shoulder responsibility in reducing escalation and terminating all aggressions and practices" leading to tensions.
Bahrain meanwhile urged Israel to stop what it called "rejected provocations against Jerusalem’s people," the Gulf country’s official news agency BNA reported, citing the Foreign Ministry.
Since the start of Ramadan and the delay of Palestinian parliamentary elections, tensions and violence have repeatedly erupted in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Israeli security forces had most recently prevented an attack on one of their bases in the north of the West Bank on Friday morning; two attackers were killed.
Unrest was initially triggered by Palestinian anger over Israeli police blockades in the Old City during Ramadan.
A conflict over the possible evictions of Palestinian families in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood further exacerbated tensions.
The neighbourhood has been the focus of attention for decades because of property disputes. Both Israeli settlers and Palestinians claim ownership there.
A decision could be made on Monday in the case of four families.
Borrell said that Sheikh Jarrah situation was "of serious concern" and that such evictions are seen as illegal under international law.
The status of Jerusalem is one of the central points of contention in the Middle East conflict.
Israel claims Jerusalem as its "eternal and indivisible capital," while the Palestinians claim East Jerusalem as their capital.
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