WORLD Radio News - WORLD Radio News: 1-19-26 (2/3)

Episode Date: January 19, 2026

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With World Radio News, I'm Kent Covington. In Minnesota, anti-ice protests continue outside of a federal building in Minneapolis. Demonstrators are chanting and cursing at federal agents as they go by, and protests have at times turned violent. Immigration and customs enforcement director Todd Lyons accused Democratic City and state leaders of fomenting on rest and violence against ICE agents. ICE agents and deportation officers have arrested and murderers. gang members, serial rapists, people wanted from their home country for heinous crimes. Yet,

unfortunately, you don't hear that. We're automatically assuming from elected officials that ICE is out there doing something wrong. The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to be ready in case of a possible deployment to Minnesota. And Governor Tim Walz has mobilized the State's National Guard to help quell the violence, but has not yet deployed the guardsmen in the streets of Minneapolis. Two high-speed trains have derailed and collided in some of the southern Spain, killing at least 21 people and injuring more than 100 others. The accident happened Sunday near Ottomus in Cordoba province when a train from Malaga to Madrid jumped the tracks and struck another train coming from Madrid to Huelva.

Rescue crews worked to free passengers from twisted carriages. Authorities warned that the death toll could still rise as they continue their work at the scene. In Ohio appeals court may have given new life to parts of a pro-life law, World's Dennis Crowley explains. In 2023, Ohio voters passed an amendment to the state constitution, stating that every Ohioan has the right to make personal reproductive decisions, which it said included abortions. The state's Republican Attorney General tried to preserve some protections for unborn children under the state's pro-life heartbeat law. But a judge later ruled that the heartbeat law could not be enforced. after the constitutional amendment.

However, an appeals court said the trial judge went too far by striking down every part of the law, and it ordered the lower court to go back and decide, piece by piece, which provisions of the law can still stand. For World, I'm Dennis Crowley. Wildfires burning across Central and Southern Chile have killed at least 18 people and forced tens of thousands to flee their homes.

Authorities say extreme heat and strong winds fueled more than two dozen fires, scorching thousands of acres and destroying hundreds of homes. About 50,000 people have been evacuated so far, and authorities warned the death toll could rise as crews reach hard-hit areas. For World Radio, I'm Kent Covington. For more sound journalism grounded in facts and biblical truth, visit worldradiot.news. Additional support comes from MediShare,

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