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‘Landman’ star Ali Larter gets unexpected praise and ‘bada--’ compliment from Hollywood icon
Ali Larter didn't expect Martha Stewart to be a fan.
Larter revealed she experienced a chance encounter with Stewart that caught her by surprise during a recent appearance on "Late Night with Seth Meyers."
Larter recalled enjoying dinner at the Polo Lounge with her family in New York City when the surreal moment involving Stewart occurred.
"There's a vibe happening," Larter explained to Meyers. "And this woman across the room catches my eye. And she has kind of like this twinkle. And she's looking at me. And I'm clocking her. And Martha Stewart starts walking straight at me, OK?"
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"And I'm going, ‘Oh my gosh, is that Martha?’ She comes up to the table in this huge white fur, like this bold – she's like a lioness," she added. "And she looks at me, and she goes, 'I wait until 12:01 every Sunday to watch your show."
"And then she looks at Vivienne, and she goes, ‘Your mother is a bada--.’"
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The compliment took Larter by surprise.
"We were just like all enamored in this surreal moment of Martha Stewart, who I love," she explained. "Who's like the queen, the icon, and she's a ‘Landman’ fan."
Larter stars in the Taylor Sheridan series as Angela, the wife of Billy Bob Thornton's character. The show is based on the podcast "Boomtown."
"Landman" chronicles the Permian Basin oil boom in West Texas that took place in the early 2010s, fueled by advances in oil drilling technology. At the center of the show is Thornton's character, Tommy Norris. Thornton portrays a "landman," a crisis manager working for an oil company called M-Tex.
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"Landman" is filmed in Texas and Larter noted that sometimes things go wrong on set.
"We had a scene this season where it was like, it's the end of the day. You know, we have a huge crew, it's high pressure," she told Meyers. "And we are rushing to get this shot. And it's supposed to be one of those epic Texas sunsets where the egg drops. So I'm standing there in this wide open field, barefoot, jean shorts, and they're rushing, rushing, rushing. And I hear, ‘Action!’ And I'm standing there, and looking out at the horses. And all of a sudden, I feel something crawling between my toes. And I look down, and there are fire ants biting my toes!"
Larter chose to "lean into it" and completed the scene despite the fire ants biting at her feet.
"And all of a sudden, I hear 'Cut!' And Stephen Kay, our director, runs up, and he's like, 'Ali, you were so emotional. You were so connected.' And I'm, like, I'm crying because I was getting bit by fire ants. And I was scared they were going to yell at me because they weren't going to get the shot."
Hegseth signs off on wounded US troops keeping bullets, shrapnel removed from their bodies after Maduro raid
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, revealed dramatic new details Wednesday about the covert Jan. 3 mission targeting Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, describing U.S. troops who continued fighting after being shot and later asked to keep the bullets and shrapnel pulled from their bodies.
In a new "Verdict with Ted Cruz" podcast episode, Cruz detailed a trip with fellow Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, and War Secretary Pete Hegseth to a San Antonio hospital to visit three of the seven soldiers wounded during "Operation Absolute Resolve."
Cruz said American troops were "vastly outnumbered," describing Cuban military members, tasked with guarding Maduro, opening fire on U.S. soldiers.
"It is an incredible testament to the precision and effectiveness of our military, that not a single soldier on the American side was killed," Cruz said. "There was a very large number of Cuban forces defending Maduro, who were killed in that firefight."
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The first soldier that the politicians visited helped plan the "entire raid," and was leading one of the helicopters when he was shot in the leg, according to Cruz.
"Even in the midst of being shot in the leg, [he] continued," Cruz said. "He did not step back from the fight and he was critical, in terms of his location, protecting his fellow soldiers."
During a discussion with the soldier, Cruz said Hegseth extended an offer for anything the soldier needed.
"[The soldier] said, ‘Well, actually, there is something you could do,' and Pete says ‘what?’" Cruz said. "[The soldier] says, 'I'd really like the bullet,' the bullet that went into his leg."
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Cruz explained the hospital's medical director previously told the soldier they could not hand it over to him without a waiver.
"Pete, to his credit, said, ‘The waiver is granted, you can have the bullet,’" Cruz said. "That soldier was beaming. He was thrilled to have the bullet."
The second soldier the group met with had also been shot and cut by a piece of shrapnel, causing a gash running the entire length of his arm.
"He had the exact same request," Cruz said. "He said, 'I'd really like the shrapnel.' They had the piece of metal that had cut his arm open, and again, the hospital said we have it, but we're not allowed to give it to him without the waiver."
Hegseth also signed off on the second soldier's request, according to Cruz.
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"Both of those, I assume that they're going to frame it or otherwise keep it as just a memento to the injury, the Purple Heart that they earned fighting for their country, but also being a part of profoundly impacting history," Cruz said.
While the names and ages of the wounded soldiers, who are now all in good condition, have not yet been publicly released, Cruz said the first soldier was a bit older than the other two, who he described as "young guys."
"If you saw them walking down the street, you wouldn't do a double take," he said. "The first guy kind of looked a little like Captain America [and] the other two, look they were fit, … but the skill that you know they have, the heroism you know they have—if you just saw them on the street, you wouldn't immediately know that.
"With all three of the soldiers, I took an opportunity to tell them … 'Look, you were part of history. You were part of history in a way, without exaggeration, that changed the entire Western hemisphere. What you did was profoundly important … and I took the chance on behalf of Texans and Americans just to say thank you. Thank you for your bravery."
Cruz added the first soldier, who was shot in the leg, had some friendly banter with the Pentagon chief.
"Hegseth asked him, ‘how are you feeling?’ and he said, 'I'm ready to go again,'" Cruz said. "I said, ‘great, can you do Saturday?’ and he said, ‘well, can we hold off till Monday?’ So that kind of gives you a sense of the spirit [the soldiers had]."
Cruz's office did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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'The View' hosts call on Clintons to comply with subpoena, testify on Epstein
Several co-hosts of "The View" pleaded on Friday that former President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary should comply with congressional subpoenas on disgraced financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., told reporters Wednesday that the Clintons could face contempt charges for not having complied with the call to testify. Meanwhile, the Clintons' attorneys criticized Comer's leadership of the investigation in a letter and discounted the subpoenas, saying, "President and Secretary Clinton have already provided the limited information they possess about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell to the Committee."
But some prominent liberal voices have said that it would be better for America as a country if the Clintons testify
"As someone who wants to see everything in the Epstein files and wants every single person held accountable, I think the Clintons should show up," "The View" co-host Sara Haines said. "It was a unanimous vote to subpoena them, and regardless of these affidavits or anything else, I think when people don’t show up, it makes them look guiltier than they are."
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"President Clinton has showed up in tons of pictures with no wrongdoing but images that have been released in the files," Haines continued. "And we’ve known of the friendship for years, and two years after Epstein got his sweetheart deal, Ghislaine Maxwell was invited to Chelsea [Clinton]’s wedding, so there are some associations there that I think you leave – you put everything out there. Let it be public. Let people hear.
"Because otherwise, you give them the bait to say, ‘Well, you’re not doing it, we’re not doing it. This person is not doing it.’ No, if you want the Epstein files, and you want everyone held accountable, they show up, and they do it."
Co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin shared a similar sentiment, noting Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon were jailed for defying congressional subpoenas about the January 6 investigation.
"I just personally don’t believe that congressional oversight is something that should be optional to people," she said. "I’ve testified before Congress, never under subpoena. I was asked to and showed up and never have seen a congressional subpoena as optional."
Griffin went on to argue that it would be a great opportunity for Bill Clinton to shed light on any actual wrongdoing he saw other people engaged in.
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Co-host Ana Navarro argued that while she is personally uncomfortable with the idea of calling on the Clintons to testify, she agrees it is ultimately what is best for society.
"I have known Bill and Hillary Clinton for over 20 years. They were very good friends of my ex, and they would come down to Miami and stay at his hotel all the time. So, it’s very hard for me and, you know, it’s not a comfortable place for me to say that I want them to show up, and I want them to testify, but here’s the thing, I want us as a society to hold the people that we like to the same standard that we hold the people that we don’t like," she said.
Navarro said the Oversight Committee was holding the Clintons to a different standard, while Donald and Melania Trump were being given special treatment.
Cancer survival rates reach record high, but deadliest types still put Americans at risk
People who have received a cancer diagnosis are living longer than ever, according to a new report from the American Cancer Society (ACS).
Decades of cancer research have led to more effective treatment of the disease, so that cancer is "becoming less of a death sentence and more of a treatable chronic disease," the 75th annual Cancer Statistics Report stated.
The five-year cancer survival rate is now 70% in the U.S., compared to 50% in the mid-1970s.
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These improvements reflect advances in treatment and earlier diagnosis, said the researchers, who also recognized that screenings for breast cancer and prostate cancer have contributed to survival rates.
"For example, survival has improved for some types of leukemia because of the development of tyrosine kinase inhibitors, which allow most patients to have a near-normal life expectancy," the researchers said in a press release.
The ACS report identified five-year survival improvements for specific types of cancer. For example, rates of liver cancer survival spiked from 7% in the 1990s to 22% in 2023, lung cancer survival increased from 15% to 28%, and myeloma survival rose from 32% to 62%.
"Survival has improved for people with regional-stage disease (when tumors have spread from where they started to nearby organs) and distant-stage disease (where tumors have spread to organs further away from the starting point)," the organization added.
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"In fact, for all distant-stage cancers combined, the relative survival rate doubled from 17% in the mid-1990s to 35% for those diagnosed from 2015 to 2021."
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Dr. Calvin Chao, VP of medical science at Artera in California, commented that the 70% five-year survival rate is a "clear signal of progress in cancer care, but statistics alone tell only part of the story."
"Many factors contribute to these improved outcomes, and one of the most significant is the use of personalized, clinically validated approaches that leverage predictive insights to guide therapy," he went on.
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"These previously inaccessible insights now help clinicians identify which specific treatments are most likely to benefit each patient, and which may offer little advantage."
Chao stressed the importance of reducing unnecessary side effects by avoiding therapies that provide "no added benefit" for patients, while providing novel therapies to patients who "clearly do benefit."
Dr. Yvonne Estrin, a breast radiologist at Pembroke Pink, also weighed in on these findings, agreeing that treatment advances "play a major role in this progress."
"But so do early detection and improved screening guidelines," she told Fox News Digital. "For example, with screening mammography and annual mammograms now beginning at age 40, we are detecting breast cancer at a very early and treatable stage. This leads to a decrease in morbidity and mortality."
Despite the uptick in life expectancy, the ACS noted that there will still be an estimated 2.1 million new cancer cases in 2026, or about 5,800 diagnoses every day.
Among women, cases of breast cancer are diagnosed more than twice as often as lung cancer, which ranks second. Liver cancer, melanoma and uterine cancer are also on the rise among women.
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Prostate cancer incidence continues to rise for men, as it is also diagnosed twice as often as second-ranking lung cancer. Oral cavity cancer and pancreatic cancer are reportedly rising for both genders, according to the ACS.
Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News senior medical analyst, said there are "many important reasons" for the survival improvements.
"There is more awareness of cancer risks and symptoms, and much better screening," he told Fox News Digital. "Earlier diagnosis is leading to earlier treatments."
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He also attributes the survival boost to more personalized approaches, specifically advances in targeted therapy (antibodies), immunotherapy, and advanced surgical techniques, including robotics.
"Lifestyle changes can also help combat the effects of cancer and treatments, as well as better follow-up in terms of scans and interventions," Siegel added.
Cancer continues to be the most common cause of death in American men between 60 and 79 years old and women between 40 and 79. After heart disease, cancer is the second most common cause of death in the U.S.
The ACS estimates that 626,140 people in the U.S. will die from cancer in 2026, amounting to about 1,720 deaths per day. Lung cancer causes most of these, followed by colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer.
However, death rates are mostly declining. Since its peak in 1991, the cancer death rate has declined by 34%, the ACS reported, with about 4.8 million cancer deaths prevented as of 2023.
In particular, lung cancer deaths have dropped 62% for men since 1990 and 38% for women since 2002.
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In men, the death rate for prostate cancer has decreased 53% since 1993 and colorectal cancer rates dipped 55% between 1980 and 2023.
In women, breast cancer death rates dropped 44% between 1989 and 2023.
White House slams 'no-talent loser' Jimmy Kimmel after offering Trump his Emmy to pull ICE from Minnesota
White House communications director Steven Cheung blasted late-night host Jimmy Kimmel as a "no-talent loser" on Friday after Kimmel joked that he would trade some of his past awards — including his Emmy — to President Donald Trump in exchange for pulling Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents out of Minnesota.
"Jimmy should hold on to those so he has something to pawn after his a-- gets fired for being a no-talent loser with horrific ratings," Cheung wrote on X.
On Thursday's episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," Kimmel presented a table of awards he's received over the years, joking that giving Trump an award is "the only way to get him to do anything."
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Kimmel’s remarks followed Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado gifting Trump her Nobel Peace Prize medal on Thursday as "a recognition for his unique commitment with our freedom."
The late-night host mocked the president for how excited he appeared to be while accepting the prize from Machado.
"Rarely does a president yank a Nobel Prize off of someone’s neck," Kimmel said. "He’s back in the Oval Office sucking on it like a pacifier right now. Look at how happy he is. Have you ever seen anyone happier than that for winning this prize? He didn’t even win."
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After ridiculing Trump’s acceptance of the gift, Kimmel had a table of his own awards wheeled out and began mock-negotiating with the president.
"Mr. President, I have an offer I think you’re going to find difficult to refuse," he quipped. "If you — and only if you agreed to pull ICE out of Minneapolis and put them back at the borders where they belong, I am prepared to offer you one of the following trophies that I have been honored with over the years."
Kimmel then listed his collection, including a Daytime Emmy Award for Best Game Show Host in 1999, a Clio Award, a Webby Award, a Writers Guild Award, and even his 2015 Soul Train Award for "White Person of the Year."
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"The choice is yours," he told the president.
Wrapping up his pitch, Kimmel sweetened the deal by offering to "personally deliver any, or even all of these, to the Oval Office in exchange for leaving the people of Minneapolis alone."
ABC did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Trump credits halted Iran executions for delaying military strikes
President Donald Trump signaled why he's held off on military strikes on Iran amid nationwide protests, after claiming that the country had canceled executions for hundreds of Iranians.
When asked if Arab and Israeli officials "convinced" him to not strike Iran, Trump told reporters Friday he convinced himself and cited the canceled hangings. Trump also expressed similar sentiments on social media Friday.
"I greatly respect the fact that all scheduled hangings, which were to take place yesterday (Over 800 of them), have been cancelled by the leadership of Iran. Thank you!" Trump said in a post on Truth Social Friday.
The statement echoes what White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday, about the canceled executions. She maintained that all options remained on the table when it comes to dealing with Iran.
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"What I will say with respect to Iran is that the president and his team have communicated to the Iranian regime that if the killing continues, there will be grave consequences," Leavitt told reporters Thursday.
"And the president received a message as he revealed to all of you and the whole world yesterday that the killing and the executions will stop. And the president understands today that 800 executions that were scheduled and supposed to take place yesterday were halted."
It’s unclear from Trump’s post if he was referring to the 800 executions that already were canceled, or whether there have been two consecutive days where 800 executions have been called off.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital on how many executions have been canceled or whether military strikes are completely off the table now.
Fox News Digital reached out to a spokesperson for the Islamic Republic of Iran's permanent mission to the United Nations for additional comment but did not immediately receive a reply.
Protests broke out across Iran in December 2025 in response to economic hardships facing the country, as well as a referendum against Iran’s theocratic regime.
More than 2,000 people — including at least nine children — have died in the recent protests, the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported Tuesday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Newsom retreats after Shapiro puts him on the spot over chilling ICE terrorism claim
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is retreating from inflammatory remarks about federal immigration agents after his press office labeled an Immigration and Customs Enforcement-involved shooting "state-sponsored terrorism."
Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro said the shift was political rather than policy-driven, arguing Newsom is moderating his image as he eyes a 2028 presidential bid. Shapiro directly challenged the governor about the post during an appearance on Newsom’s podcast, "This Is Gavin Newsom."
"Your press office tweeted out that it was ‘state-sponsored terrorism.’ Which, I mean governor, I have to ask you about that. That sort of thing makes our politics worse," Shapiro said, referring to a post uploaded in response to the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis earlier this month.
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"And our ICE officers obviously are not terrorists. A tragic situation is not state-sponsored terrorism," added Shapiro.
"Yeah, I think that’s fair," Newsom replied, distancing himself from his press office’s language.
Newsom has been widely viewed as a potential Democratic presidential contender, though he has not announced a run. Shapiro said a key challenge for the governor will be appealing to both far-left activists and more moderate voters within his party.
"One of the circles that the governor has to square is that the Democratic base is very, very radical," Shapiro said Friday on "America’s Newsroom."
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"He understands that if he wants to run successfully for president in 2028, then he’s going to need to moderate pretty significantly."
In the episode, Newsom rejected calls from Democrats to abolish ICE, saying he disagrees with the idea. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who has been rumored to consider a 2028 presidential run, has previously argued the agency should not exist.
"His press office sort of tweets out to his base, and then he ignores that or denounces his own press office if it means that he can sort of moderate positionally," Shapiro added.
He predicted Democrats will ultimately abandon calls to abolish ICE, comparing the push to the party’s earlier support for defunding the police.
"I think they already did this experiment with regards to abolishing the police, and it didn't work out particularly well for them," said Shapiro.
The Minneapolis shooting has reignited debate over federal immigration enforcement, with ICE’s actions facing intense scrutiny. Activists have cited Good’s death as justification for ongoing demonstrations and confrontations with law enforcement in Minneapolis.
Trump says $50B rural health plan funded by cutting Medicaid 'waste, fraud and abuse'
President Donald Trump is celebrating an increase in funding for healthcare focused particularly on rural communities across the country, a move was made possible by cutting "waste, fraud and abuse from Medicaid."
"As part of the Great Big Beautiful Bill, we've increased … funding for the healthcare by an unprecedented $50 billion. That's rural healthcare. Nobody thought that was going to happen," Trump said during a roundtable Friday.
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act directs half of the rural health funding to be distributed evenly among all 50 states, with the remaining funds allocated based on state-specific factors, including the condition of rural hospitals.
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"We increased funding for rural health care by an unprecedented, record-setting $50 billion over five years, which will benefit Americans in all 50 states, and this was made possible by cutting massive waste, fraud and abuse from Medicaid and reinvesting those funds to revitalize hospitals in our cherished rural communities," he added.
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The roundtable, which included Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz, was aimed at promoting the Trump administration's Great Healthcare Plan, which was announced during a White House press briefing Thursday.
Some have described the proposal as an effort by Trump to shape Republican messaging ahead of the 2026 midterm elections as the party tries to hold onto its slim majorities in the House and Senate.
In its fact sheet on the plan, the White House highlighted several main points, including lowering drug prices, lowering insurance premiums, holding insurance companies accountable and maximizing price transparency. Trump touched on several of the elements of the plan during the roundtable and said that hospitals that accept Medicaid and Medicare will be required to prominently post prices so that patients are aware of the cost of their care.
During the roundtable Friday, Trump implored Congress to enact the Great Healthcare Plan, but the president said he was confident Republicans would back it.
IOC rejects requests to ban the US from Winter Olympics over Venezuela strike
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has responded to calls to exclude the U.S. and its athletes from the upcoming Winter Olympics over the country's recent military intervention in Venezuela.
The committee ruled out any penalty on the U.S. in the aftermath of the intervention.
"As a global organization, the IOC has to manage a complex reality. The IOC has to deal with the current political context and the latest developments in the world," the IOC said in a statement to the BBC.
"The ability to bring athletes together, no matter where they come from, is fundamental to the future of values-based, truly global sport, which can give hope to the world.
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"For this reason, the IOC cannot involve itself directly in political matters or conflicts between countries, as these fall outside our remit. This is the realm of politics."
Russian athletes are banned from competing in the Olympics since the country invaded Ukraine in 2022. Russian invaded Ukraine just four days after the closing ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics in February of that year, which is a violation of the Olympic Truce clause in the IOC charter. Russia also put Ukrainian athletes there under the control of the Russian Olympic Committee.
The U.S.'s strike on Venezuela violated no such charter and has been praised by many in the international community due to the capture of dictator Nicolás Maduro and the toppling of his regime.
The effort came after months of pressure on Venezuela as the Trump administration conducted more than 20 strikes in Latin American waters targeting alleged drug traffickers as part of Trump’s broader initiative to curb the influx of drugs into the U.S.
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The IOC faced similar calls to exclude Israel from the Olympics over the Gaza war, but those requests were also declined as the committee stated that the country's national Olympic committee had complied with the Olympic Charter.
However, Indonesia may face a penalty for violating the Olympic Charter, even if it doesn't result in the exclusion of the country's athletes from competition.
The IOC previously condemned the country for its denial of visas to Israeli athletes and declared it a breach of the international charter. All conversation about Indonesia hosting a future Olympics was terminated, and the IOC advised global organizers not to schedule any major events in the country.
The Indonesian government cited safety concerns for its decision to deny the Israel team visas, warning of potential threats within its country to the safety of the Israeli athletes and risk the safety of others.
However, Team Israel claimed its own country's security detail determined the country was safe to enter and cleared its athletes to travel there.
"We received authorization from the Israeli Security Authorities to participate in the World Championship subject to the necessary security protocols in place. From our side, all preparations were complete — registration process, entry visas to Indonesia and Israeli Security Authorities confirmation," the Israel Gymnastics Federation previously told Fox News Digital.
Indonesia was previously stripped of its right to host the under-20 World Cup when the governor of Bali refused to host Team Israel in a game.
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