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Hi, I'm Kim Vinnell in Whanganui, New Zealand.

It's Wednesday, January 28th.

Today, fury over US ice agents being deployed to Italy for the Winter Olympics.

Minnesota's Ilhan Omar is attacked during a town hall.

The Fed is expected to hold rates steady and keep them there for months.

And Hamas wants a role in Gaza for its police force.

This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, seven days a week.

We start with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel heading to Italy.

The Department for Homeland Security has confirmed that ICE agents will back up the Diplomatic Security Service at the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina.

DHS officials say security operations will remain under Italian authority and that ICE doesn't conduct immigration enforcement operations in foreign countries.

Despite those reassurances, the news has not gone down well in Italy.

At a regional council meeting in Milan, centre-left opposition party members hold up placards reading ICE OUT.

We called up Rome-based reporter Crispian Barmer for more.

Italy's foreign minister has called for a measured response, telling reporters at a Holocaust memorial event that it's not as if the Nazi SS are coming.

And Crispian says there is a precedent for this kind of deployment.

In Minnesota itself, Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar was attacked while holding a town hall meeting where she condemned ICE actions.

Footage of the incident shows a man charging toward her, spraying her with a foul-smelling liquid.