A Widening Mideast War, Unsealed Jeffrey Epstein Documents, Migrant Caravan in Mexico
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🗓️ 4 January 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Mysterious explosions in Iran, a drone strike in Lebanon and a threat from Hezbollah's |
| 0:07.7 | leader to punish those responsible. |
| 0:10.1 | Fear arising that the war between Israel and Hamas is already spilling over how much more volatile could it get. |
| 0:15.7 | I'm Lila Folden, that's A Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:19.9 | Hundreds of pages of court documents related to disgraced financier and convicted sex trafficker |
| 0:27.2 | Jeffrey Epstein are now public. What do they reveal about Epstein's secretive world where women |
| 0:31.6 | were allegedly exploited, |
| 0:33.2 | sexually assaulted, and raped. |
| 0:34.7 | Plus, U.S. Mexico border crossings have hit record highs. |
| 0:38.4 | What's the journey like for migrants desperately trying to make it to the U.S. |
| 0:42.3 | And VIRS. And BIRS. Ader Peralta has been traveling with a migrant caravan |
| 0:45.0 | and brings us stories of hope and heartbreak. |
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