Bringing up Bibi: Netanyahu testifies
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🗓️ 10 December 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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For five years the prospect of a criminal prosecution has loomed over Binyamin Netanyahu. Today he becomes the first Israeli prime minister to testify as a defendant. A shocking fraction of master’s degrees confer no financial benefit—and may even leave degree-holders worse off (10:43). And our staff share their picks for the best books of 2024 (16:58).
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| 1:11.4 | I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:12.7 | And I'm Rosie Bloor. |
| 1:14.0 | Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the event shaping your world. |
| 1:23.2 | Have you got a master's degree or are you considering one? |
| 1:26.8 | Well, listen up. |
| 1:27.8 | For a surprisingly large fraction of people, they won't help your earning potential. |
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| 1:41.1 | Fear not, our culture team recommends the best books of 2024. But first... Israel's Prime Minister Benyman Netanyahu has a lot on his plate. |
| 2:11.6 | He's waging an increasingly unpopular war in Gaza, which drew thousands of anti-government protesters onto the streets of Tel Aviv this weekend. |
| 2:24.3 | And last month, he became the target of the International Criminal Court. |
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