ICJ Ruling, Border Deal Falling Apart, Biden Administration LNG Pause

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🗓️ 26 January 2024

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The UN's top court will deliver its interim ruling on the genocide charges brought against Israel by South Africa. Campaign politics is putting a bipartisan Senate border deal in limbo as former President Donald Trump urges Republican lawmakers to reject it. And, The Biden Administration is pausing approval of new natural gas export facilities as it weighs their impact on climate change.

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0:00.0	The UN's top court will deliver its interim ruling on genocide charges brought against Israel.
0:07.0	South Africa asks the judges for a provisional measure to stop Israel's military campaign in Gaza, but can any court decision be enforced?
0:15.2	I mean Martinez, that's Leilifodle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.6	The Senate is close to a bipartisan deal pairing border security with Ukraine aid
0:26.0	but former President Trump is telling Republican lawmakers to reject it.
0:29.7	And the Biden administration is tapping the brakes on natural gas exports.
0:34.8	A lot has happened in the past decades since this program was created and we need to have an even greater understanding.
0:42.2	The Department of Energy is looking into whether new natural gas facilities are in the public's
0:46.8	interest.
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