Iran's President Dies, Israel's Political Turmoil, Michael Cohen Resumes Testimony

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Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has named an acting president following the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, the country's foreign minister and other officials in a helicopter crash. Prime Minister Benjamin Netyanyahu is facing accusations from his own war cabinet that he doesn't have a strategy for replacing Hamas in Gaza. Michael Cohen will return to the stand in what will likely be the final day of testimony in the New York criminal trial of former President Donald Trump. And a London court is expected to deliver a final decision on whether or not Julian Assange can appeal extradition to the U.S.

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0:00.0	Iranian state media now affirm the president and foreign minister died in a
0:07.0	helicopter crash.
0:08.0	Their bodies were recovered after an overnight search that took place amid
0:11.0	thick fog and blizzard conditions in mountainous terrain near the border of Azerbaijan.
0:15.6	I'm Steve Innskeep with Michelle Martin and this is up first from NPR News.
0:19.6	Benigants, a member of Israel's war cabinet, issued an ultimatum.
0:26.0	Change course in the war or he will quit.
0:29.4	How is it is content about the war affecting Israel's leadership?
0:32.4	And it is likely the final day of testimony in the New York content about the war affecting Israel's leadership.
0:32.5	And it is likely the final day of testimony in the New York criminal trial of former
0:36.0	President Donald Trump.
0:37.5	Michael Cohen will take the stand again, but will Trump testify?
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