Middle East Latest, Moscow After Attack, Trump's Legal Battles

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🗓️ 25 March 2024

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Israel's Defense Minister is in the U.S. today at a moment of tension between the two allies. An offshoot of the Islamic State claims responsibility for Friday's mass shooting in Moscow, while Russian authorities point instead to Ukraine. And two of Donald Trump's legal battles collide today — one criminal, one civil, both in New York City.

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0:00.0	Israel says it's battling Hamas in hospitals. Medical staff and civilians are being
0:07.8	killed, patients are getting sicker. Their wounds are getting infected, they're
0:11.8	literally rotting.
0:12.7	Today Israel's defense minister is in Washington, what should we expect?
0:16.4	I'm Steve Insky with Leela Foddle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.2	Crowds gathered at the site of Friday's mass shooting in Moscow.
0:27.0	A student says he wouldn't wish this tragedy on anyone, an offshoot of the Islamic State
0:35.8	claims responsibility for the attack.
0:38.7	Russian authorities point instead to Ukraine.
0:41.7	And Donald Trump could get a start date set for his hush money trial.
0:45.4	He also faces a deadline to post a bond for his civil fraud case,
0:49.4	which he has said he cannot do.
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