Navalny Funeral, Gaza Aid Tragedy, Pig Organs for Transplants

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🗓️ 1 March 2024

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Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is being laid to rest after dying in prison for charges widely seen as politically motivated. Gaza health authorities say more than 100 civilians were killed trying to get food from aid trucks, though Israel says that number is much lower. And scientists have started cloning genetically modified pigs with organs designed to be transplanted into people.

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0:00.0	Alexinovolny's family is trying to bury him.
0:05.6	They planned a funeral today for the Russian opposition leader.
0:08.8	It took weeks for them just to claim his body from prison, so how can he be laid to rest?
0:14.0	How many Martinez, that's Steve Insky and this is up first from NPR News.
0:18.0	A Palestinian man survived a chaotic scramble around trucks delivering food in Gaza.
0:27.0	I was left lying on the ground for two hours because there were so many injured.
0:31.0	What does the violence reveal about the desperation of people living under fire?
0:35.4	Also, scientists are cloning pigs and growing them just to produce organs to transplant
0:40.8	into people.
0:41.8	It's no longer a science fiction experiment, it's actually reality.
0:45.5	We visit a farm where that reality is taking shape. No science fiction here, just the news you need
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