Navalny's Death, Trump's Penalty, Biden's Influence on Israel

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🗓️ 17 February 2024

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Family and allies of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny say he was murdered. A New York judge ordered Trump Organization leaders to pay $364 million for fraud. President Joe Biden's tough words on Israel raise questions over the extent of his influence.

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0:00.0	The Kremlin's fiercest critic has died in a Russian prison.
0:05.6	Alexei Navalny was just 47.
0:08.0	He had been sentenced to 19 years, allegedly for extremism,
0:11.6	but many observers said it was really for speaking out against
0:14.4	the Kremlin.
0:15.4	I'm Scott Simon.
0:16.1	And I'm Don Gagnay, and this is up first from NPR News. President Biden put the blame for Navalny's death squarely on Vladimir Putin.
0:27.0	We don't know exactly what happened, but there is no doubt that the death of the
0:33.0	was the consequence of something that Putin and his thugs did.
0:38.0	We'll have more details.
0:39.3	And in New York City, a 364 million dollar penalty against the Trump organization.
0:44.4	We'll also talk about President Biden's tough love towards Israel.
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