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🗓️ 16 September 2024
⏱️ 48 minutes
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More details are emerging about the background of the man allegedly involved in the second attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump. One particular aspect of the would-be shooter's history that stands out: His obsession with Ukraine's fight against Russia. A retired FBI agent talks about that. When wildfires rage in remote places, the challenge isn't just to fight the fires; even finding and reaching the fires in order to put them out can be difficult. In a densely vegetated region of Brazil, drones have started helping out. Also, women, activists, and human rights advocates in Iraq say they are worried about a set of possible changes to family law. The new proposal would give religious authorities more power over marriage, divorce, inheritance and child custody. And the Biden administration has waived human rights conditions on US military aid to Egypt. This comes after three years of partially withholding assistance from Egypt. We're looking into the calculations and reasoning behind that shift.
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0:00.0 | A proposed change to the law in Iraq as a country on edge. |
0:09.0 | It's going to introduce a fundamental change in Iraqi society where your religion, not the fact that you're an Iraqi citizen, determines what rights and protections you're afforded. |
0:18.0 | I'm Marker Wurman. Today we take a closer look at what that change will mean for Iraqis. |
0:22.0 | Also, why concerns over human rights got sidelined in a U.S. military aid deal with Egypt. |
0:28.0 | Plus Shogun, the streaming series set in 16th century Japan, cleans up at the Emmys. |
0:33.4 | This isn't just warlords commanding armies. |
0:36.5 | This is warlords hosting tea gatherings |
0:39.2 | and sharing their favorite poems and engaging in falconry and in Brazil we have |
0:46.2 | to think out of the the box a changing climate changes everything all that and |
0:51.8 | much more today here on the world. |
0:56.5 | This is the world. I'm Marco Werman. Yesterday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania |
1:01.0 | and nine weeks after the first assassination attempt on former |
1:04.0 | President Donald Trump, a second apparent attempt on Trump's life, this time on a golf course |
1:09.3 | in Florida. A suspect is in custody after being apprehended with a high-power rifle. |
1:14.0 | One of these surprising details that's emerged about him is a preoccupation with Ukraine. |
1:19.0 | Specifically, a belief that he might in some way be able to help defend Ukraine following Russia's full-scale |
1:24.8 | invasion. |
1:25.8 | Ken Gray is a retired FBI agent with 25 years experience, now at the University of New |
1:30.6 | Haven where he's a distinguished lecturer. He joined us to talk about what we know about the Ukraine connection. |
1:36.0 | So it's early on in the investigation. We know that this person was very interested in Ukraine. We know this person that had been trying to set up a |
1:46.3 | volunteer group to go into Ukraine and fight for the Ukrainians and was having difficulty getting that accomplished. |
1:54.3 | We also know he was trying to recruit former Afghan fighters to go to Ukraine and |
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