Russian War Crimes and a Coup in Niger

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Politics, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary

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🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Tommy and Ben talk about a coup in Niger, progress on the Ukrainian counteroffensive, drone attacks on Moscow, Yevgeny Prigozhin attends a summit of African leaders in Russia, prospects for a US-Saudi Arabia-Israel diplomatic deal, the eroding democratic process in Thailand, and an ISIS attack in Pakistan. They also discuss how to inspire action on climate change. Then Tommy talks to Ambassador-At-Large For Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack about prosecuting Russian war crimes.

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0:00.0	I'm Ben Rhodes, I'm sitting here in the studio awaiting a third, fourth, fifth, twentieth
0:18.9	trumpet indictment.
0:19.9	Sounds like it's happening though.
0:21.6	It feels like the wheels are in motion, the wheels of justice, Tom.
0:25.0	Wheels of Jack Smith.
0:26.0	Wheels of Jack Smith.
0:27.0	Yeah.
0:28.0	That bus.
0:29.0	Yeah.
0:30.0	Interesting.
0:31.0	We'll see how it goes.
0:32.0	But we have a great show for you guys today.
0:33.3	We're going to cover this military coup in Niger and why it could have wide reaching massive
0:39.7	implications.
0:40.9	The latest news from Ukraine reports about a potential U.S.-Israel, Saudi diplomatic
0:45.5	deal, a terror attack in Pakistan, democracy in Southeast Asia, and how to convince the
0:50.1	world to take action on climate change as we live through potentially the hottest year
0:54.7	in recorded history.
0:55.7	It's hot out there.
0:56.7	It's a fun one to say you were a part of.
0:58.7	Yeah.
0:59.7	So like undefeated and developed teams.
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