South Korea Martial Law, Transgender Rights Case, French Government Collapse

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🗓️ 4 December 2024

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South Korea's president shocked the nation when he tried to declare martial law and now he faces impeachment charges. The Supreme Court will hear a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender affirming hormone treatments for minors. The French government is on the brink of collapse as the Prime Minister faces a vote of no-confidence.

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0:57.3	South Korea's president shocked the nation when he tried to declare martial law.
1:02.1	We got that decree that basically outlawed democracy.
1:06.6	He failed and now he faces impeachment.
1:09.2	I'm Leila Faudil.
1:10.1	That's A. Martinez and this is up first from NPR News.
1:16.2	Transgender rights comes before the Supreme Court today.
1:19.6	The justices hear a challenge to a Tennessee law that bans gender-affirming hormone treatment for minors.
1:25.4	We regulate a number of different types of medical procedures.
1:28.6	What are the arguments before the court?
1:30.5	And the French government may collapse in the hours ahead.
1:33.4	The country's prime minister of just three months faces a no-confidence vote.
1:37.1	Why are the far left and the far right joining forces to oust this conservative figure?
1:41.8	Stay with us.
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