Thursday, April 18, 2024
The 7
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🗓️ 18 April 2024
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Thursday briefing: Russian strike in Chernihiv; Trump jury selection; Arizona abortion law; Indonesia volcano; and more
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| 0:00.0 | Donald Trump's New York trial resumes today. |
| 0:06.4 | The Senate shut down an impeachment. |
| 0:09.0 | And an elephant briefly escaped the circus in Montana. |
| 0:13.2 | That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:17.0 | I'm Hannah Jewel. |
| 0:18.4 | It's Thursday, April 18th. |
| 0:20.0 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. |
| 0:25.0 | Number one, a Russian strike in northern Ukraine |
| 0:28.0 | killed at least 18 people. |
| 0:30.0 | Yesterday, Russian missiles struck the downtown area of Churneheve during rush hour. |
| 0:35.8 | That's a city just 60 miles from the Russian border. |
| 0:39.1 | More than 60 people were wounded and |
| 0:41.8 | official said the strike destroyed an 8-story building and damaged a hospital. |
| 0:46.0 | Ukrainian officials said the attack could have been stopped if it had better air defenses. |
| 0:51.0 | They said their country isn't getting the kind of |
| 0:54.0 | international help that Israel received last weekend to stop a drone attack from Iran. |
| 0:59.5 | Ukraine is desperate for more help, but US aid has been stalled in Congress for months. |
| 1:05.0 | That could change soon though. A high stakes vote on providing more aid is expected in the House in the coming days. Jury selection in Donald Trump's criminal trial in New York continues today. |
| 1:23.2 | That's number two. |
| 1:24.7 | Seven jurors for Trump's hush money trial |
| 1:27.2 | have been picked so far. |
| 1:29.0 | They include an oncology nurse, two lawyers, |
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