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The 7

Thursday, January 4, 2024

The 7

The Washington Post

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🗓️ 4 January 2024

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Thursday briefing: Iran blasts; Jeffrey Epstein documents; covid wave; East Coast snowstorm; Mickey Mouse horror; and more


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0:00.0

At least 95 people were killed in blasts in Iran yesterday. That's where we're starting the show.

0:12.0

I'm Hannah Jewel and this is the Seven from the Washington Post.

0:15.0

It's Thursday, January 4th.

0:17.0

Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. Two explosions

0:25.0

struck the Central Iranian city of Kermain.

0:29.0

Thousands of people had gathered to commemorate the death of Kossam Sulemani, a general who was assassinated in an American

0:35.7

drone strike in 2020.

0:37.8

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but a local official said that the incident

0:42.4

was a terrorist attack, and a U.S.

0:44.4

official suggested that it could have been the work of a group such as the Islamic State.

0:48.8

Yesterday's blasts came in a moment of rising regional tensions stemming from Israel's war in Gaza.

0:55.0

Number two, hundreds of documents linked to the Jeffrey Epstein case were released yesterday.

1:06.8

A judge ordered the release last month. The documents are part of a case against the

1:11.4

multimillionaire sex offenders former partner, Galane Maxwell.

1:15.4

The order set off weeks of frenzied speculation about what they might contain.

1:19.8

But people who were expecting bombshell revelations are probably going to be disappointed.

1:24.5

The documents are mainly made up of previously released transcripts and legal briefs.

1:29.5

They include formally blocked out names, many of which were already publicly known, like Bill Clinton, Donald

1:35.0

Trump, and Prince Andrew.

1:37.2

But that doesn't mean that these people are accused of any crimes, and the documents don't

1:41.5

appear to feature major new details about their ties to Epstein,

1:45.0

who died by suicide in federal custody in 2019. Number three. Donald Trump asked the US Supreme Court to keep him on

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