Trump Campaign Hack, Abortion Ballot Initiatives, Sudan Peace Talks

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🗓️ 14 August 2024

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The Trump campaign said it had been hacked and Iranians were behind it. Eight states have ballot measures around reproductive rights to be put to voters in November, and US-brokered peace talks on Sudan begin in Geneva today to try to alleviate the world's largest displacement crisis.

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0:00.0	I got to solo host yesterday. It was kind of, it was okay.
0:03.5	Did you miss me? I always miss you, Leela.
0:06.5	Even when I have a co-host of some other kind, you know?
0:10.0	A.
0:11.0	How widespread her efforts... Aye.
0:13.6	How widespread are efforts to hack the presidential campaigns.
0:17.6	There's a whole bunch of other stuff that we're just not seeing, we're not pretty to. We do know the FBI is investigating the hack of documents from the Trump campaign.
0:27.0	I'm Steve Insky with Leilaf
0:31.5	Foddle and this is up first from NPR News. Reproductive rights are on the ballot in eight states so far.
0:38.1	Voters will decide in November what protections for abortion to keep a remove.
0:42.6	So this is very much, you know, a prime example of direct democracy.
0:46.8	What do past elections say about how this might play out?
0:50.0	And US sponsored peace talks on Sudan begin today.
0:54.0	The people of Sudan are facing one crisis after another with no end in sight.
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