Trump Protective Order, Niger Coup, Ukraine Talks In Saudi Arabia

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🗓️ 7 August 2023

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Donald Trump's attorneys have until Monday evening to respond to a request for a protective order against him. Niger's coup leaders close the country's airspace. Ukraine calls Jeddah talks productive.

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0:00.0	Donald Trump's lawyers face a deadline today.
0:05.0	They have to answer a demand for a protective order.
0:08.6	Prosecutors asked a judge to block Trump from talking publicly about the evidence he sees
0:13.2	while preparing for trial.
0:14.7	I'm Steve Innscape with Sarah McCammon, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.2	Leaders of a coup led a deadline pass in New Year.
0:24.5	The neighboring nations told the military rulers to reinstate their ousted president
0:28.4	or face intervention instead the military rulers closed New Year's airspace.
0:33.7	So how serious is the threat to act against them?
0:36.6	Also, Ukraine's president makes a pitch for global support.
0:40.0	Volodymyr Zelensky appeared at a conference in Saudi Arabia that 40 nations attended.
0:45.3	What could they do to influence Russia to make peace?
0:48.3	Stay with us.
0:49.3	We've got the news you need to start your day.
0:54.5	Former President Donald Trump's lawyers have until 5 p.m. today to respond to a request
1:05.8	from prosecutors.
1:06.8	Yeah, the prosecutors want a protective order.
1:09.4	They have to share evidence with the defendant as he prepares for a conspiracy trial for trying
1:14.4	to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.
1:17.2	What they don't want is Trump spreading sensitive information and speeches around social
1:22.2	media.
1:23.2	Franco Ordernaz covers Trump and the White House and has been covering all of this high
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